Craig Fraedrich Tony Nalker

Craig Fraedrich Tony Nalker: Alone Together

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 29, 2019

An involved listening to this oxymoron-titled album could easily have one thinking that trumpeter Craig Fraedrich and pianist Tony Nalker probably could have been categorized by Audobon as “birds of a musical feather." That's not a surprise since both spent decades in the elite U.S. Army Blues Jazz Ensemble and they've worked together on Fraedrich's previous recordings. The duo—along with ace guest vocalists Christal Rheames and Lena Seikaly—send up a dozen exceptionally well-performed selections. Across the date ...