Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews (1959)
Royce Campbell is a career jazz musician who built his musical foundation by touring for 19 years with the legendary film and television composer and arranger, Henry Man…
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I’m always amazed at the number of bands of young musicians around the country, rehearsing regularly and playing gigs at small clubs. One of these is Elliot Deutsch's South…
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Continental Talk is the latest release by Croatian-born guitarist Ratko Zjaca. You may not have heard of Zjaca, but you will surely have heard of the sidemen he…
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The first track of Rafn Emilsson's Eftir 8 (After 8) has a medium-tempo, breezy-Brazilian vibe. It sounds like the beginning of another Stan Getz bossa-nova alb…
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A few of the names Royce Campbell has played with will suggest his professionalism and range: Dave Brubeck, Nancy Wilson, Herb Ellis and Fred Hersch. Here he is joined b…
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This is a world-class, straight-ahead jazz outing swinging and lyrical. Most contemporary tenors are still trying to catch up with John Coltrane. Harry Allen owes more t…
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Saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, oboist, flutist and composer Brian Landrus earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada in Reno and two Master's degrees…
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Cleveland, Ohio native Tom Tallitsch currently lives in Hamilton, NJ. A saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, composer and jazz radio host, he is the founding director of t…
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Quickly. Name the most prominent jazz pianist born in Cyprus, but now living in New York City. That person can only be Glafkos Kontemeniotis, who has been performing in …
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So Far From Home should be in every straight-ahead, jazz lover's house. The quartet of Amy and Pat Shook, Frank Russo, Tim Young and guest trumpet master Greg Gisber…
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Violinist Buckley Mills, a child prodigy, first studied with his father before joining the Sioux City Symphony at the age of 14, as their youngest member. A proficient a…
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Jazz drummer, composer and vibist Patrick Simard recorded this CD in 2009 while still in high school, but waiting to attend the Berklee College of Music as a scholarship…
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With a nod to the classic Hammond organ/guitar trios of the 1950s and 60s, guitarist Jon Dalton presents a toe-tapping, feel-good session of swinging standards and soulful …
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Trichotomy are a jazz trio out of Australia. They are without a doubt among the best at what they do and that is saying a lot in the world of jazz trios. …
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Larry Franco 3 for Nat is a tribute to one of the best jazz singers, the great Nat King Cole. Before he was a famous ballad singer, Nat led one of best jazz trios and recor…
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The October Trio is a group that has been built by students from Canada's Capilano College Jazz Program in Vancouver, BC. They have two previous release…
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Drummer Tobias Gebb and his all-star band merge traditional small ensemble jazz swing attributes with a modern day hip factor. With this release, Gebb hires formidable h…
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Eminent sideman and solo artist, pianist James Weidman bridges modern mainstream with the outside schema on his fourth date as a leader. His support structure rings like…
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From out of Denver, pianist Mark Sabatella delivers a fine collection of mainstream originals in Determination. Most are by himself; others by tenor sax man Keith Ox…
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Leader Rob Thorsen, like most of his crew here, is a San Diegan. Compared to LA, there's not enough studio work in the city that calls itself America's finest to keep ja…
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