Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews (1959)
Classic jazz bassist-composer Jon Burr has a catalog of music that spans across the last three decades virtually non-stop. Whether he has fronted his own jazz quartet or…
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Cynthia Hilt delves into the traditional side of jazz on her latest release Second Story Breeze. The soulful register of her vocals in the title track is remini…
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Jazz vocalist Marcus Goldhaber helps you start your morning right with a mellifluous register that makes you enjoy waking up to, and eases you comfortably into the day. …
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Ken Hatfield’s To Be Continued... is notable for several reasons. For one thing, composer Bill McCormick, who had dropped from public awareness for much too long, is…
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Drummer Joe Ascione delivers a laid-back set of toe-tapping swing on Movin' Up, a leisurely reading of poignant excerpts from the American songbook. With the help …
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Diana Perez’s bourbon-hued timbres have a way of wooing listeners into her world of classic jazz, showing a natural ease reminiscent of Leslie Lewis and an innate loveli…
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Jazz guitarist Steve Herberman told JazzReview.com, "You have to know the roots of jazz." A man of his word, Herberman’s compositions display a roots-jazz style that has…
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There are times when you don't need a lot of information about the artists participating on a recording to know exactly how you feel about it. Duets, from two S…
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Harking of bossa nova’s debonair sashays and classic jazz’s alluring undulations and graceful swagger, the trio of bassist/composer Mark Saltman, drummer/composer Willia…
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Jazz singer Leslie Lewis and the Gerard Hagen Trio come together beautifully on their latest release Of Two Minds, which feature nine cover tunes from iconic writ…
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Joani Taylor is a grand Dame among jazz singers, displaying a luster in her voice that glitters with the splendor of a Queen’s crown jewels. Taylor’s sixth album In M…
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Jeff and John Clayton, who have performed so often together in the past in numerous circumstances, now have recorded their first album on the innovative ArtistShare label, …
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I am having a deja vue experience. Two years ago, I wrote a review of "two octogenarian jazz masters, one of whom has been recognized as such by the National Endowme…
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Classical musicians Frederick Moyer and two of his long-time friends, Peter Tillotson and Peter Fraenkel, a.k.a the Jazz Arts Trio, take a refreshing idea and run with i…
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I’m a believer in quality over quantity, but jeez, this Bob Mover fellow takes it maybe too far It Amazes Me is only his seventh studio session as a leader sinc…
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Drummer Joe Haynes is a dynamic, controlling presence in this excellent new CD, Transitions. He inspires his trio, helping shape their solos with appropriate flouris…
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Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Schalk now splits his time between Los Angeles and New York. Though young, he's played and recorded with some exceptional musicians on both c…
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Above The Clouds provides a comprehensive cross section of pianist Amina Figarova's prodigious talent as a pianist and composer. Based in Rotterdam, Figarova and h…
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Who knew that Frankie Laine, popular singer from the 1950’s and whose records now remain largely unheralded, was a songwriter too? In fact, some of his songs, like "We’ll B…
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Indianapolis born trombonist Phil Ranelin, and Chester, PA born trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, have a number of things in common; they both studied their instruments with de…
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