Since the earliest days of jazz New York City has been a beacon for performers looking to make a go of it. From the teens and 20s through the 40s and 50s, the 70s, and right through to today generations of jazz musicians have seen a move to the Big Apple as the next stage of their development. Once there, those generations mingle, the younger learning from the older, while also keeping their elders on their toes.
I Double Dare You, the new album from veteran Terry Waldo, and rising star Tatiana Eva-Marie is a great example of what results from that mixing. Balancing Waldo’s experience and Eva-Marie’s finger on the pulse they have produced a collection of timeless tracks, gathered from the American Songbook, that should please serious jazz fans of every generation.
