The Lori Mechem Quartet - Shiny Stockings

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:13
Size: 124,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:39) 1. Splanky
(4:16) 2. The Late, Late Show
(4:33) 3. Pleasingly Plump
(3:41) 4. Meet B.B.
(5:28) 5. In A Mellotone
(4:03) 6. Flight Of The Foo Birds
(4:55) 7. Moten Swing
(5:53) 8. Lil Darlin'
(5:54) 9. Shiny Stockings
(4:47) 10. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
(4:25) 11. Plymouth Rock
(1:35) 12. One O'Clock Jump

A respected jazz pianist, composer and educator, Lori, along with her husband Roger Spencer, has lived in the Nashville area since 1988. In addition to directing production shows and conducting musical theatre, she has performed with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Red Holloway, Jimmy Smith, Cal Collins, Roy McCurdy, Terry Gibbs, Pete Christlieb, Edie Gorme, Bobby Militello, Kirk Whalum and Donna McElroy. A native of Anderson Indiana, Lori received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.

Lori’s first CD, “Welcome to Brazil” was nominated for “Best Jazz Album of the Year” by the Nashville Music Awards in 1997. In 2003, Lori’s second CD, “Shiny Stockings, rose to #26 on the jazz charts. In 2005 she released a Brazilian Christmas album on Village Square Music. Since then she has released three more CD’s: “April in Paris” (a second Count Basie album), “The Dream of Life” (original meditation music), and “Return to Ipanema.” Lori and Roger founded and direct the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Lori is responsible for curriculum, student advisement, and special events, and teaches vocal, instrumental, and keyboard classes.https://nashvillejazz.org/people/lori-mechem-

Shiny Stockings

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David Grisman, Denny Zeitlin - New River

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:29
Size: 136,9 MB
Art: Front

( 7:07) 1. Brazilian Street Dance
( 5:45) 2. Dawg Funk
( 4:51) 3. Moving Parts
( 4:55) 4. Blue Midnite
( 5:42) 5. New River
( 4:25) 6. Waltz For Gigi
( 8:45) 7. Dg/dz Blues
(10:29) 8. On The March
( 7:25) 9. Fourteen Miles To Barstow

This set features two eclectic Californians, mandolinist David Grisman and pianist Denny Zeitlin, in a lively and unusual duo setting. The contrast between mandolin and piano couldn’t be greater, of course. Zeitlin’s orchestral playing, with its expansive timbral range and resonating low end, does most of the heavy lifting. Grisman’s instrument has its inherent limitations tiny neck, circumscribed harmonic capacity, somewhat tinny sound. But Grisman is a master at wringing the unexpected from those eight strings.

Not only does he display unparalleled virtuosity and melodic resourcefulness; he also responds to Zeitlin with just the right sonic touches, comping jazz-style on "Blue Midnite" and creating ethereal pick-slide effects on the mini-epic "On the March." The program is evenly split between Zeitlin’s originals and Grisman’s; the loose minor-key "DG/DZ Blues" is co-written. Following the invigorating, Gershwin-meets-bluegrass finale, "Fourteen Miles to Barstow," Grisman and Zeitlin keep the tape rolling for some brief free-improv, a hidden track. Throughout the session, Grisman brings out the new-acoustic, Americana side of Zeitlin, while Zeitlin brings out the jazz in Grisman. The result is music that is refreshingly beyond category. ~ David Adler https://www.allaboutjazz.com/new-river-david-grisman-acoustic-disc-review-by-david-adler.php

Personnel: David Grisman, mandolin; Denny Zeitlin, piano

New River

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