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Grant Geissman: Cool Man Cool
by Woodrow Wilkins
There are throwbacks, and then there are throwbacks. Guitarist Grant Geissman takes us back to the era of cool--a visual image of nightclubs patronized by people wearing long shirts, dark glasses and berets. Geissman may be best known for his solo on “Feels So Good," the pioneering smooth jazz song that brought Chuck Mangione's ...
Candy Dulfer: Funked Up!
by Woodrow Wilkins
Let's not get confused. Candy Dulfer's music isn't jazz so much as it is soul without lyrics. And that's just fine. The Holland-born saxophonist was raised in a musical family. Her father, Hans Dulfer, founded the Bimhaus, a jazz club that was subsidized by the government as a means of promoting the arts. Candy Dulfer broke ...
Bobby Sanabria / Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: Kenya Revisited Live !!!
by Woodrow Wilkins
A full horn section combined with an ensemble of percussionists usually means one thing: Afro-Cuban jazz. Conductor Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra capture the essence of this style of music by paying tribute to a landmark recording.Kenya Revisited Live!!!, originally recorded in 1957 by Machito and his Afro-Cubans, ...
Dave Siebels: Dave Siebels with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
by Woodrow Wilkins
There is the big band that has horns, piano, drums, and bass--electric guitar, optional. There is the Hammond B3 organ. Where you have both, you have an inferno of music. Organist Dave Siebels has scored nine television series and 35 films, produced 27 albums, and conducted 65 musical variety shows. His performance and recording ...
The Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden
by Woodrow Wilkins
How do you make one jazz trio different from so many others? Have the diverse stylings of Stanley Clarke on bass, the experience of Lenny White on drums and the adventurous spirit of Hiromi on piano. The result is the Stanley Clarke Trio. Each member of this ensemble is a leader in his ...
Ada Rovatti: The Green Factor
by Woodrow Wilkins
Italian-born Ada Rovatti possesses talent as both an ensemble player and a bandleader. Versed in several styles of music, the saxophonist brings an eclectic blend of Irish, Celtic, jazz, and a few other flavors to The Green Factor. A scholarship winner from the Berklee College of Music, Rovatti spent time living both in ...
Beaty Brothers Band: Beaty Brothers Band
by Woodrow Wilkins
Music, at its very core, is an expression of an artist's thoughts, feelings or experiences. That comes through in a big way with Beaty Brothers Band, featuring twins John and Joe Beaty. The pair emerged from a broken home and multiple parents who were addicted to drugs and, after some quality education, were able ...
Spyro Gyra: Down the Wire
by Woodrow Wilkins
It's been 30 years since Spyro Gyra released their one and only crossover hit, “Morning Dance." Changes in how decisions are made as to what gets played on the radio pretty much guarantee the group will not score another; that's unfortunate, because they continue to make eye-opening, jaw-dropping music. Down the Wire is a ...
Frank Wess Nonet: Once Is Not Enough
by Woodrow Wilkins
In the musical numbers game, trios and quartets are a dime a dozen, with occasional duos and quintets. Anything larger than the latter is usually presented as a group, big band or orchestra, if anything at all, with Frank Wess Nonet defying that model.Wess is an NEA American Jazz Master, and a veteran of ...
Marion Meadows: Secrets
by Woodrow Wilkins
Regardless of the genre, an acoustic drum kit generally makes for a better sound than an electronic program. However, when the latter is done well, the difference can be staggering. That's one factor that makes Marion Meadows' Secrets function. Meadows began playing saxophone at age eight. His studies led him to appreciate such ...
