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New Album "Subtitles" From Trumpeter Michael Sarian Juggles Various Jazz Styles
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Eric Taylor
My number-one favorite jazz piece remains to be “Feels So Good” (1977) by Chuck Mangione. Surprisingly, the second position has been occupied, that quickly, by the track called “El Poeta” from a newly released album, Subtitles (2014), by the now U.S.-based Canadian-Argentinian trumpeter/artist Michael Sarian. Not only for jazz aficionados but also for anyone who is curious enough to sample a platter of various jazz styles, Sarian’s début album covers an assortment of flavors, from the subtle, short, and simple ...
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Interview: Americana Band Run 8 Rider Drives Through Various Influences On New Record
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Eric Taylor
When Run 8 Rider aren't busy rebuilding Devo's New Wave one-hit wonder “Whip It" into a Hee Haw hoedown, they are producing some of the most authentic and robust country rock around, which can be heard on their new album, Tenderfoot. For an Americana act, Run 8 Rider are decidedly less rooted in tradition; at the same time, they refuse to adapt to contemporary Nashville cheesiness, too. Q: Have you always been country music fans? What are the group's musical ...
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Various Artists - Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings (2011)
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Something Else!
By Fred Phillips Ah, the tribute album. It started out as a good idea—current artists getting together to salute a classic artist that had a major influence on them. But, then, it spiraled out of control. All of a sudden, everyone had a tribute. In the metal and hard rock world, small record labels sprang up that released nothing but tribute albums, often to bands that had only released a record or two. I remember once stumbling across a tribute ...
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Various Artists - Essential Chicago Blues (Not Now Music, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
European labels have long used their generous copyright laws to anthologize American music in a way their counterparts in the States find difficult. This compilation draws from a number of record labels including Chess and Vee-Jay, skimming some of the cream of the crop of American blues during the period 1951-1959. The electric blues boom during this period coincided with a social phenomenon known as the great migration, which brought many African-Americans north looking for better working conditions and more ...
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Various Artists - Andrew Vachss' Safe House (Relativity, 1998)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Author and attorney Andrew Vachss has spent years fighting the good fight against child abuse and neglect, both in the courtroom (representing only minors) and writing his famous Burke series of dark crime novels. Reading the books, you learn that Burke (and Vachss himself) are deep fans of the blues. This compilation CD, with all of the tracks picked by the author is something of a soundtrack to the books, the music that Burke would listen to while cruising the ...
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Various Artists - CTI: The Cool Revolution (Sony, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
After helping to form the Verve and Impulse! labels, jazz producer Creed Taylor struck out on his own, lending his initials to his new label, and signing some of the most commercially viable jazz talent of the day. This four disc retrospective mostly covers CTI's years as an independent company during the 1970's. CTI was well known at the time for heavily produced music often employing extra percussion and string arrangements to make it more palatable to the general public. ...
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Various - Lagos Disco Inferno (Academy)
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Master of a Small House
After a steadily snowballing start, African music reissues are now a full-fledged niche industry. Labels like Syllart, Soundway, Strut and African Analog continue to narrow the gap between collectors and casual consumers with a slew of edifying collections. With this disc crate-digging guru Frank Gossner aka DJ Voodoo Funk goes in the opposite direction. The first several releases on Academy were straight reissues of LPs. This compilation culls from a dozen platters to create a listening experience similar to one ...
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Various - Boogie Woogie Kings (Delmark)
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Master of a Small House
As an idiom, boogie woogie seems an ideal candidate for sampler consumption. That's a polite way of saying that for many listeners, a little tends to go a long way. Rhythmic and melodic protocols tend to follow relatively rigid parameters and most purveyors aren't usually known for their ability to straddle other piano forms. That hasn't stopped the good folks at Delmark from continuing to dust off classic sides by the leading lights of the style. This latest collection lives ...
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CD Review: Various Artists, "Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"
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Pop Dose
Before we get too far into this, lets address the main question right up front: can Jeff Bridges sing? The answer is yes, but he sings like an actor.
The film Crazy Heart centers around Bridges character Bad Blake, a washed-up country music star now resigned to the bottle and the backwater bumpkin circuit. At this stage in his life there doesn't seem to be much hope for a second chance, yet that's just what appears to be heading his ...
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Verve Unmixed 4 | Various Artists | Album
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All About Jazz
Tracks 1. Cry Me A River 2. Gimme Some 3. There Was A Time 4. California Soul 5. Take Care Of Business 6. Bim Bom 7. Tenderly 8. Tea For Two 9. Dilo Como Yo 10. Evil Ways 11. Everybody Loves The Sunshine 12. I Get A Kick Out Of You
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