Editorial Product Review: : Violinist Regina Carter recorded I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey following her mother's death. A tribute to her mom, it features period songs she was fond of. But far from wallowing in sentimentality, it's a spirited work of reflection featuring vocals by the irrepressible Dee Dee Bridgwater on two songs, including a freewheeling 'Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen,' and the charismatic Carla Cook on three tunes, including a darkly glowing 'St. Louis Blues.' Teaming to warmly atmospheric effect part of the time with clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera and accordionist Gil Goldstein, ...
Editorial Product Review: :The title of this project is aptly-named. Regina Carter, a Detroit-born, classically-trained jazz violinist, traveled to Genoa, Italy in December, 2001, and performed on Paganini's legendary Guarneri violin nicknamed 'the Canon.' After winning the hearts of the skeptical Italians, with armed gunmen surveying her every move, Carter played flawlessly, and became the first jazz musician and African-American to the play the instrument. The next year, Carter returned to Genoa, recorded on Paginini's violin and performed a pleasing program of crossover-friendly light classics, South American compositions, a movie tune, and original works. Produced ...
Editorial Product Review: 's Best of 2001:Duet albums are inherently tricky affairs. Without the added textures and colors of a full band, the minimalist dynamics of two instruments alone together can too often turn repetitious and stale, as the difficulty of generating sparks between two musicians turns into a disappointing experience for the listener. But there are exceptions, and happily, pianist Kenny Barron and violinist Regina Carter's Freefall is one of them. This is a wildly diverse set that shows off these two musicians' enormous talents to great effect. Freefall succeeds where other duet albums ...
Editorial Product Review: 's Best of 2001:Duet albums are inherently tricky affairs. Without the added textures and colors of a full band, the minimalist dynamics of two instruments alone together can too often turn repetitious and stale, as the difficulty of generating sparks between two musicians turns into a disappointing experience for the listener. But there are exceptions, and happily, pianist Kenny Barron and violinist Regina Carter's Freefall is one of them. This is a wildly diverse set that shows off these two musicians' enormous talents to great effect. Freefall succeeds where other duet albums ...
Editorial Product Review: 's Best of 2001:Duet albums are inherently tricky affairs. Without the added textures and colors of a full band, the minimalist dynamics of two instruments alone together can too often turn repetitious and stale, as the difficulty of generating sparks between two musicians turns into a disappointing experience for the listener. But there are exceptions, and happily, pianist Kenny Barron and violinist Regina Carter's Freefall is one of them. This is a wildly diverse set that shows off these two musicians' enormous talents to great effect. Freefall succeeds where other duet albums ...
Editorial Product Review: :Blessed with a vibrant violin style that embraces everyone from Stuff Smith and Ray Nance to Jean-Luc Ponty, Regina Carter gives a swinging shout-out to her hometown, Detroit, on Motor City Moments. Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave and saxophonist-bass clarinetist James Carter lend their beautiful tones to Thad Jones's boppish 'Don't Git Sassy,' and the haunting 'Love Theme from Spartacus.' Marvin Gaye's 'Don't Mess with Mister T,' Milt Jackson's 'For Someone I Love,' and Stevie Wonder's 'Higher Ground' move with a Latin beat. Another Motown great, pianist Barry Harris, lends his Thelonious Monk-Bud Powell ...
Editorial Product Review: :Violinist Regina Carter's able to cover ample stylistic terrain without any sense of a tourist's itinerary. Her signature excursions on Rhythms of the Heart reveal a jaunty joie de vivre reminiscent of Stephane Grappelli, best showcased on 'Lady Be Good' and Tadd Dameron's 'Our Delight.' But there are also credible forays into salsa with 'Mojito,' Afro-pop with 'Mandingo Street' (featuring Cameroonian multi-instrumentalist and composer Richard Bona), and soulful reggae on a cover of the Temptations' 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone,' where vocalist Cassandra Wilson provides her trademark hushed refinement. A longtime sidewoman ...
Editorial Product Review: :Duke Ellington, a restless experimenter, flirted occasionally with the traditional symphony orchestra, most memorably in 1963, when he recorded his band with three European classical orchestras. This new development of those experiments is lent authenticity by the involvement of Lena Horne, who sang with Ellington in 1940, and Clark Terry, who worked with Ellington through the 1950s (and performs a hilarious vocal and trumpet duet with himself in the final blues here). The orchestration is by Luther Henderson, and he, too, worked with Ellington, shortly before the latter's death, in 1974. Along ...
Editorial Product Review: :Compilation CD of Smooth Jazz sold by Circuit City. 10 Tracks: 1. Drive Time, Chris Botti, 2. More of Myself, Incognito, 3. Something You Said, David Benoit, 4. Sunland, Marc Antoine, 5. The Song Lives On, Joe Sample, 6. Without Me Baby, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, 7. New York Attitude, Regina Carter, 8. Mr. Cool Breeze, Donald Harrison, 9. The Girl with Botticelli Eyes, Philippe Saisse, 10. Talk The Talk, Kombo.
Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.
