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Tony's Blues

Label: Cadence Jazz Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Little Bestiary; New York to London; Fancy Takes Me Home; Hotel Splendide; Blues; Another Salesman; In The Boardroom; Tony

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Barry Wallenstein: Tony's Blues

Read "Tony's Blues" reviewed by Vernon Frazer

by Vernon Frazer
July 1, 2001

Barry Wallenstein’s recordings of jazz poetry surpass the idiom’s all too typical offerings, e.g., the mediocre poet droning angst while his accompanists overpower him, or the resonant baritone booming cliches of urban crisis whose urgent accents stamp away from the pulse intended to power the recitation. Wallenstein’s first-rate poetry conveys the hipster’s quick intelligence. His upper-range ...