TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD I was getting chronic pneumonia, and I had rheumatoid juvenile arthritis that was related to an auto-immune deficiency disorder. The auto immune thing was making me sick a lot with the pneumonia. WHY WERE…
Month: December 2014
JOHN PIZZARELLI: YOU GOTTA HAVE HART!
Fewer artists are as busy as guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli. Besides his constant touring to support his latest release (With A Song In My Heart), he still has time to do his radio program with his wife Jessica Molasky and moonlight…
Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse: A New Orleans Creole Christmas
This is the kind of Christmas album I like. Take the season, and the add some local seasoning! He brings together the Revue of Derek Douget/ts-ss, Jason Marshall/bs, Vincent Gardner/tb, John Chin/p, Peter Harris/b Adonis Rose/dr Ronald Markham/p and Michael…
Arturo Sandoval/Jorge Calandrelli: Eternamente Manzanero
If you’ve ever seen Arturo Sandoval in concert, you already know that even though he’s know as a master blaster of the trumpet, he’s also got a sentimental side that he displays by singing a sentimental song or two between…
Lynnie Godfrey: Spending the Holidays with Lynnie Godfrey
If you want a little swing in your Christmas stocking, here’s a nice one for you. Vocalist Lynnie Godfrey teams up with Roger Latzgo/p-g, Neil Wetzel/sax-fl, Anthony Marino/b and Gary Rissmiller/dr as the main team on this collection of traditional…
Super Hi-Fi: Yule Analog, Vol. 1
If you’re idea of a traditional Christmas is visions of Haile Selassie, then this reggae-fest of a disc might be right up your tree. Two trombones, guitar, bass, piano, kazoos and drums are supplied by a team of Rick Parker,…
Monty Python: Live (Mostly)-One Down, Five to Go
What we’ve got here is the final night of 10 sold out performances of the old, but not dead (mostly), Monty Python team of John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin along with cohort Carol Cleveland…