07/15/07
DL MEDIA
CAROL WELSMAN: Just because she lammed Canada for LA to hang out with Celine Dion and Jimmy Haslip doesn’t mean she’s forsaken us fans of her take on smooth jazz. Haslip crafts a smooth jazz/bossa setting for her vocals and the two play off each other so nicely that this is must adult and jazz vocal listening. Picking up the ball and running from where her Savoy release left off, this organic set feels like it comes from the heart and can warm up the coldest Canada day. An important set from a singer that’s really got it going on.
220 (Justin Time)
ELLIS CREATIVE
SHAWN CAMP & BILLY BURNETTE/Bluegrass Elvises V. 1: Nothing like the joy of not caring what the neighbors think. The hit writing duo reaches back into their back pages finding an Elvis commonality, mixes their similar backgrounds and tastes and comes out with hard charging bluegrass takes on classic Elvis in time for the 30th anni of his shuffling off. Bluegrass, blues, country and all that related stuff was all in the same melting pot back then so nothing is radical here, just fun. Pros off looking for a busman’s holiday find the motherlode and do a great job of making something that should have been a goof quite a serious good time.
1236536 (American Roots)
MAXJAZZ
RUSSELL MALONE /Live at the Jazz Standard V. 2: The killer jazz guitarist serves up more from the live gig that first got an airing last year. This set continues to show why he’s such an in demand, well respected player. With a heavy accent on his own work, Malone digs down deep into the groove and pulls out a winner every time. Cats like this don’t come along very often and it’s great when he can drop a you-are-there feeling recording that really makes you feel like you are there. Hot stuff that contemporary jazzbos will love.
604 (String Series)
MILAN
RESCUE DAWN/soundtrack: This is about as PBS as you can get, the cleffer to the latest from director Werner Herzog. With Herzog even kicking in some vocals on a track, the director’s rabid fans will want to get in on this. The music is from Klaus Badelt, a protege of Hans Zimmer, who is being brought along with the feel of being one of the next important film composers. With a good feel for the war it depicts, this will score well with film music collectors.
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Volume 30/Number 257
July 15, 2007
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