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Steve Lacy At The New Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden 2002 on hatOLOGY 631

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2006

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Colin Vallon Trio : Ailleurs on hatOLOGY 636

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2006

Colin Vallon Trio : Ailleurs on hatOLOGY 636

Colin Vallon - piano, prepared piano Pat Moret - double bass Samuel Rohrer - drums

The members of this trio all share a strong awareness of sound quality and timbre, which sets them apart from other musicians. Three distinct instrumental voices - Colin Vallon's singing piano, Pat Moret's full reverberating bass and Samuel Rohrer's polyvalent drums - blend into a highly complex ensemble sound; here, too, ...

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Highnote Records To Release New CDs By Saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, Trumpeter Russell Gunn, and Pianist Larry Willis On January 30th

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
December 14, 2006

(New York, NY - December 14, 2006) New CDs by saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman, trumpeter Russell Gunn and pianist Larry Willis are set for January 30, 2007 release on HighNote Records the label announced today. Newman's “Life" (HighNote HCD 7166) -- a tribute to his close friend and colleague, the late pianist John Hicks -- features Steve Nelson on vibes, Peter Bernstein on guitar, David Leonhardt on piano, John Menegon on bass and Yoron Israel on drums. The CD presents ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Releases New Recording With Artistic Director Byron Stripling

Source: Jessica Fagan
December 11, 2006

Columbus, Ohio--The Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO), under the direction of trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, has released The Colors of Jazz, the CJO's first recording since Stripling became Artistic Director of the orchestra in 2002. The Colors of Jazz is available for purchase online at jazzartsgroup.org and CDBaby.com. The recording will also be available in the coming weeks on iTunes and other digital music stores.

The Columbus Jazz Orchestra is presented by the Jazz Arts Group, America's oldest not-for-profit arts organization ...

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Hal Galper ENJA Album "Now Hear This" Reissued

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

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Wolfson/Mars Syndicate Midnight Latitudes CD

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

Mars Syndicate is an evolving multimedia collaboration. Visual mediums include video and live performance art.Auditory mediums include live instrumentation (from one to twenty musicians), and computer music (samplers and sequencers).

Wayne Wolfson is a California based author.

The album is a concept one. It figures around an anti-hero known only as “The Detective". A lot of things are kept vague, non-linear story line with certain images and words which are constantly looping back and referencing other events taking place within ...

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Bern Nix releases Low Barometer

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

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Conspiracy of Equals release new CD on Leo Records

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

Intense live free improvisations by Conspiracy of Equals: Harry S. Fulcher ~ tenor & alto sax, clarinet Aaron Standon ~ alto sax, guitar Pete Brandt ~ acoustic bass Marco Anderson ~ traps, percussion

Live, free and completely visceral! Four massive mountain men of music meet on a full moon and pour their hearts out in spontaneous soundscapes of fierce emotion. They groove harder than a very hard thing but free ...

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