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Veronica Swift: Veronica Swift
by Mike Jurkovic
Leave it to the irascibly spirited and octane-charged Veronica Swift to release the party record of the year! From the pure joy scatting of the blast-off opener I Am What I Am" (from Broadway's grand musical La Cage aux Folles) to the rabble rousing, mad-cap Joan Jett jam with The Ramones finale Don't Rain On My Parade" (only available on the CD and digital versions), the incredibly talented and free-swinging Swift swings for the fences and wins the home-run derby ...
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by Katchie Cartwright
Veronica Swift is a masterful jazz singer. Her craft is immaculate. She scats like nobody's business and her texted improvisations are inventive. What's more, she always seems to sing straight from the heart. All that might be enough for some people, not Swift. She is an artistic adventurer who wonders aloud on social media: What would it sound like if you put together Ella Fitzgerald and--I don't know--Jimi Hendrix?" An answer is the third track on her self-titled ...
read moreLesley Mok: The Living Collection
by Hrayr Attarian
Percussionist and composer Lesley Mok is a restless explorer who has also been called a sound artist. However, that designation does not give a full picture of her creative vision. Mok deftly maintains the singular balance between the notated and the improvised as well as abstraction and accessibility, thus breaking out of narrow genreist designations, to make music which is urgently relevant. All this and more is clearly demonstrated on her debut as a leader, the provocative The Living Collection. ...
read moreCory Smythe: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
by John Sharpe
The startling molten sounds which open pianist Cory Smythe's Smoke Gets In Your Eyes signal that this will be no ordinary journey. On the first four cuts he draws on a stellar 11-strong squad which matches leading cutting edge figures such as saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, trumpeter Peter Evans and cellist Tomeka Reid, with colleagues from the International Contemporary Ensemble, hailed as America's foremost new-music group by The New Yorker, such as violinist Josh Modney and sadly deceased saxophonist Ryan Muncy, ...
read moreDavid León, Sean Conly, Thomas Heberer & more Jerry Granelli
by Maurice Hogue
Aire De Agua from saxophonist David León is a very impressive recording. It's one of the highlights of this episode. Bassist Sean Conly keeps his string of fine recordings going with his latest, The Buzz, and you'll hear samples from other new releases from two Argentinians, drummer Axel Filip and saxophonist Rodrigo Dominguez, trumpeter Thomas Heberer, and two from Portugal, saxophonist José Lencastre's Nau Quartet and vibraphonist Paulo Santo. Some Jerry Granelli for you as well. Playlist Ches ...
read moreSouth Florida Jazz Orchestra: Cheap Thrills: The Music Of Rick Margitza
by Jack Bowers
In 2019, the acclaimed Michigan-bred, Paris-based tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza thought he was being asked to contribute a couple of charts to the University of South Florida Jazz Orchestra's fifth recording in its fifteen-year history as a working ensemble. But when SFJO founder and leader Chuck Bergeron looked at the charts he had an even better idea, and asked Margitza to write and / or arrange everything on the album, which thus became Cheap Thrills: The Music of Rick Margitza. ...
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by Pierre Giroux
The concept of a large, tightly-knit big band in a recording studio, on a concert or jazz club stage may just be a plug-in memory in today's environment. Fortunately there is the fifteenth anniversary recording of The South Florida Jazz Orchestra directed by bassist/bandleader Chuck Bergeron, entitled Cheap Thrills: The Music Of Rick Margitza, to remind us what a disciplined inventive big band sounds like. With the exception of George and Ira Gershwin's Embraceable You," all the other ...
read moreDavid Leonhardt's Piano and Band Play Cole Porter
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
Looking at the selection of 12 songs played by pianist David Leonhardt and his group on Plays Cole Porter (Big Bang BBR9584), you are immediately reminded of how central Porter's best songs have become in the standard jazz repertoire. These songs have served as excellent vehicles for many of the bop and after masters. So what can Dave Leonhardt and his entourage do that hasn't been done before? The answer is that David sums up the sorts of treatments pianists ...
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David Leonhardt Charts at CMJ #29 with "Bach to the Blues"
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Kari-On Productions
David Leonhardt Charts with Bach to the Blues 2 weeks into promotions - Congrats David!
CMJ Jazz issue #1136
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David Leonhardt Goes Chartbound at JazzWeek
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Kari-On Productions
David Leonhardt's new CD Bach to the Blues goes Chartbound at Jazzweek the first week in promotion.
One of David's innovative ideas is to play live jazz at a Yoga studio while students are taking a class, this creative idea is bringing business to the Yoga center and is exposing new fan's to the wonderful offering of delight jazz has to offer.
This is only one of David's innovative ideas, he has also created Jazz For Kids, Bach To The ...
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Pianist David Leonhardt Releases "Bach to the Blues"
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Kari-On Productions
You may know that David Leonhardt has 38 years of professional experience with many of the top names in jazz from Benny Carter to Stan Getz. You may not know: he played for twenty five years with David Fathead" Newman recording and arranging 5 CDs ; spent four years as musical director for jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks touring the world; spent twelve years freelancing in New York City, Broadway to the Today Show, jazz clubs to dance halls, Bar Mitzvahs ...
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David Leonhardt Upcoming Performances
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 1 David Leonhardt with Fathead Newman at The Deer Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap, PA at 7:00- 11:00, playing songs from their new CD Life" June 8 David Leonhardt Trio atThe Deer Head Inn 7:00-11:00 Delaware Water Gap, PA June 10 David Leonhardt in Concert w/ Shelley Oliver Tap Dance Virtuoso atMason District Park Annandale, VA June 15 David Leonhardt Trio in concert at Royal Lake Park, Fairfax, VA David ...
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David Leonhardt Jazz Group and Shelley Oliver Tap Dancers in Baltimore Sept. 27-29
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All About Jazz
The David Leonhardt Jazz Group and The Shelley Oliver Tap Dancers will perform together September 27-29 at The Wharf Rat at Camden Yards, Baltimore during the PAE conference.
Giving a rare performance in a intimate club setting, these remarkable groups will appear during the Performing Arts Exchange Conference in Baltimore. The Wharf Rat is directly across from The Convention Center on Pratt Street. Combining five musicians and four female tap dancers, Shelley's stunning choreography ...
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Pianist David Leonhardt's Upcoming Trio Appearances
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All About Jazz
April 21 In concert at The Bucks County Community College An Evening Of Gershwin 275 Swamp Road, Newtown PA. Call 215-968-8087. http://www.bucks.edu/cultural
David Leonhardt is featured in an in depth interview in the March issue of Cadence Jazz magazine. Wow!
http://www.davidjazz.com July 7 David Leonhardt trio at The Deer Head Inn w/ David Fathead Newmanhttp://www.deerheadinn.com
July 13-16 Iridium Jazz Club New York city w/ David Fathead Newman http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com
David Leonhardt jazz pianist and composer is featured on the new David ...
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David Leonhardt Upcoming Appearances
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All About Jazz
Jazz Pianist and composer David Leonhardt is featured in an in depth interview in the March issue of Cadence Jazz Magazine.
David Leonhardt Upcoming Appearances: Friday, March 10 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group An Evening Of Gershwin at Frostburg Sate University in Maryland http://ces.frostburg.edu March 17, 18, 19 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group In concert with The Shelley Oliver Tap Dancers at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania ...
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David Leonhardt Jazz Group Concert Schedule
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All About Jazz
February 25, 2006 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES David Leonhardt Jazz Group Concert Schedule February 22-25 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group in residency at The Cumberland County Community College Vineland NJ with workshops, An Evening Of Gershwin concert 2/24, and a Jazz For Kids Concert 2/25. www.cccnj.net/fpac/events.cfm February 26 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group at The Butler County Community College in concert near Pittsburgh, PA. www.bc3.edu/ culturalctr/singleshowtickets.htm February 27 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group Jazz For Kids concert Butler ...
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From: Smoke Gets In Your EyesBy David Leon
LCC #15 (Maybe I Should Drive)
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