Once in a while a musician comes along with impeccable technique, deep understanding of the jazz repertoire, an innate tendency to swing and the rare ability to communicate the heart and soul of a tune to listeners. That m... more »usician is Beegie Adair. About her music Adair says, "Falling in love with jazz is like falling in love with a person, except with jazz you never get over it." About Beegie (say B-G) Adair, what do others say? Jazz great Helen Merrill salutes her "inventive jazz sense, her wonderful sense of time and improvised melody." Christopher Louden of Jazz Times magazine says Adair is "an accomplished artist with a delicate touch." The Los Angeles Times calls her music "Elegant." Entertainment News writes, "Beegie Adair is one of the finest piano players in the world." Intrigued? So are thousands of jazz fans, who agree with critics about Adair's sophisticated and listenable jazz performances, and who have made her recordings among the biggest sellers in the jazz world. When she's not in the studio or appearing in clubs and concert halls around the country, Adair wears a variety of hats, such as servicing as teacher and mentor at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Recently she co-wrote and scored an innovative theatrical production, Betsy, which in April 2006 premiered off-Broadway in New York. She performs solo and with the Beegie Adair Trio, whose members include drummer Chris Brown, a veteran of the Maynard Ferguson Ensemble, and bassist Roger Spencer, who has played with the Les Brown Band, Ray Conniff, the Page Cavanaugh Trio and Pete Jolly. They are, she says, "my main guys. They're so tuned into the way I visualize music that it's effortless to play with them." In clubs and concert venues from Los Angeles to New York, Beegie and her "main guys" win kudos from audiences and critics alike who appreciate her unique take on classic jazz. She fell in love with the music a long time ago, and indeed she's never gotten over it -- a love affair the jazz world is much the better for.« less
Once in a while a musician comes along with impeccable technique, deep understanding of the jazz repertoire, an innate tendency to swing and the rare ability to communicate the heart and soul of a tune to listeners. That musician is Beegie Adair. About her music Adair says, "Falling in love with jazz is like falling in love with a person, except with jazz you never get over it." About Beegie (say B-G) Adair, what do others say? Jazz great Helen Merrill salutes her "inventive jazz sense, her wonderful sense of time and improvised melody." Christopher Louden of Jazz Times magazine says Adair is "an accomplished artist with a delicate touch." The Los Angeles Times calls her music "Elegant." Entertainment News writes, "Beegie Adair is one of the finest piano players in the world." Intrigued? So are thousands of jazz fans, who agree with critics about Adair's sophisticated and listenable jazz performances, and who have made her recordings among the biggest sellers in the jazz world. When she's not in the studio or appearing in clubs and concert halls around the country, Adair wears a variety of hats, such as servicing as teacher and mentor at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Recently she co-wrote and scored an innovative theatrical production, Betsy, which in April 2006 premiered off-Broadway in New York. She performs solo and with the Beegie Adair Trio, whose members include drummer Chris Brown, a veteran of the Maynard Ferguson Ensemble, and bassist Roger Spencer, who has played with the Les Brown Band, Ray Conniff, the Page Cavanaugh Trio and Pete Jolly. They are, she says, "my main guys. They're so tuned into the way I visualize music that it's effortless to play with them." In clubs and concert venues from Los Angeles to New York, Beegie and her "main guys" win kudos from audiences and critics alike who appreciate her unique take on classic jazz. She fell in love with the music a long time ago, and indeed she's never gotten over it -- a love affair the jazz world is much the better for.
CD Reviews
Great for the workday or a cocktail party
J. Holsten | Lincoln, NE | 11/09/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I just got this CD! I always buy 1 new chrismas CD every year and this was it for 2009; in addition to being my first Beegie Adair. I have a home office and I love listening to this quietly in the background (no vocals). It would also be great to have on if you had a few friends over for a bit more upscale cocktail party. I like instrumental CDs and typically choose solo piano albumns or quiet medidative type styles. This is just slightly more upbeat, but still relaxing while I'm working at my desk without disrupting me. I start listening to christmas music just after halloween, and I'll be listening to this one all season long for many Christmas' to come. I think I'll try some other Beegie Adair CDs for the rest of the year.
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Swingpiano
W. D. Neil | LaGrange, Ga | 12/06/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I like everything that Bee gee Adair plays. It is the music of the era in which I grew up, the 40s and 50s.I have many of her CDs. I prefer just her trio. No horns or reeds. I play keyboards myself and if I hear the same tunes over and over I will eventually be able to play them.
Her tempo is neither too fast nor too slow. She makes her music swing. It is very listenable.
Amazon has everything I would ever want. I can always find stuff at this site, and I get my items promptly."
One of my new Favorites in the Christmas Music category
GWK | Northern California | 02/15/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"One of my new Favorites in the Christmas Music category. Easy, nice listening - great for dinnertime!"
"I have almost all of her CDs. At least 2-3 are always in my car CD player. It's perfect background music. She has a rich, full style that includes enough improv to make it interesting, but not so much that you can't tell what the piece is. Most of her music is from the big band era, my personal favorite, and her style complements that genre perfectly."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1