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Album Review

Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble: Under The Bridge

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If you think that the remainders and reminders of hard bop reside today within the music of Horace Silver, the keeper of the flame—and perhaps within that of very few others like Valery Ponomarev—think again. The jazzmen of Philadelphia, from which much of hard bop arose, never forgot it. In fact, they celebrate it...in concerts, in tributes, in writings, on radio and in schools.Fred Adams decided to concentrate all of these references into a single group, the Philadelphia ...

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Charles Earland: Intensity

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You hear it at once: a different sound, not always for the better. The music was changing, and Charles Earland joined his easy groove to the lush CTI sound so popular at the time. Results vary: the Burner is hot but too many horns spoil the brew. Take “Goin' Home": a rock guitar crashes through the left speaker, and Charles steps coolly behind him. Now he works the chords for warm strength: the feel of his Black Talk! album. But ...

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Charles Earland: Intensity

Read "Intensity" reviewed by Douglas Payne


For 1972's Intensity, Charles Earland's fifth of ten Prestige discs, the Mighty Burner seemed to be aiming toward something a little different than his usual collection of soulful tenor-organ jams. The presence of two songs from the rock group Chicago and a small trumpet-dominated horn section indicate that jazz-rock was the goal. The result, the LP's four original tracks plus two tracks from the same date originally released as part of Charles III, is one of his very best.

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Clifford Adams: The Master Power

Read "The Master Power" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


All-Star Cast. In what is ostensibly his debut as a leader, trombonist Clifford Adams assembles a jazz who's who of side persons to help him on his quest. That quest, realized on The Master Power is both musical and spiritual (in my mind the same). Adams has enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career in music, playing with everyone from the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band to Wynton Marsalis. He was also a founding member of the 1970s funk band, Kool ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Master Trombonist Clifford Adams Needs Your Help: Please Donate Now!

Master Trombonist Clifford Adams Needs Your Help: Please Donate Now!

Source: Bruce Klauber

When it comes to the trombone, Trenton, NJ native Clifford Adams is a national resource, having performed over the past 44 years with everyone from Patti LaBelle and Kool and the Gang to Sonny Rollins and Art Blakey. But Clifford Adams needs your help, and he needs it now. As a result of liver cancer, Clifford Adams needs a liver transplant and he needs it soon. Sadly, like too many jazz and blues musicians, he has no medical insurance. The ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Second Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series At The Collingswood Community Center Presents Trombonist Clifford Adams

Jazz Bridge Second Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series At The Collingswood Community Center Presents Trombonist Clifford Adams

Source: Bruce Klauber

The Jazz Bridge Second Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center—East Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ—presents trombonist Clifford Adams on Thursday, January 8. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914 or 215-517-8337. Trombonist Clifford Adams began his musical career as a member of his junior high school choir. He soon switched to trombone under the tutelage of Tommy Gryce, and four years later, he did his ...

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Recording

Smooth Jazz Trombonist Clifford Adams Releases "Cliff Notes"

Smooth Jazz Trombonist Clifford Adams Releases "Cliff Notes"

Source: All About Jazz


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Music Industry

Clifford Adams' "CLIFF NOTES" available at www.esrt.com

Clifford Adams' "CLIFF NOTES" available at www.esrt.com

Source: All About Jazz

For Immediate Release New York- June 4, 2001: In another first from a timeless great, world renowned Jazz recording artist Clifford Adams, has signed an agreement with eSRT.com for what could be the next distribution paradigm for the music industry. “Consumer Direct Media Manufacturing" promises to be the music distribution model of the future. It allows consumers to buy CD's direct from the manufacturer. Best of all, the Artist maintains artistic and financial control. In what is being hailed as ...

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Crossing The Bridge 2

Self Produced
2019

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All Star Tribute

BCS Records
2005

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Under The Bridge

Dreambox Media
2001

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The Master Power

Naxos Records
1998

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Intensity

Prestige Records
1972

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