Search results for "Russell Malone"
Russell Malone: The Odd Couple (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 29, 08Russell Malone's early Columbia and Verve releases, with their occasional vocals, attempted to position him as the ne...
Roger Kellaway (featuring Stefon Harris): The Nearness of You (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 29, 08When a jazz pianist adds vibes and guitar to the band, comparisons with George Shearing will inevitably come to mind....
Diana Krall: Have Yourself a Very Merry Little Christmas (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 01, 08Am I the only one who thinks the gifted Diana Krall has a tendency to come across as being somewhat depressed? I gues...
Grace Kelly: Just Friends (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music July 27, 08No, not that Grace Kelly. Even so, there might be a movie angle in this alto prodigy, the child of Korean parents, ...
Diana Krall: I've Got You Under My Skin (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 07When the 1960s bossa nova craze finally expired, some of us—weary of off-key, ungrammatical Ipanema girls who "looked...
Diana Krall: I'm An Errand Girl for Rhythm (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 24, 08Fifty years after Nat King Cole's "I'm An Errand Boy for Rhythm" sped to its appointed rounds, Diana Krall's "I'm An ...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS
Nat King...
Dianne Reeves: Just My Imagination (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music May 14, 08Dianne Reeves began her career with one foot in R&B and the other in jazz. Later she explored Latin tangents, World...
Roger Kellaway: Take Five (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 02, 08Anyone who knows my writing through my books or my reviews here at jazz.com realizes that I am a child of the jazz-fu...
Diana Krall: Peel Me A Grape (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09Several years ago at a Diana Krall performance in Denver, a man in the audience yelled out the predictable “I Love Yo...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DAVE FRISHBERG
Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...
Ron Carter, Mulgrew Miller and Russell Malone in DC posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 16, 09Michael J. West, a regular contributor to jazz.com, reports below on the performance by an all-star trio at Bohemian...
Malone, Russell posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09Russell Malone has proven time and again how the guitar can enlarge the harmonic palette of an ensemble. As a leader ...
Brown, Donald (Ray) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09Pianist Donald Brown’s synthesis of post-bop styles has placed him at the forefront of a new school of melodicists. B...
Krall, Diana posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09Pianist and singer Diana Krall has demonstrated throughout her career that one can pay respect to past masters and st...
Nash, Lewis (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09Drummer Lewis Nash rose to prominence alongside Betty Carter and Branford Marsalis in the 1980s. While he has since b...
Day One at Monterey posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 19, 09Pamela Espeland, who writes on jazz for MinnPost.com and her own blog Bebopified, is sending us dispatches from the...
Ron Carter: A Selected Discography posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 03, 07Ron Carter is the consummate sideman, and one of the most active accompanists in the history of jazz. But Carter has...
Miller, Mulgrew posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09Pianist Mulgrew Miller performs with truthful invention, harmonic intellectualism and a keen sense of sophistication ...
Whitfield, Mark (Adrian) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09Guitarist Mark Whitfield’s advanced harmonic sensibility has enabled him to perform in styles which include hard bop,...
Ray Brown Trio: Lady Be Good (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09When I was just getting really serious about the music, and going out and buying records with the allowance my mother...
Mraz, George (Jiri) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09Bassist George Mraz has dedicated his career to developing the melodic potential the bass in the modern jazz ensemble...
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