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Puma: Half Nelson Courtship
by John Kelman
It's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the cross-pollination going on in Norway. Take the members of noise improv rockers Puma. Keyboardist Øystein Moen is a current member of Jaga Jazzist, a group on the comeback trail with its first release in five years, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune, 2010). Guitarist Stian Westerhus--who was recruited by JJ at the same time as Moen--has since left the progressive jazz/rockers to focus, in addition to heavy touring with trumpeter Nils Petter ...
Continue ReadingBackgrounder: Joe Puma - East Coast Jazz/3
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I love precious jazz guitarists who place a premium on harmony, swing and compelling chords. One of the best in this category was Joe Puma. In the 1950s, Puma was a session sideman on many recordings and led his own groups. He recorded into the 1990s and died in 2000 at age 72. One of his finest early albums was Joe Puma Quintet: East Coast Jazz/3, which was part of a series produced by Creed Taylor for Bethlehem, in November ...
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Bill Evans and Joe Puma
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Before he began recording exclusively as leader of a working trio, pianist Bill Evans was a prolific sideman. Between 1954 and 1958, Evans appeared on more than 20 recordings led by other artists. Except for New Jazz Conceptions, his first one-off trio date for Riverside in 1956, Evans was a top keyboard gun for hire in New York. One of those dates in 1957 was accompanying guitarist Joe Puma on an album called Joe Puma: Jazz. Unfortunately, the quartet with ...
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