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Johnny O'Neal-"Tight"

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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

"This DVD is the crowning achievement of my career to date." Johnny O'Neal

Preview

Jazz Piano Virtuoso

Mulgrew Miller says....

Recorded live for Western N.C. Jazz Society-Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville, N.C.

Song List:

Just You, Just Me

Next Spring

Dreamy

Tight

Saving All My Love for You

Intellectual Grease

Overjoyed

I Concentrate on You

Honeysuckle Rose

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum

Just A Closer Walk with Thee

That's All

Johnny's Composition-Intellectual Grease

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Produced by Bo Farson for BoJazz Productions

“There are so many outstanding things about Johnny’s playing. Two or three of the most outstanding: number one, the touch. Johnny has a million dollar touch. Very few people touch the piano like that to get that kind of sound and feeling…. The other thing is his feeling of swing, which is so natural. Then there’s Johnny’s personality, so engaging. And Johnny can play a ballad like few people, if any. I’ve always held his talent in the highest regard, and I think he’s a very special artist.”