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Album Review

Gecko Turner: Guapapasea!

Read "Guapapasea!" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 28, 2006

Maybe it's because I grew up around Philadelphia through the 1970s, but I always remember soul music around--soul music light enough to dance like a butterfly on a breeze yet knee-deep enough in the funk that one could dive in and swim. Its charm was easy to recognize and feel, but hard to describe and define.

Gecko Turner's Guapapasea! feels like one of those great breezy soul records. It comes from Spain via his nimble twelve-piece Afrobeatnik Orchestra, ...

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Album Review

Koop: Waltz for Koop

Read "Waltz for Koop" reviewed by Trevor MacLaren

by Trevor MacLaren
July 17, 2002

Electronica is the future of jazz-fusion! Swedish jazzophiles Koop have created the perfect electronic tribute to jazz. Waltz for Koop is simply fantastic! They have utilized loops from a variety of styles mixing it with live instruments, solos and vocals to create a new fusion of gorgeous jazz-pop. Although the past decade had many DJ's trying their hand at jazz, but they sound nothing like this.

Musicians such as DJ Spooky would melt together hip-hop and various genres with jazz, ...