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A thoughtful alto-saxophonist with a lyrical yet explorative style and a sound of his own, Caleb Curtis earned degrees from Michigan State University and William Paterson University.
Based in New York, he has worked with such major musicians as Orrin Evans, Josh Lawrence, Jason Moran, Mulgrew Miller, Duane Eubanks, Houston Person, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kevin Eubanks, Jack Walrath, and Kevin Hays among many others plus Walking Distance and the Fat Cat Big Band.
Curtis begins his LiveStream of June 18, 2020 playing solo alto quietly on an original ballad.
Through skillful editing, he soon forms a saxophone duet (and sometimes trio) that engages in some advanced harmonies and atmospheric music while continuing the introspective mood.
One soon forgets that Caleb Curtis is playing all of the parts and the result is a fascinating improvisation that develops and evolves as it progresses, and surprisingly makes a visit along the way to Billy Strayhorn’s “Chelsea Bridge.”
– Scott Yanow
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June 18, 2020 – Caleb Curtis Solo
May 24, 2020 – With Marta Sanchez
April 11, 2020 – With Marta Sanchez
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This is the two hundred twenty-sixth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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A superior flute player from Trinidad, David Bertrand played classical and folk music before he discovered jazz.
Inspired most by tenor players, Bertrand developed his own lyrical yet forceful style on the flute.
He moved to the U.S., graduated from Queens College and has worked in New York and throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, usually leading his own quartet.
At the thick of the pandemic, on May 28, 2020, David Bertrand performed a set of solo flute (utilizing several types of flutes and a piccolo) during his LiveStream, playing music that is both swinging and soothing, and holding onto one’s interest throughout, even in this sparse setting.
-Scott Yanow
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May 28, 2020
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May 28, 2020
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May 28, 2020
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This is the forty seventh in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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Sean Mason began playing piano when he was 13, was largely self-taught in his native North Carolina where he gained early experience playing in church.
He has since developed into an impressive swing-based pianist, one who toured with the Branford Marsalis-Kurt Elling Quartet and seems headed towards a major career.
On his May 28, 2020 LiveStream, the picture is backwards but the music is so enjoyable that it is being reviewed anyway.
During this enjoyable and very musical performance, Sean Mason plays the obscure swing standard “If You Were Mine” (hinting at Teddy Wilson and Erroll Garner), Duke Ellington’s “I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart,” Ray Charles’ soulful and sadly relevant “Hard Times,” an original uptempo blues, Bud Powell’s “The Fruit,” and “Tomorrow” (from Annie) which becomes “We Shall Overcome.”
– Scott Yanow
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May 28, 2020
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Singer Débora Watts grew up in Brazil, 90 miles outside of Rio de Janeiro.
Halfway through earning her master’s degree in organic chemistry, she took a year off to travel, moving to NYC in 1993 where she continued her studies.
In 1997 she switched to music, meeting her future husband pianist- singer-songwriter John Allen Watts and starting a busy career performing Brazilian music in New York.
On their LiveStream from May 30, 2020, Débora and John Allen Watts perform original Brazilian music that has rich melodies (plus “’S Wonderful”), fine accompanying piano, and lovely singing from Débora and occasionally John.
– Scott Yanow
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May 30, 2020
July 24, 2020
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