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Fernando Ferrarone: Beautifully Different
by Jack Bowers
It is one thing to be a multi-instrumentalist; it is quite another to play two or more instruments so remarkably well that heads start to turn and listeners ask, “Who was that?“ Florida-based Fernando Ferrarone is in the latter class. He plays electrifying alto saxophone on the first and last tracks of Beautifully Different, impeccable trumpet on everything in between. And Ferrarone does so while leading a quintet that consists of American pianist Russell Kranes and three sidemen ...
Continue Reading...Russell Kranes/Alex Levine/Sam Weber/Jay Sawyer: Anchor Points
by Jack Bowers
No leader is given on Anchor Points, simply the names of the four musicians who comprise the group on its debut recording. This is truly a co-op enterprise by jazz artists who have been performing together for a number of years in and around the New York City area. The studio session is divided roughly in half, with four numbers by a quartet balancing four others by a drummerless trio, a nod to similar groups once led ...
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Back To It
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Tommy's Shuffle
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Solar Eclipse
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Feint
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The End of August
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