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Album Review

Frank D: After the Ball

Read "After the Ball" reviewed by David Rickert


Frank D’Rone was one of many singers after a piece of the Sinatra pie, and the suave, debonair fellow on the cover certainly had the promising look of the next big crooner. However, although D’Rone is a fine singer, he lacks that elusive quality that allows one to jump the gap between an interpreter and an artist. To be fair, D’Rone would probably be satisfied with this assessment, and pleased to note that he turned out as pleasant an album ...

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Multiple Reviews

Vocal Goodies: Forgotten Artists From Verve

Read "Vocal Goodies: Forgotten Artists From Verve" reviewed by David Rickert


Verve has recently released a number of vocal jazz records as part of their LPR series. Before handling the heavyweights, here are two discs from forgotten artists.

After the Ball Frank D’Rone 1960Frank D’Rone was one of many singers after a piece of the Sinatra pie, and the suave, debonair fellow on the cover certainly had the promising look of the next big crooner. However, although D’Rone is a fine singer, he ...

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Obituary

Frank Deford (1938-2017)

Frank Deford (1938-2017)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Frank Deford, a legendary sportswriter with Sports Illustrated from 1962 to 1989 and again from 1998 to the present, as well as an NPR sports commentator for the past 32 years, died on May 28. He was 78. Frank had a way of profiling sports legends with deceptively simple language and colorful insights that became the gold standard for sports magazine feature writing. When I worked for the sports section of The New York Times between 1980 and '85, Frank's ...

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Performance / Tour

The Corinne Mammana Quartet Featuring Guitarist Frank Dibussolo

The Corinne Mammana Quartet Featuring Guitarist Frank Dibussolo

Source: Bruce Klauber

The Corinne Mammana Quartet featuring guitarist Frank DiBussolo will appear at Chris' Jazz Cafe on Tuesday, December 16. Shows run from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. and tickets are $10. Chris’ is located on 1421 Sansom Street in jny: Philadelphia. For reservations or more information, call 215-568-3131. Jazz singer Corinne Mammana has an extensive background in theater with some imposing credits, including several stints off-Broadway. Jazz Times profiled her recently, saying, “Mammana bridges a sometimes difficult gap between what is obviously ...

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Obituary

Frank Driggs, 1930-2011

Frank Driggs, 1930-2011

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey

Frank Driggs, a tireless jazz researcher and historian who collected photographs familiar to millions, died this week at the age of 81. In the1950s as a producer for Columbia Records, Driggs oversaw the organizing and reissuing of historically important recordings by Billie Holiday, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington and Gene Krupa. In 1991, he won a Grammy for Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings, the recorded work of the seminal blues singer and guitarist. He began documenting the history of jazz at ...

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Obituary

Frank Dawson Chicago Jazz Guitarist/Educator Dies

Frank Dawson Chicago Jazz Guitarist/Educator Dies

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters

Chicago area jazz guitarist and music educator Frank Dawson passed away early on Thursday June 3rd, 2010 in his early 60s. He had been diagnosed with advanced spinal cancer just a few days prior to his death... He originally hailed from Pittsburgh, PA, and began studying music with Victor Lawrence while beginning to play professionally during his high school years. Following graduation from highschool, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy attending the USN School of Music. Frank continued to study ...

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Radio

Frank Dibussolo Charts at #17 on the JazzWeek World Chart

Frank Dibussolo Charts at #17 on the JazzWeek World Chart

Source: Kari-On Productions

Frank DiBussolo has been a professional musician since 1965. During this time he has worked with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, Diane Carroll, Vicky Carr, Bob Hope, George Burns and Dom DeLouise and others. As a soloist he has been featured with the bands of Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Lester Lannin and more. He is a graduate of Widener University and the Combs College of Music where he earned the Master of Music ...

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Interview

Interview: Frank D'Rone (Part 3)

Interview: Frank D'Rone (Part 3)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Not all singers who came up in the 1950s became Tony Bennett or Sarah Vaughan. Some were popular only in their local towns. Some lacked talent or didn't have enough charisma. Some fell in with lousy record labels or the wrong crowd. Some were short on persistence or endurance. Others just gave up and went into another line of work. And then there were those highly gifted singers with enormous taste who came very, very close to becoming a household ...

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Interview

Interview: Frank D'Rone (Part 2)

Interview: Frank D'Rone (Part 2)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Back the 1950s, jazz duos, trios and quartets toured all over the country. There was plenty of work to go around. Thousands of small clubs and bars favored live jazz and pop, which attracted patrons, kept them there longer buying drinks. The goal for an artist was to land an extended stay at a club in a major city and wind up discovered by critics and radio and TV personalities. Ultimately, you were angling for a record deal, which could ...

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Interview

Interview: Frank D'Rone (Part 1)

Interview: Frank D'Rone (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Back in the late 1970s, I was hunting for a Stan Kenton LP and wound up at Dayton's, a rare jazz LP store on Broadway in New York's Greenwich Village. As I made my way over to the Kenton bin, a record by a male singer was playing over the store's speakers. The song was Why Can't This Night Go On Forever, featuring a rip-roaring big band arrangement. Nearby, a guy in a newsboy cap and dark glasses was leaning ...

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Festival

Name Your Own Price at Frank Demiero Jazz Festival

Name Your Own Price at Frank Demiero Jazz Festival

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene

Tickets for the up-coming Frank DeMiero Jazz Festival are now being offered to the public at not just a reduced price, but at “name your own price” prices. Emails have been sent out offering tickets to all three headlining concerts, which are currently priced between $35 - 40 each, for whatever the ticket buyer would like to pay. From the email: For a limited time, we invite you to NAME YOUR PRICE. That’s right, you decide how much to pay ...

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Festival

Frank Demiero Jazz Festival Backs out of Agreement with Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Frank Demiero Jazz Festival Backs out of Agreement with Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene

A bit of controversy has erupted in advance of the Frank DeMiero Jazz Festival which takes place later this month in Edmonds. The Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) had been contacted by Executive Producer Joe DeMiero in mid-January to back up vocalist Carmen Bradford on Saturday, February 28. According to members of SWOJO, a fee had been negotiated and preparations were underway for the evenings music. Doug Reid had been hired to direct the band, replacing Daniel Barry who had ...

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

After the Ball

Verve Music Group
2003

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