Reviews

All About Jazz: "Northern Light" Review

January 9, 2013 By Hudson City
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By DAN BILAWSKY, Published: January 1, 2013 In today's fast-paced world, there's a tendency to try to write, record and release music in quick succession, but that's not always the best method. Sometimes, recorded...
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"Hudson City Suite": Birmingham Times Review

January 7, 2013 By Hudson City
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Entertainment Written by Esther Callens Thursday, 03 January 2013 14:57 New and currently in retail is a rich new recording offering nine great compositions. Hudson City Suite is the moniker that this collection is fittingly...
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Trib Live Review: "Hudson City Suite"

January 7, 2013 By Hudson City
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‘Hudson City Suite‘ Scott Healy Ensemble (Hudson City) It takes courage for a composer to refer to a work as “Ellington-inspired” because of the comparison it invites. But keyboardist-composer Scott Healy gets away with...
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“Northern Light”: FAME Review

December 20, 2012 By Hudson City
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Northern Light Scott Healy – Glenn Alexander Quartet Available from Hudson City Records. A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange by Mark S. Tucker (progdawg@hotmail.com). Live-to-2-track affairs have...
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“Northern Light”: Buffalo News Review

December 13, 2012 By Hudson City
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Scott Healy-Glenn Alexander Quartet, “Northern Light” (Hudson City). An instructional tale: This was recorded unedited in 1991 by Conan O’Brien’s pianist Scott Healy, guitarist Glenn Alexander, bassist Kermit Driscoll and...
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“Northern Light”: This is Book’s Music Review

December 13, 2012 By Hudson City
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Contemporary jazz isn’t a bad thing when put into the right hands. In this case, the right hands are pianist Scott Healy and guitarist Glenn Alexander, who combine a bit of laid back wisdom into a jazz style rich in smoothness...
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“Hudson City Suite”: Midwest Record Review

November 27, 2012 By Hudson City
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(Ed. note: Scott only played with Tony Bennett once, and he does not design t-shirts or websites.)   HUDSON CITY RECORDS SCOTT HEALY ENSEMBLE/Hudson City Suite: So, here’s a jazz piano man that you probably never heard...
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“Northern Light”: Midwest Record Review

November 27, 2012 By Hudson City
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HUDSON CITY SCOTT HEALY/GLENN ALEXANDER QUARTET/Northern Light: Essentially, a one take improv session from Healy’s tyro years recorded just as good fortune was smiling on him and his pals and technology was changing enough...
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“Hudson City Suite”: The Jazz Word Review

November 27, 2012 By Hudson City
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Pianist Scott Healy, perhaps best known for his association with Conan O’Brien on late night TV, presents nine original pieces for his eleven-piece ensemble on the Duke Ellington-inspired Hudson City Suite. In Ellingtonian...
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The Coalition: Keyboard Magazine Review

August 2, 2012 By Hudson City
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This four-piece (Scott Healy keys, Glenn Alexander guitar, Shawn Pelton drums, Mike Merritt bass) debuts with a head-clobbering sonic assault that might be due to Return to Forever, if that band had formed in New York city in...
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