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Album Review

The Stacie McGregor Quintet: Straight Up

Read "Straight Up" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Stacie McGregor has been part of the music scene in Toronto in several capacities since the 1980s. This is her first jazz recording as leader on which the band plays her own original material. She recruits some good musicians to assist her, a perfect cast for mainstream jazz. And McGregor keeps her excursions short: the longest it takes for her and her band to make a statement is just under six minutes.

Most of McGregor’s tunes come off ...

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Straight Up: Jimmy McGriff

Read "Jimmy McGriff" reviewed by Ed Kopp


Jimmy McGriff considers himself a blues organist, not a jazzbo. Regardless of the label, McGriff is one of the most soulful B3 organ players alive, a verity he proves yet again on this fine release. Straight Up features two of my favorite tenor saxmen, the great David “Fathead" Newman and the elegant Frank Wess. Factor in guitarist Rodney Jones, the underrated guitarist Wayne Boyd, and veteran skinman Bernard Purdie, and you have yourself a soul-jazz summit.“Smooth" ...

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Tony Adamo's Straight Up Deal CD

Tony Adamo's Straight Up Deal CD

Source: All About Jazz

Tony Adamo's “Straight up Deal" CD is Silky, Charismatic and Seductive

Jazz vocalist Tony Adamo struts back with his silky, charismatic, and, as I'm sure many ladies will confirm, seductive vocals on this clever new release Straight Up Deal. While I've classified this recording as smooth jazz, it really serves up equal doses of funk, smooth jazz, and R&B. There are also elements of island rhythms and cool, piano-bar jazz. A true cornucopia of coolness in each genre. I first ...

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Tony Adamo's Straight up Deal

Tony Adamo's Straight up Deal

Source: All About Jazz

Artist: Tony Adamo Title: Straight Up Deal Genre: Jazz-Pop-Funk-R & B Label: Urban Zone Records It has been four years since I heard from Tony Adamo and the last time he was Up In It (2004 EP). However, this time out there is a long player to check out. The soul brother of jazz, the one who epitomizes the word cool, is back with his groove on again. He is laying down those smooth ...

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New Jersey Guitarist B.D. Lenz Strips Down on Straight Up

New Jersey Guitarist B.D. Lenz Strips Down on Straight Up

Source: DeBlaze & Associates

Hackettstown, NJ, USA - May 7, 2007 - If you think you know the music of B.D. Lenz, think again. One of New Jersey's Top 20 up-and- coming jazz musicians 40 and under (Newark Star Ledger), the fifth Lenz CD, Straight Up, is a departure from what audiences are accustomed to hearing. Past albums were more heavily programmed in contrast to the live vibe that Straight Up embodies. His third project with the Apria Record label, Straight Up captures an ...

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Performance / Tour

Tony Adamo's new CD Straight Up Deal

Tony Adamo's new CD Straight Up Deal

Source: All About Jazz

Tony Adamo's Straight Up Deal Los Angeles, CA Roc Armani

It can't get much better than having the pair extraordinaire Ron McMaster and Al Schmit of Capitol work their magic on singer/songwriter Tony Adamo's new CD, Straight Up Deal. Ron McMaster completed the mastering while thirteen-time Grammy award winner Al Schmit mixed three of the songs. McMaster has mastered albums and CDs for the Bluenote Jazz Records catalog, Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Bowie and many ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Straight Up

Independent Records
2004

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Jimmy McGriff

Fantasy Jazz
1998

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