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Radio & Podcasts

Mark Isham: Analog Machines And A Jazzman'S Breath

Read "Mark Isham: Analog Machines And A Jazzman'S Breath" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer

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Radio & Podcasts

Michal Urbaniek, Jan Hammer, Lee Ritenour, Eddie Henderson and Adam holzman

Read "Michal Urbaniek, Jan Hammer, Lee Ritenour, Eddie Henderson and Adam holzman" reviewed by Len Davis

by Len Davis

From the '70s Michal Urbaniak, Jan Hammer, Lee Ritenour, Eddie Henderson and The Tony Williams Lifetime. Trumpeter Mark Isham, Adam Holzman, drummer Rene Engel and Scott Henderson. Playlist Michal Urbaniak “Kuyaviak Goes Funky" from Fusion 3 (Columbia) 00:00 Jan Hammer “Bambu Forest" from Oh Yeah/em> (Nemperor) 08:26 Mark Isham “Right Off" from Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Sessions (Record Label) 16:52 Lee Ritenour “Captain Fingers" from Captain Fingers (Epic) 25:18 Eddie Henderson “Sunburst" from Sunburst (Blue Note) 33:44 ...

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Album Review

Michael Wolff: Live at Vitellos

Read "Live at Vitellos" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

As time stretches the fabric of reality, what with venues closed or operating under incredibly restrictive mandates since March of 2020, it's starting to feel like it's been a decade since we've been able to gather in the quiets of a club to take in a rapturous set of music. So it's only fitting that this ten-year-old gem should drop into the world at this juncture, giving pause to bemoan what's been lost and appreciate a music found.

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Rediscovery

Mark Isham: Blue Sun

Read "Mark Isham: Blue Sun" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Mark IshamBlue SunColumbia Records1995 Better-known, perhaps, for his work in the film arena as scorer for movies including 1986's The Hitcher, the 1992 reboot of Of Mice and Men and 1998's Blade, Mark Isham has, nevertheless, demonstrated his instrumental prowess as a trumpeter on albums including pianist Art Lande's Rubisa Patrol (ECM, 1976), singer/songwriter Van Morrison's Beautiful Vision (Warner Bros., 1982), David Sylvian's Brilliant Trees (Virgin, 1984), David Torn's Cloud About Mercury (ECM, 1987) and ...

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Album Review

Mark Isham: Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project

Read "Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Miles Davis 1926 - 1991. Gone these eight years (hard to believe), Miles Davis continues to compel tribute recordings. These include Herbie Hancock, et al.’s A Tribute to Miles (Warner Brothers); Benny Golson’s I Remember Miles (Evidence); Shirley Horn’s I Remember Miles (Verve); Keith Jarrett’s Bye Bye Blackbird (EMI); Cassandra Wilson’s I Travelin’ Miles (Blue Note); Endless Miles (NK2), and Carl Allen’s The Dark Side of Dewey (Evidence), just to mention a few. It seems that as these tributes are ...

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Album Review

Mark Isham: Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project

Read "Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne

Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project was, perhaps, inevitable. Trumpeter and composer Mark Isham has always displayed a predilection toward the moody melodicism Miles Davis conveyed in his electric works. But Isham is a far more methodical, constructive player and his themes (especially evident in his jazz scores to films like Afterglow ) hark to something a bit more aching and sadder than Miles's portraits of anger and defiance.Since Isham records for the same label where Miles made ...

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