By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Arranger, brass man and band leader Mike Fahie takes material from various classical composers and brings them up to 21st Century jazz mentalities. Read this review here.
By Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz There’s a rocky history surrounding jazz-classical hybrids. But, in truth, that has little to do with any potential incompatibility. Instead, it’s usually misguided maneuvering and/or an excessive show of dominant traits from one side or the other that mars said unions. When done right a wedding of those worlds … Read More
By delarue, New York Music Daily The Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra‘s new album Urban(e) – streaming at Bandcamp– is one of the most genuinely orchestral jazz records ever made. Read this review here.
by Mike Flynn, Jazzwise. Leading NYC player reveals the inspirations behind his latest genre-hopping project. Video feature here.
By John Chacona, Let’s Call This On “Urban(e),” an impressive new Greenleaf Music release, trombonist Mike Fahie steers a middle course. He’s not trolling the longhairs, but neither is he prostrating to them. Read this review here.
By Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest Mike Fahie is a multi-faceted artist: he plays trombone, composes, arranges, plays in several large ensembles as well as having played Broadway shows, and teaches at both the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. but also is on the faculty of United Nations International School. Read this … Read More
By Fritz Balwit, Audiophile Audition Overall, this a very well realized project. It is to be hoped that there will be a follow-up. Perhaps dedicated to a single composer (this worked very well in the Freya Quartets Faure project.) A Puccini record would be a great idea. Or even better: we have long awaited the … Read More
By Ron Schepper, Textura Mike Fahie takes his turn, with the debut album by his large ensemble interpreting Chopin, Debussy, Puccini, and others. Read this full review here.
By Chris Spector, Midwest Records REGINA CARTER FREEDOM BAND/Swing States Harmony in the Battleground: Chop wise, Carter is a player you can’t argue with. The resume is too long to reprint when you can Google it. Politically, she’s a force of nature that power’s a Republican’s worst nightmare. Read all this reviews here.
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoirs’s Blog Jazz has long been celebrated as America’s true, classical music. These albums I’m reviewing for my Musical Memoirs column strongly exhibit this premise. Read all this reviews here.
