Jazz Articles

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Vibin': Jay Hoggard, Joe Baione, Ken Fowser/Behn Gillece, Mark Sherman & Roy Ayers

by Graham L. Flanagan
August 2, 2009

Jay HoggardSoular PowerJHVM2009 Joe BaioneOh Yeah!self-published2009 Ken Fowser/Behn GilleceFull ViewPosi-Tone2009 Mark ShermanLive @The Bird's EyeMiles High2008 Roy AyersUbiquityVerve2009 The vibraphones often create the über-cool “lounge" sound at cocktail ...

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NOMO: Invisible Cities

by Jeff Stockton
August 2, 2009

Having started out in clubs around the University of Michigan as an octet (sometimes larger), enchanted by the Afrobeat of Fela (seasoned with a bit of avant jazz), on Ghost Rock (Ubiquity, 2008), NOMO emerged as much more inspired by the clanging junkyard percussion of Congolese Konono No. 1 and German eccentrics such as Can and Kraftwerk than by the work of John Coltrane or Charles Mingus. That was a daring record, simultaneously a natural step in this ambitious collective's ...

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Tim Daisy: Tea Music, The Disappointment of Parsley & Staying in the Game

by Kurt Gottschalk
August 2, 2009

Klang Tea Music Allos Documents 2009 The Dave Rempis Percussion Quartet The Disappointment of Parsley Not Two 2009 Fred Anderson Staying in the Game Engine 2009 Since his ascendancy into the Vandermark Five in 2003, Tim Daisy has become an increasingly in-demand drummer in the rich ...

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Jeff "Siege" Siegel: Live in Europe

by Karen Hogg
August 2, 2009

Drummer/composer Jeff Siegel's Live in Europe presents highlights from two radio shows recorded overseas in 2005. Siegel's quartet--tenor saxophonist Erica Lindsay, pianist Francesca Tanksley and bassist Danton Boller--perform four of Siegel's compositions as well as tunes by Tanksley and Lindsay. Lindsay's opening “Elvin's Circle" is a moody, propulsive tribute to the great drummer Elvin Jones, with searing and rhythmic playing from its composer. Siegel's “Rag Tag" starts off with a hypnotic, repetitive groove and transitions into two ...

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Charlie Parker: Bird in Time & Washington, DC, May 23, 1948

by Matthew Miller
August 2, 2009

Charlie Parker Bird in Time 1940-1947 ESP-Disk2008 Charlie Parker Washington DC, 1948 Uptown Jazz2008 In the liner notes to Washington, DC, 1948, Ira Gitler reaffirms an assessment made in his 1966 classic The Masters of Bebop: “The period of 1947-48 was the zenith of Charlie Parker's career and the time of his greatest influence," ...

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Strickland Bros: In This Day & Idiosyncrasies

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
August 2, 2009

E.J. Strickland In This Day Strick Muzik 2009 Marcus Strickland Idiosyncrasies Strick Muzik 2009 Listening to a new record often demands a cost-benefit analysis from the listener. Will working hard and long at understanding an entire album be rewarded in the end or will it lead to an unlocking of track after underwhelming track? ...

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Chico Hamilton: Now and Then

by Joel Roberts
August 2, 2009

Chico Hamilton Twelve Tones of Love Joyous Shout 2009 The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet Complete Studio Recordings Fresh Sound 2009 It would be a huge understatement simply to say that legendary drummer Chico Hamilton is still going strong as he approaches his 88th birthday next month. His latest CD, Twelve Tones of Love, is ...

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Sean Jones: The Search Within, Dedicated & Modern Times

by Donald Elfman
August 2, 2009

Sean JonesThe Search WithinMack Avenue2009 Ralph BowenDedicatedPosi-Tone2009 Bobby SelvaggioModern TimesArabesque2009 Trumpeter Sean Jones is only 30 but here he is with his fifth album as a leader and great work as a sideman. On The Search Within, Jones finds new colors and textures ...

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Guitar Stars: Jack Wilkins & Mike Stern

by Tom Greenland
August 2, 2009

Jack Wilkins Until It's Time MaxJazz 2009 Mike Stern Big Neighborhood Heads Up 2009

Jack Wilkins and Mike Stern are guitar stars of the first magnitude: both accomplished composers, sensitive accompanists and, above all, creative and distinctive improvisers. Releases from each veteran demonstrates why their peers hold them in high esteem. ...

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Eddie Gomez: Duo & Trio

by Ken Dryden
August 2, 2009

Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez Outlaws Enja 2009 Great Jazz Trio Chapter II Test of Time 2009

Eddie Gomez has long been one of the most valuable bassists in jazz, especially after his 11-year stint in the Bill Evans Trio. After leaving Evans in 1975, he was quite active on record dates, including his unusual ...