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Bob Moses: Nishoma

by Todd S. Jenkins
February 1, 2001

Drummer Bob Moses has been a ground-breaker in jazz for about thirty-five years. After gigging around New York as a vibraphonist in his teens, he formed the electric free-jazz group Free Spirits with guitarist Larry Coryell and Native American tenorist Jim Pepper. Later he worked as a sideman with many of New York’s finest jazzers: saxophonists Roland Kirk and Dave Liebman, vibraphonist Gary Burton, bandleaders Mike Gibbs and George Gruntz, drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Steve Swallow, and guitarists Pat Metheny ...

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Miracle Orchestra: Forks, Bends and Spoons

by Todd S. Jenkins
January 1, 2001

Here’s a Boston-area band that has some pretty good ideas but should have put more thought into them before recording a CD. The grooves are nice, particularly the loping track #3 and the funky grease of #8, and the melodies are appreciable. However, some of the choices made are questionable and some instrumental techniques are in dire need of polishing. Credit is due to Bill Carbone as a creative and steady drummer, and Geoff Scott’s guitar chops are quite well-honed, ...