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Various Artists: In The Pocket: A Taste of Blues Harmonica
by C. Michael Bailey
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, ... Telarc Blues culls their considerable holdings to provide a wholly satisfying collection of contemporary blues harmonica by contemporary and not-so-contemporary blues musicians. Represented here is approximately equal the rural harmonica style common to the Mississippi (e.g., Sonny Terry) and the close-miked, hyperamplified flavor pioneered by Marion “Little Walter" ...
The Ray Brown Trio: Some of My Best Friends are...Guitarists
by C. Michael Bailey
Go Down, Moses... Some of My Best Friends are...Guitarists is the fifth in Ray Brown's series by the same name. Just for drill the others are: ... Piano Players (Telarc Jazz 83373, 1995) ... Sax Players (Telarc Jazz 83388, 1995) ... Singers (Telarc Jazz 83441, 1998) ... Trumpet Players (Telarc Jazz 83495, 2000)
Various Artists: Telarc Jazz: Celebrating 25 Years
by Dave Nathan
Cleveland-based Telarc has issued a 2 for 1 CD recapitulation of its 2 years as one of the leading jazz labels. Although founded in 1977, it focused on the classical music literature. It didn't turn to jazz until the late 1980's but has made up for the later entry by releasing a horn of plenty recording ...
Ray Brown Trio: Some of My Best Friends Are...Guitarists
by Dave Nathan
For the fifth in his Some of My Best Friends Are... series, master bassist Ray Brown has chosen guitar players as his playing companions. Joining Brown and his trio are six select string men running the gamut of styles and inclination from the straight ahead jazz of veteran Herb Ellis through the cool, blues inflected strumming ...
Various Artists: Signature Songs
by C. Michael Bailey
An effective compilation... Like many of the independent jazz labels, the major-label Telarc is beginning to produce compilation discs culled from their considerable inventory of music. The immense popularity of the Now that's What I Call Music series in the pop music arena is hope to translate into the jazz arena. Compilations offer a number of ...
Kevin Mahogany: Pride & Joy
by C. Michael Bailey
The Tamala-Motown songbook... Kevin Mahogany is a bit of a quandary. A very fine jazz vocalist, Mahogany is not content just to recapitulate the standards. His current Pride & Joy and 2000's Pussy Cat Dues-- The Music of Charles Mingus are both tightly focused efforts intent on shining a light on little illuminated corners of jazz. ...
Kevin Mahogany: Pride & Joy
by Dave Nathan
Kevin Mahogany seems to have been focusing on very specific themes for his last three albums. My Romance dealt strictly with love songs and Pussy Cat Dues was dedicated to the music of Charles Mingus. Now for his first album for Telarc, the singer takes his rich baritone voice to the land of Motown's sophisticated R ...
Metalwood: The Recline
by Dave Nathan
Formed in 1996, this electric jazz quartet Metalwood from Canada is joined by contemporary jazz, fusion and sometimes bop guitarist, John Scofield (on four cuts), for their fifth release and first for Telarc. Working from an agenda of free for all original material by Brad Turner and Chris Tarry, the group presents a listenable balance between ...
Various Artists: Signature Songs
by Dave Nathan
Telarc has issued a compilation of well-known performances associated with specific jazz artists. But the difference with this release is that it isn't the specific performance one usually has in mind, but another one, all in live performance. Erroll Garner's signature song “Misty" comes not from his 1954 recording in Chicago nor his 1956 recording with ...
John Pizzarelli and The George Shearing Quintet: The Rare Delight of You
by C. Michael Bailey
Urbane and Gentlemanly Guitar and Piano... Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue... It is this romance that populates the Telarc Jazz collaboration between master of the popular song John Pizzarelli and jazz deity George Shearing. John Pizzarelli's guitar is a perfect fit for what has become known as the “Shearing Sound." His singing will, ...
