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Rez Abbasi - Suno Suno (Enja, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
November 9, 2011

Guitarist and composer Rez Abbasi has been developing a unique conception of the song form and improvisation that draws from a wide variety of influences, including Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music. Joining him on this album is a band consisting of: Rudresh Mahanthappa on alto saxophone, Vijay Iyer on piano, Johannes Weidenmuller on bass and Dan Weiss on drums. For the most part, the album is made up of lengthy, dynamic suite-like performances, beginning with “Thanks for ...

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Pat Metheny - One Quiet Night (2003)

Source: Something Else!
November 9, 2011

One night back in the late 1970s, me and my cousin Andy were playing a game of backgammon (cripes, that really was a long time ago ... I remember there was a Styx Grand Illusion poster on the wall and ... uh, anyway) ... he had this album playing on his turntable. The record itself had a pretty interesting cover photo full of Airstream trailers. But more important, it contained a kind of music that I was totally unfamiliar with. ...

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New Bill Cornish Album "Stories Without Words"

Source: Bill Cornish
November 9, 2011

Keyboardist Bill Cornish will be releasing his new solo album entitled Stories Without Words. The album is expected to be available early December, 2011. Like his previous solo albums, Stories shifts seamlessly between his trademark collection of influences including world fusion, jazz, new age, orchestral and funk. Musical guests this time out include trumpet master Eric Bolvin, Warren Dale on saxophones and clarinets, as well as Joanne Campbell and Claire Fitch of the Dublin Symphony Orchestra violin and cello respectively. ...

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David S. Ware - Organica (Solo Saxophones, Volume 2) (Aum Fidelity, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
November 8, 2011

For saxophonist and composer David S. Ware's second volume of solo unaccompanied performances for the AUM Fidelity label, He has chosen sets from two performances; first a private performance from Park Slope in Brooklyn, then his set from the Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago. Both of these are strong and vibrant performances, with Ware dividing time between the tenor and sopranino saxophones. “Minus Gravity 1" and “Minus Gravity 2" are taken from different concerts, but both feature the sopranino saxophone, ...

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New CD available by award-winning composer Steve Grover

Source: Steve Grover
November 9, 2011

This November sees the release of Statement, the new jazz CD by The Steve Grover Quintet Plus One. Statement features the latest group of original compositions by award-winning composer and jazz drummer Steve Grover, featuring a quintet of Trent Austin, trumpet/flugelhorn; David Wells, tenor saxophone; Tony Gaboury, guitar; Chris Van Voorst Van Beest, bass; and Steve Grover, drums, augmented on four sextet tunes by alto saxophonist Jason St. Pierre. The music ranges from the African-inspired groove of the opening sextet ...

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Tarfala Trio, "Syzygy": Live in Belgium, 2009

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
November 8, 2011

The Tarfala Trio is a hot avant trio commodity. It's Mats Gustafsson, tenor and alto fluteophone (?), Barry Guy, acoustic bass, and Raymond Strid on drums. You might well know Matt via his association with Brotzmann's Chicago Tentet. He is a blazing gamer and has big ears to shout or whisper as needed. Barry Guy is one of the premier new jazz bassists, of course, and can solo or play ensemble with his very own sound and inventive genius. Raymond ...

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Singer/Songwriter/Poet Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) Releases "Christmas Time is Here" (and Chanukah and the Solstice) November 8 on Piece of Pie Records

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
November 7, 2011

A hip and heartwarming take on the holidays, Christmas Time Is Here (and Chanukah and the Solstice) from singer and poet Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) offers jazz, jazz-soul, and orchestral versions of Christmas standards, Jewish music, and originals that riff on the season. Lisa's fifth full-length CD is the first with mostly cover songs—sung with even more evolved assurance and expressiveness than is heard on her previous records. Three originals showcase her unmatched melding of spoken or rapped poetry with ...

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All-New Christmas/Holiday Music on Chris Standring & Kathrin Shorr's "Send Me Some Snow"

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
November 7, 2011

CHRIS STANDRING & KATHRIN SHORR Send Me Some Snow November 8, 2011 Release Dreaming of a white Christmas but looking for something more musically hip and adventurous than another tired twist on the Irving Berlin standard? This holiday season, you can make a special request of Chris Standring and Kathrin Shorr: Send Me Some Snow. On their warm and inviting first collaborative collection on Ultimate Vibe Recordings, the renowned contemporary jazz guitarist and the award winning ...

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