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Terry Blaine: Lonesome Swallow
by Jack Bowers
One of the problems in reviewing an album as thoroughly and unexpectedly wonderful as Lonesome Swallow is that one hardly knows where to begin when parceling out praise and approval. Terry Blaine’s vocals? Irresistible. Pianist Mark Shane’s accompaniment? Brilliant. Tom Desisto / Julie Last’s recording, editing and mixing? Superlative. Blaine’s choice of material? Impeccable. And that’s just for starters.
Blaine is a revelation, a smoky-voiced blues singer in the tradition of Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter ...
read moreTerry Blaine/Mark Shane: Lonesome Swallow
by Dave Nathan
Singer Terry Blaine likes to use her album releases as a vehicle for giving a nod to those who have influenced her. Among these are Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Lee Wiley, Helen Ward, Annette Hanshaw, Martha Tilton, Helen Forrest and Ethel Waters . For their fifth album together Blaine and long time accompanist Mark Shane have structured a program patterned after recordings made between 1929 and 1939 by Ethel Waters and J. P. Johnson for the Columbia label. With James ...
read moreTerry Blaine and Mark Shane: Toot Hot for Words
by Dave Nathan
This album pays tribute to singers of the past who set the standards for today's crop of jazz and traditional pop singers. The technique vocalist Terry Blaine and stalwart pianist, Mark Shane, use is as fascinating as the tribute itself. On most of the cuts, Blaine overdubs her voice creating the impression that she is accompanied by the Boswell Sisters as she recreates each member of that group with their own distinctive voice. It's hard to believe these voices are ...
read moreTerry Blaine and Friends Swing into Pasadena March 31
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Mixed Media Promotion
March 31, 2007, 8 PM PASADENA JAZZ AT PASEO COLORADO Swingin' the Benny Goodman Songbook 260 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 206 Pasadena, CA 91101 626-398-3344
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Terry Blaine and Friends Swing into Pasadena
Take an exploration of one of the richest periods in jazz history and combine that with three of the most skillful and exciting interpreters of the Jazz Age, ...
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Terry Blaine and Friends Swing into Pasadena
Source:
Mixed Media Promotion
March 31, 2007, 8 PM PASADENA JAZZ AT PASEO COLORADO Swingin' the Benny Goodman Songbook 260 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 206 Pasadena, CA 91101 626-398-3344 QUINTET, with Allan Vach, Richard Simon, Harold Mason. RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED! Terry Blaine and friends swing into Pasadena Take an exploration of one of the richest periods in jazz history and combine that with three of the most skillful and exciting interpreters of the Jazz Age, and, well, ...
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