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.: DVD Now Available!Johnny O'Neal-"Tight"Click to preview & purchase @ Film Baby.com
Reviews AllAboutJazz.com ...like (Oscar) Peterson, O’Neal has chops to burn. He’s a two-handed pianist whose left hand frequently doubles the right’s melodies over the entire range of the keyboard, moving in opposite as well as parallel motion. In addition, he shows he’s capable of being a completely autonomous player, a virtual one-man orchestra. On Erroll Garner's “Dreamy” his right hand evokes the rhapsodic romanticism of the composer; on the uptempo stomp tunes he resurrects the spirit of Fats Waller with radar-accurate stride stylings and walking tenths in the left hand. On the traditional gospel hymn “Just a Closer Walk,” his left hand is a blur as he recreates a romping, stomping jubilee at its climactically frenetic, rapturous high. If all that weren’t enough, on the Betty Carter signature piece, “Tight,” O’Neal reveals a pleasant singing voice, reminding me of Dizzy Gillespie's but with more resonance and polish. Samuel Chell, Senior Editor-AllAboutJazz.com Read the complete review @ AllAboutJazz.com
E Jazz News.com O'Neal delivers his craft with an effortless familiarity with several jazz styles from bebop to total abstraction..... He brings a fresh dynamism to the art of jazz. George W. Carroll/The Musicians' Ombudsman www. ejazznews. com
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