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Ittetsu Nasuda: Tailwind
by Edward Blanco
Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, Ittetsu Nasuda is a distinguished jazz pianist based in New York City whose exploration of contemporary and Afro- Cuban jazz and his overall affinity for the Latin jazz sound has helped him become a firmly established player within the jazz scene in the Big Apple. Tailwind is his recording debut; leading a vibrant quintet of New York-based musicians offering a 12-track set of original compositions that blends a hybrid of Afro-Cuban elements, a modern jazz sound ...
Continue ReadingDaryll Dobson: Healing Intentions
by Scott Andrews
Fusion guitarist Daryll Dobson released Healing Intentions in 1997, following up his previous light fusion record Studio 21 and his electric fusion record The Mind Electric, which featured L. Shankar and Kenny Kirkland. Healing Intentions regroups some of the less famous members of the band on The Mind Electric, including Delmar Brown, Kenwood Dennard, and Rael Grant, to play electric fusion with subtle ethereal touches over a driving backbeat.
Despite the pseudo-metaphysical framing of Healing Intentions by the ...
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