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The Telarc Blues Project
by C. Michael Bailey
Telarc International has slowly and quietly been populating its jazz and blues rosters with some of the foremost talent performing and recording today. The jazz roles boast the late Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Monty Alexander, Geoff Keezer, Benny Green, Russell Malone, Tierney Sutton, and McCoy Tyner. Th blues stables are just as impressive with Bob Margolin, ...
Yellowjackets: Peace Round
by Jim Santella
Their first Christmas album in a career that has spanned over 25 years allows the Yellowjackets to share the holiday spirit with a world in which more holiday time-outs seem to be the best medicine for what ails our society. This time of the year, things do slow down a little. Never enough, of course; but ...
Various Artists: Exile on Blues Street
by C. Michael Bailey
With Exile on Blues Street, Randy Labbe and Telarc Blues did not merely hit a home run, but a grand slam to win the World Series by one in the bottom of the ninth. Where The Blues White Album was a troublesome fit and The Blues on Blonde on Blonde was a near fit, Exile fits ...
Ray Brown: Walk On
by Franz A. Matzner
Ray Brown’s music needs no introduction. Just as the liner notes to Walk On state, no one played bass like Ray Brown. Even if you don’t know it, you’re probably already aware of his work, for Brown stands as one of the most recorded jazz musicians of our times. His career spanned five ...
McCoy Tyner: Land of Giants
by Franz A. Matzner
Aptly named, McCoy Tyner’s Land of Giants transports listeners into a sound world of varied and stunning topography. Featuring Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, Eric Harland on drums, and Charnett Moffett on bass, this recording stands as a monument to Tyner’s stature as bandleader, player, and composer. Always commanding, Tyner’s strength permeates each piece ...
The Manhattan Transfer: Couldn
by C. Michael Bailey
The ManhattanTransfer, collectively consisting of Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne, and Tim Hauser, has been performing as a unit for more than 30 years. As a vocal group, they offer a lighthearted foil to Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. The Transfer has always been more pop-oriented than smiled upon by the jazz community. They were never ...
Tommy Castro/Jimmy Hall/Lloyd Jones: Triple Trouble
by C. Michael Bailey
Backed by the newest star rhythm section, Double Trouble, three rather disparate characters get together and discover what they have in common. While this underpinning might suggest otherwise, this is not strictly a blues album. It might be a rhythm and blues, but this is not the regular stuff. Tommy Castro, for example, has been playing ...
Ray Brown Trio: Walk On
by Ollie Bivens
Recorded in January 2000, Walk On was the latest release by bassist Ray Brown before his passing in July 2002. Maynard Ferguson once remarked that he was attracted to jazz because jazz musicians always seemed to enjoy what they were playing. The sense of joy is present throughout Walk On. “America the Beautiful” begins with Brown ...
Michel Camilo: Live at the Blue Note
by Franz A. Matzner
Amazingly enough, this March 2003 recording marks the first live release from Michel Camilo, the Dominican Republic's preeminent pianist. Incidentally, it is also his first recording with an all Cuban rhythm section, Charles Flores on bass and Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez on drums. For those unaware of Camilo's virtuosity and compositional skill both ...
McCoy Tyner: Land of Giants
by Joel Roberts
One of the three most influential pianists of his generation (along with Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea), McCoy Tyner is a true jazz giant. And more than 40 years after gaining widespread acclaim as the pianist in the classic John Coltrane Quartet, the 65-year-old Tyner shows no signs of slowing down. Like fellow Coltrane alum Elvin ...
