Author: G Daniels

Dana HallInto The Light (Origin Records)  On a work of musical art that features the seasoned jazz talents of trumpeter Terrell Stafford, pianist Bruce Barth, saxophonist Tim Warfield, Jr. and bassist Rodney Whitaker, Chicago-based Dana Hall’s stellar drum work makes it audibly ...

Roberta Gambarini So In Love(Emarcy)  Listening to the way Roberta Gambarini orchestrates the honey-toned instrument that is her voice, with breathing, phrasing and space, is pure bliss. Combine such artistry with a collection of timeless jazz standards and ...

John Abercrombie QuartetWait Till You See Her(ECM Records)  Although one might deem this a rather “quiet” album, it does not lack in energy. Abercrombie, whose guitar work is always mesmerizing, is joined by violinist Mark Feldman for some outstandingly ...

Back To A New Beginning

The Jazz Page.com started almost a decade ago as a single page newsletter reviewing 4 music releases each month. We went online in February of 2004. Through server challenges and other issues, we lost much of what we have spent the previous years creating. But ...

2010 Grammy Nominations – Jazz

Below are the nominees for Grammy Awards in the Jazz categories, with some commentaries from us in highlights Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Urbanus Stefon Harris & Blackout [Concord Jazz] Nice pick. We like it. Sounding ...

Roy Hargrove Big BandEmergence(Emarcy Records)  Trumpeter Roy Hargrove has recorded in just about every kind of musical context imaginable, from quintets to hip-hop collectives, so it’s fitting that he would take the turn towards big band. His orchestra ...

Claudia Acuña En Este Momento(Marsalis Music)  Singer Claudia Acuña’s delivers a lyric with such beauty and passion that you are captured from the very first word, even if you don’t understand a word of Spanish in which most of the songs on this recording are delivered. ...

Sean JonesKaleidoscope(Mack Avenue Records)  Trumpeter Sean Jones is one of the most exciting voices in jazz and deserves tremendous acclaim for what he’s doing to advance the idiom. On Kaleidoscope, Jones blends jazz with a healthy dose of funk and gospel to create a ...

Review: Lizz Wright Live @ Alys Steven Center – Birmingham

On Friday, October 23, 2009, I had the great pleasure of seeing Lizz Wright perform live at Alys Stephen Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Wright walked on to the stage in bare feet and a hypnotically, radiant red dress to a tremendous ovation. She told the audience ...

Melissa WalkerIn The Middle Of It All(Sunnyside Recordings)  From the very first song you know that this album isn’t just a collection of songs, but something personal to vocalist Melissa Walker. In The Middle Of It All is something of a comeback for the singer who was off the ...