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Leila Percy & Don Doane: It's Magic

Read "It's Magic" reviewed by Dave Nathan


The music played on this album is guaranteed to make you want to grab your significant other and get out on the dance floor. These kind of recordings are rarely made anymore. Veteran trombonist Don Doane leads a sextet of his contemporaries as they are joined by the delicate vocalizing of Leila Percy (called the “canary" on the personnel list). There is more than an hour of music designed to bring back memories for the older crowd and catch the ...

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Leila Percy and Muriel Havenstein: Those Sirens of Swing

Read "Those Sirens of Swing" reviewed by Dave Nathan


The Sirens of Swing, Leila Percy and Muriel Havenstein, are well established in the small, but flourishing jazz scene in Maine. They got together with some up North friends and recorded this very attractive album. Pianist Muriel Havenstein's jazz roots go back to the 1940's when she was a member of Estelle and Her Brunettes. Jimmy Lyden on bass has been playing since 1970, while drummer Les Harris, Jr. is a Berklee College of Music graduate and a regular member ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

It's Magic

Invisible Music Records
2000

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Those Sirens of Swing

Invisible Music Records
2000

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