Sing Me a Love Song David Berger Jazz Orchestra

April 2010 • Vox • By Christopher Loudon

David Berger Jazz Orchestra
Sing Me a Love Song
Such Sweet Thunder

Harry Warren won three Oscars, partnered with the cream of lyricists—Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Mack Gordon and Al Dubin among them—and helped add “I Found a Million Dollar Baby,” “Lullaby of Broadway” and “Jeepers Creepers” to the pop-culture lexicon...

Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Dee Dee Bridgewater

April 2010 • Vox • By Christopher Loudon

Dee Dee Bridgewater
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee
DDB Productions

A quarter-century ago, Dee Dee Bridgewater paid homage to the sound and style of Billie Holiday with the acclaimed stage production Lady Day , based on Holiday’s autobiography. Since she was actually portraying Holiday, it was necessary for Bridgewater to...

April 2010 • Vox • By Christopher Loudon

Lorraine Feather
Ages
Jazzed Media

In “Scrabble,” the penultimate track on Lorraine Feather’s latest, she dreams of whipping her opponent’s “Mensa fanny.” The sentiment is surely flippant, for no one as wickedly skilled as Feather at crafting cunning lyrics could possibility be poor at word...

April 2010 • By George Varga

Dave Holland Octet
Pathways
Dare2

Dave Holland, much like bass giant, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus before him, thinks and listens as intently as he plays. By doing so, this British-born, New York-based luminary creates maximum emotional impact and meaning with every carefully considered...