about
The spirit of everything we are comes out in each note that we play. The beauty is in the carefully finished details, clarity of ideas, sincerity of emotion and the deep, warm timbre of the bass.
background
circa 1983
Mandy is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music
in Boston.
She studied privately with Charlie Haden and
Darek Oles for two years at Cal Arts, and bass grandmaster Ray
Brown for seven years.
See my
Farewell to Ray Brown article
from Jazz Steps.
CD
"Reflections" is a one-hour CD of jazz standards and original compositions featuring Alex Murzyn on sax and Noel Melanio on piano. This instrumental collection thoughtfully illuminates styles from bebop to free, to bossa nova and ballad. Read the review from Jazz Improv Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 2.