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Diane Hoffman: My Little French Dancer
by Michael P. Gladstone
Jazz vocalist Diane Hoffman's decision to open My Little French Dancer with Magidson and Wrubel's “Gone With the Wind" is indeed a wise one. There are perhaps a dozen or so top echelon jazz singers who have provided a vocal version of this jazz standard, including Anita O'Day, Carmen McRae and a young Betty Carter's unforgettable ...
Don Stille: Keys to My Heart
by Jack Bowers
Although pianist Don Stille doesn't have the sort of style that could readily be uncovered in a blindfold test, he does play with style, not to mention warmth, intelligence and perception. The Chicago-based Stille also plays accordion, an instrument not often in the jazz forefront these days, on five of his second album's eleven tracks. The ...
Slavic Soul Party: Slavic Soul Party -- Teknochek Collision
by Matthew Miller
Slavic Soul Party has the best steady gig in Brooklyn. Every Tuesday night at Barbé's belongs to the tight, Balkan ensemble: forever. It's a savvy business decision for the tiny bar-cum-performance space and a great opportunity for the ensemble to refine the potent mix of Balkan, gypsy, jazz and funk influences that make them utterly unique. ...
Debbie Poryes Trio: A Song in Jazz
by Michael P. Gladstone
The release of Debbie Poryes' A Song In Jazz is quite an impressive one for the California pianist. In listening to these tunes mostly from the Great American Songbook, namely the opening showtune, “A Wonderful Guy" from the Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific and the last track, the vastly popular hit “People" from Jule Styne's Funny ...
Benjamin Lapidus: Herencia Judia
by Eyal Hareuveni
Latin music scholar and Cuban tres master Benjamin Lapidus expands the definition of the new breed of Latin-Jewish music on his new solo disc, Herencia Judia. Lapidus has worked in the past with renowned free jazz masters such as Steve Lacy and Joe McPhee, and took part in other Jewish music projects such as the recent ...
Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: Jazz Spoken Here / Extra Credit
by Jack Bowers
Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble Jazz Spoken Here / Extra Credit Self Published 2006 / 2007I used to listen to the Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble, then directed by Don Owens, in concert some years ago while living in the Chicago area. On these recordings, from 2006 and 2007, the ...
Jack Wilkins: Dear Old Stockholm
by Jack Bowers
This agreeable studio date, inspired by tenor saxophonist Jack Wilkins' experiences while visiting Sweden, was recorded in Stockholm with a group of splendid Swedish musicians, two of whom--pianist Per Danielsson and his wife, alto saxophonist Tamara--are fellow teachers with Wilkins at the University of South Florida in Tampa. To bolster the front line, Wilkins chose one ...
Rich Wetzel and The Groovin Higher Jazz Orchestra: The Mayn Thing
by Edward Blanco
Rich Wetzel is a Holton-Leblanc trumpet artist, clinician, chairman of the Tacoma Jazz Festival and representative of Conn-Selmer, leading manufacturer and distributor of band and orchestral instruments. He is also the leader of the fourteen-piece Tacoma-based Groovin Higher Jazz Orchestra, which offers their third album and first studio recording, The Mayn Thing, in a tribute to ...
Shifting Sands Quartet: Darkest Rose
by Woodrow Wilkins
First there were two, then three and now four. The U.K.-based Shifting Sands quartet has released its second album, Darkest Rose, featuring 13 songs written by original members Deborah Winter and Joanne Lander, along with Mick Hutton.Winter is a classically trained vocalist who counts among her influences Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Patricia Barber, Ella ...
The Klobas/Kesecker Ensemble: No Gravity
by Woodrow Wilkins
The vibraphone has long been a staple among jazz instruments, preferred by such musicians as the legendary Lionel Hampton and contemporary Gary Burton. However, its next of kin, the marimba, isn't heard nearly often enough. Tommy Kesecker is one who is proficient with both instruments.Along with bassist Pat Klobas, Kesecker leads The Klobas/Kesecker Ensemble, ...
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