Beautifully Wrought, Intensely Serious
ROBERT HUGILL appraises a long-overdue tribute to an overlooked British songwriter, MADELEINE DRING, by KITTY WHATELY and JULIUS DRAKE, judging it to be "Beautifully Wrought, Intensely Serious"
Cole Porter
Ascending: Jazz Trios
Two fine albums by two of the finest jazz trios extant, led by DAVE STRYKER and ANDY PRATT.
Make That ‘Loving Tribute’
Honoring important people in his life and career, ace jazz guitarist LARRY NEWCOMB adds BUCKY PIZZARELLI to his Quartet and delivers on LIVING TRIBUTE
But Beautiful
A pair of albums designed to spur reflection share ALBUM OF THE WEEK honors: NEARNESS, a classy batch of standards by TINA BRUHN and JOHNNY O'NEAL, and BEATLERIANAS by Carlos Barbosa-Lima & The Havant String Quartet
Love From Both Sides Now
One voice, one piano, some chestnuts from the Great American Songbook, one quiet, powerful original and an unerring aim for the heart: the Wailin' Jennys' HEATHER MASSE and the legendary DICK HYMAN make art on LOCK MY HEART.