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Freedom of the City 2010
by Ken Waxman
"To Thine Self Be True" is lettered above the stage at Conway Hall where London's annual Freedom of the City (FOTC) festival took place May 2nd-3rd. Although related to the philosophy of the Humanist Society that built the edifice, the slogan can be applied to the 16 sets that made up the festival. Organized ...
3ology: With Ron Miles
by Ken Waxman
This album is appropriately titled as, in many cases, the addition of another musician raises the level of an entire band's playing. So it is on this session, where Denver-based cornetist Ron Miles joins Colrado's 3ology combo. Evident from the one track on which Miles isn't featured, 3ology--brothers Doug and Tim Carmichael (alto sax and bass, ...
Three by Lieb: Relevance, Turnaround: The Music of Ornette Coleman, Lieb Plays Weill
by Ken Waxman
Dave Liebman/Evan Parker/Tony BiancoRelevance Red Toucan2009 Dave Liebman Group Turnaround: The Music of Ornette Coleman Jazzwerkstatt2010 Dave Liebman Trio Lieb Plays Weill Daybreak-Challenge2009
Steve Lacy: The Holy La
by Ken Waxman
This fine trio CD takes its name from something held sacred by musicians: la," the pitch to which all instruments are almost always tuned. During the course of these nine tracks, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and his associates also prove that they can do just anything they want with any variations of la" and the other ...
Ingebrigt H: Double Bass
by Ken Waxman
Double Bass is a showcase for the jazz and free music skills of Oslo-based Håker Flaten. With 40 CDs to his credit, he may be a Scandinavian version of Ron Carter: his breadth of experience includes jazz, improv, electronica and fusion, with leaders ranging from the cerebral American multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee to Finnish metal-jazz guitarist Raoul ...
Sun Ra: Solo Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
by Ken Waxman
This is the hippest solo piano CD you're ever going to hear that features old time standards like Take the A Train," St Louis Blues" and Honeysuckle Rose." That's because the artist involved isn't some wannabe young lion aiming for mainstream cred or a palsied trad jazz survivor nostalgically re-creating the sounds of his youth. Instead, ...