With a title like Two White Mothers, it’s hard to know what to expect. Social satire? Comedy? Rap? Folk? In this case, it is a release from jazz duo Liz Magnes and S…
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Armed with an air of casual cool, Johnny Smith puts a new spin on a set of well-chosen jazz standards. First of all, the trio that appears on San Francisco Bay Jazz
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Legendary vibraphonist Lionel Hampton worked with only a few woman singers during his long career. One of them was Sylvia Bennett. In 1987, they made one of Hampton’s final…
Pianist Brian Trainor didn’t get to see the release of Why Try To Change Me Now? He died July 8, 2006, two months before the album hit the streets. The CD stands as …
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20 Apr
Leavin by Natalie Cole
For her first release in four years, Natalie Cole turns to a group of contemporary songwriters for material. She smoothly covers an unexpected set of songs by Fiona Apple, …
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