Archive for June 2010

PHIL WILSON & MAKOTO OZONE: LIVE AT THE BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER CD Review by F. Norman Vickers This outstanding performance, now almost 28 years old, by master trombonist/educator Phil Wilson and his then pianist/pupil Makoto Ozone was recorded at Berklee School of Music where Wilson still teaches and continues to (more…)

JOHN BUNCH: Do Not Disturb CD Review by F. Norman Vickers This elegant trio recording is a fitting tribute to this eighty-eight year old musician who died March 30, 2010. He had played his final gig just two weeks before. Bunch has been called the “Fred Astaire of the piano” (more…)