MELINDA WHITAKER with The Brent Jarvis Quartet
Canadian jazz recording artist Melinda Whitaker delivers songs from The American Songbook and her latest album produced by Juno Award winner Phil Dwyer. Backed by The Brent Jarvis Quartet. Featuring Brent Jarvis – piano Sean Drabitt – bass Hans Verhoeven – drums Andrew Greenwood – tenor saxophone When: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 8 pm Where: Hermann’s Jazz Club 753 View Street,Victoria, BC Details: $20/$17 VJS Melinda Whitaker performs a no-holds-barred treatment of songs from The American Songbook and her recent CD ‘Lucky So-And-So! produced by Juno Award...
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Vancouver Island-based singer Melinda Whitaker has seasoned, unabashedly jazz-based approach to singing, and she’s perfectly paired on her disc Lucky S0-And-So by Vancouver Island’s premier jazzman, Phil Dwyer. The CD finds Dwyer handling multiple responsibilities, including producer, arranger, musical director, piano and saxophones. He basically did everything except the catering for the sessions. Dwyer’s arrangements are rich and fully formed, with nice details, reharmonizations and the like. There are even some hidden little Easter eggs for jazz fans, such as the citation of Killer...
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Fact is, all the songs on this album are delivered with style, not the least of which are the Stevie Wonder tunes Overjoyed and Creepin’, well-chosen contemporary contrasts to the standards that are at the core of the album.
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