Search results for "Bill Charlap"

Brian Lynch: On the Dot (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 20, 09

Known for his associations with Latin pianist Eddie Palmieri, Brian Lynch teams up with pianist Bill Charlap for this...

Brian Lynch: Cheryl (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music August 20, 09

On this great tune, Bill Charlap and Brian Lynch run a marathon around these changes. Charlap plays the best solo but...

Bill Charlap: America (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

The vocal performance of "America" on the original 1957 Broadway cast recording of West Side Story is pretty much unb...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Bill Charlap: Ohio (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 02, 08

After saying goodbye Columbus, hello New York in Broadway's Wonderful Town (1953), the youthful Sherwood sisters have...

Bill Charlap: Rocker (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

"Rocker" is a must-have track on a CD containing ballad arrangements that turn most of them into plodding yawners. Ho...

Ann Hampton Callaway: Skylark (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 09, 09

As a bird, the skylark is indigenous to Europe, Asia and Africa. Yet, the bird is well known to the rest of the worl...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

Phil Woods: A Beautiful Friendship (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Since the 1950s, altoist Phil Woods has been one of the leading descendents of Charlie Parker. Indeed, in 2001, ...

The Blue Note 7: Little B's Poem (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 15, 09

Here is one measure of how much thing have changed in jazz. When the Blue Note label tried to brand a band back in t...

Carol Sloane: Let's Face the Music and Dance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 30, 08

Sloane can indeed be called "a singer's singer," possessing a gorgeous vibrato, impeccable taste and keen interpretat...

Phil Woods: Adiós Nonino (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 29, 08

As prolific a recording artist as Phil Woods has been, many listeners may have missed his moving tribute CD to New Ta...

Warren Vaché: Quasimodo (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

The post-World War II dispute between jazz modernists and Dixieland revivalists spawned the colorful term "moldy figs...

In Conversation With Bill Charlap posted in Features and Interviews July 30, 09

By Ted Panken "I’ve really been running the last two days," said Bill Charlap in the lobby of the Algonqui...

Conrad Herwig: Hieroglyphica (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 21, 09

For those who know Conrad Herwig through his work with the Latin Side recordings, Hieroglyphica shows the hip, hard-s...

Smith, Sean (Christopher) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Smith, Sean (Christopher), bassist and composer; b. Nowalk, CT, 11 November 1965. His father was H. Graham Smith Jr. ...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Dick Hyman posted in Features and Interviews July 20, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

Johnson, Dean (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Dean (Douglas), bassist; b. Renton, WA, 12 September 1956. Grew up in Renton and Bellevue, WA, and also 5 ea...

Vincent, Ron (Ronald David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Vincent, Ron (Ronald David), drums, producer, educator; b. Warwick, RI, 18 October 1951. His parents are Raoul A. Vin...

Tony Bennett and Diana Krall on DVD posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 21, 09

Thomas Cunniffe, an editor and regular contributor at jazz.com, reports on two DVDs focusing on jazz vocalists: Tony ...

Burrows, Greg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Burrows, Greg, drummer, percussionist; b. 1963. Greg has played the drums (drum set) and a variety of hand percussion...

Eulau, Andy (F.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eulau, Andy (F.), bass; b. Sleepy Hollow, NY. He got a Master of Music, 1985 North Texas University College of Music,...

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