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'REVIEW: Jim Cullum Jazz Band, 'Porgy And Bess--Live,' Riverwalk Jazz

'Porgy And Bess--Live' (Riverwalk Jazz) has Jim Cullum leading his seven-piece Jazz Band through a roots-reverent rendition of George Gershwin's 1934 folk opera complete with narration by William Warfield, who portrayed Porgy opposite the legendary Leontyne Price as Bess in the definitive 1950s Broadway production.
By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Cuong Vu Trio, 'Meets Pat Metheny,' Nonesuch Records

    Guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has always loved to jam with those who could match his unending enthusiasm, inventiveness and chops. To that end, he's performed/recorded with the likes of Ornette Coleman, Steve Reich, Charlie Haden and Brad Mehldau. Now, the Cuong Vu Trio 'Meets Pat Metheny' (Nonesuch) on a dense seven-track meandering adventure.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Daniel Meron, 'Sky Begins,' Self-Released

    Daniel Meron, after serving in the Israeli military, won a full scholarship to Berklee in Boston before settling in Brooklyn where he is part of a burgeoning jazz scene. His 2010 'Directions' captured the imagination of the jazz world. Now, with singer wife Maia Karo, Meron has settled into a sophisticated piano-trio-with-vocals-groove. It is here that the 'Sky Begins.'
    By Mike Greenblatt
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