Two strokes of Ryan Giggs's accomplished left foot swung the contest.
Maurice Bottomley of PopMatters wrote that the record is "gentle, cultured, and perhaps overly refined, but it is very accomplished and does actually swing," further commenting that "it is also truer to the spirit of bossa nova in its first North American flowering than some will care to admit".
CARLYLE HOTEL Madison Ave .at 76th St. (212-744-1600)—Through May 26: If the married couple John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey weren't so musically adept she's a temperate singer, he's a swinging vocalist and accomplished guitarist they might tip the cuteness scale into the danger zone.
(Chinen) WYCLIFFE GORDON AND FRIENDS (Saturday) Mr. Gordon, a charismatic trombonist specializing in gutbucket swing, gathers a handful of accomplished peers for this Miller Theater concert, including the trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, the pianist Cyrus Chestnut and the drummer Rodney Green.
The fact that the Mingus Big Band's week-long, 12-show residency at Ronnie Scott's has all but sold out testifies to the charismatic clout of this accomplished outfit, but mainly to the power, passion and capricious swing of Mingus's music.
This accomplished debut mix of updated Ellingtonian ensemble colours, luxurious ballads and punchy swing shows why.
Mr. Bennink is clearly a technically accomplished jazz drummer, and everything he did finally came back to the impulse to swing.
HILL COUNTRY LIVE 30 W. 26th St. (212-255-4544) — Nov. 15: The Brooklyn act known as the Sweetback Sisters is fronted by Emily Miller and Zara Bode, two strong singers who revel in close harmonies, and their accomplished band, featuring Ross Bellenoit on Telecaster and Jesse Milnes on fiddle, covers the country spectrum, from Western swing to rockabilly.
30 W. 26th St. (212-255-4544) — Nov. 15: The Brooklyn act known as the Sweetback Sisters is fronted by Emily Miller and Zara Bode, two strong singers who revel in close harmonies, and their accomplished band, featuring Ross Bellenoit on Telecaster and Jesse Milnes on fiddle, covers the country spectrum, from Western swing to rockabilly.
Timothy Hallinan's affable antihero, an accomplished thief but inept sleuth named Junior Bender, makes a terrific first impression in CRASHED (Soho Crime, $25), swinging from a chandelier to escape the jaws of four vicious guard dogs.
