By Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs Here is an artist who blends jazz and pop/soul and folk music in a way that still crowns ‘jazz’ king. Her voice crosses genres. … Read More
REVIEW: Laila Biali reviewed in Musical Memoirs
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REVIEW: The Pacific Mambo Orchestra Reviewed By Musical Memoir’s Blog
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoir’s Blog The Pacific Mambo Orchestra is a Latin flavored orchestra full of celebration and celebrity. Now in their tenth year, PMO finally gained well-overdue … Read More
REVIEW: Eric Hofbauer and Dylan Jack’s “Remains of Echoes” Reviewed by Musical Memoirs
by Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs It takes a lot of creativity, technical adeptness and courage to record an entire album with only guitar and drums. Especially when the two … Read More
REVIEW: Darren Barrett, Ralph Peterson, Yellow House Orchestra and Skip Wilkins Reviewed by Musical Memoirs
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs’s Blog SKIP WILKINS & DAN WILKINS – SOMEDAY This is a delightful album of somewhat obscure compositions by some of the most iconic American … Read More
REVIEW: New Releases by T.K Blue, Kenyatta Beasley, Makar Kashitsyn and Roxy Coss Reviewed by Musical Memoirs
By: Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs T.K. BLUE – “THE RHYTHMS CONTINUE” JAJA Records Saxophonist T. K. Blue’s new suite is composed and dedicated to the memory of T.K.’s long-time bandleader, … Read More
REVIEWS: Musical Memoirs and Midwest Record review Fima Chupakhin’s “Water”, out today!
by Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs Fima Chupakhin,piano/Rhodes; Vuyo Sotashe,vocals; Sergey Avanesov,saxophone; Josh Evans,trumpet; Yoav Eshed,guitar; James Robbins,bass; Jonathan Barber,drums. This is the debut album release by pianist, composer, Fima … Read More
REVIEW: Wallace Roney’s ‘Blue Dawn – Blue Nights’ Reviewed by Musical Memoirs
By: Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs Wallace Roney has the tone and beautiful execution on his trumpet that makes me want to bow my head and pray. I am especially … Read More
REVIEW: Dot Time Records’ “Louis Armstrong: Live in Europe” Reviewed by Musical Memoirs
By: Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs Imagine, stepping into a magical transformer and being whisked back in time. For a minute, just pretend you have entered a time machine. Moments … Read More
REVIEW: Sumitra’s ‘Bittersweet’ Reviewed by Musical Memoirs
By: Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs Sumitra,piano/voice/composer; Brian Blade,drums/voice; Carlitos del Puerto, bass; Alex Machacek,guitars/strings. Sumitra has a light, second-soprano tone that twinkles above her piano playing in a more … Read More
REVIEW: Chase Baird’s ‘A Life Between’ Reviewed by Musical Memoirs
By: Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs Chase Baird,saxophone/composer/producer; Antonio Sanchez, drums; Brad Mehldau,piano; Nir Felder,guitar; Dan Chmielinski,bass. From the modern, contemporary art CD cover to the contemporary jazz music on … Read More