J Curve Cincinnati Jazz Collection, Vol. 2 (2000)

About this title: The second volume of Queen City jazz yields results that are easily as substantive and satisfying as the first. It's also a good mix of styles, offering three female singers, two big bands, two fine piano trios, a little Latin-jazz and contemporary fusion, some hard bop, and sounds from the swing era. Starting with the singers, Kathy Wade uses a clipped, staccato approach, commendably reinventing and scatting the melody of "Bye Bye Blackbird" with pianist Ed Moss' trio. Judy James' dusky voice perfectly matches the pensively dank lyric of "Angel Eyes" with the Society Jazz Orchestra changing ... read more

Tracks:

1. Blues on Interstste 75 [Wade]
2. Bye Bye Blackbird [Dixon/Henderson]
3. Countdown [Coltrane]
4. Sunday in New York [Coates/Nero]
5. Paging Bettie [Dickson]
6. B.E. Cos [Menefield]
7. One More Day [Larkin]
8. Satan Takes a Holiday [Clinton]
9. Angel Eyes [Brent/Dennis]
10. Monkyside [Schmidt]
11. There Is No Greater Love [Jones/Symes]
12. Southern Stomps [Jones]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.