Tag Archives: Herlin Riley

Cécile McLorin Salvant. WOMAN CHILD, reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Cécile McLorin Salvant. WOMAN CHILD. JustinTime. W What a voice! Range goes low and dusky to high, thin and sweet, all without effort and always trailing a tender vibrato. Her timbre goes from clear glass through whisper and down to … Continue reading

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Joe Alterman’s CD “Give Me The Simple Life” reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Joe Alterman. Give Me The Simple Life. Miles High Records. Cards on the table—I liked this album at first hearing, and I still like it after some study, but with a few reservations. The set-list is straight ahead mainstream jazz, … Continue reading

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Ahmad Jamal BLUE MOON. CD review by Stanley Fefferman

Ahmad Jamal. BLUE MOON. JazzVillage. His arrangements are about rhythm. His melodies move as rhythms, reveal themselves by the ways he shows they can move. Out of the ‘who’ of the melody we learn to know the rhythmic ‘what’. The … Continue reading

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