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Java Men: Orbituary

by Jim Santella
September 1, 2000

Where’s the music going these days? In what direction? The Java Men know. They’re taking it there.

Jazz’s modern mainstream covers a whole lotta ground. This organ-guitar-drums trio swings, while offering fresh sounds for a new generation of jazz lovers. The balance between hard-driving rhythms and soothing landscapes is one to take seriously. Java Men brings it all together as both art and enjoyable music. Ray Rizzo works over the whole drum set, never getting loud. He employs a variety ...