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Elias Haslanger re-releases "The Journey," exclusively for patrons

Source: Elias Haslanger
October 31, 2011

Jazz saxophonist and composer Elias Haslanger has digitally re-released his 1993 recording The Journey exclusively for patrons who support Elias through Patronism.com, the new website and model by which independent artists and arts supporters can establish a sustainable relationship. The Journey features Rich Harney on piano, Jeff Haley on bass, Chris Searles on drums, Tito Carrillo on trumpet, and Freddie Mendoza on trombone. Originally recorded in 1993, the set features 6 original compositions and 3 arrangements of classic jazz standards. ...

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Joe Cohn - Fuego (Criss Cross, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 31, 2011

Mainstream jazz guitarist Joe Cohn recorded this album on November 16, 2010 in Brooklyn, accompanied by a hard hitting crew consisting of Peter Beets on piano, John Webber on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. You would expect a deeply swinging session from the son of famous saxophonist Joe Cohn, and that is exactly what is delivered here with a setlist that leans heavily on the compositions of the bebop and hard bop masters. The band plays together very well, ...

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On Second Thought: Bill Frisell - Live (1995)

Source: Something Else!
October 31, 2011

By Tom Johnson My creative writing teacher in college drilled into us the mantra “show don't tell." Don't tell people your character is heartbroken. Show them. Don't tell your readers that your character is sneaking into a room. Show them that he is insinuating himself there. The difference is between the product and the process. To extend the metaphor to music, rock wants to wow you with the end result, and jazz is about getting there. My journey through jazz ...

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Andrey Dergatchev - The Return (2006)

Source: Something Else!
October 31, 2011

By Mark Saleski There have been pieces of music in my past that have stirred such emotional resonance that I wondered if maybe the music was written for me. Thomas Newman's score for the film “American Beauty": I had to restart the DVD after 15 or 20 minutes because I just couldn't drag my attention away from that percussive stew. Gavin Bryars' elegiac “The Sinking Of The Titanic"—beautiful and spooky. I don't know a word of Polish (OK, I'm a ...

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Henry Kuntz: Classic OPEYE: 2 Discs: Free Downloads!

Source: Henry Kuntz
October 31, 2011

Silk! is a companion release to Moss 'Comes Silk (Humming Bird CD 1). It was recorded by engineer Myles Boisen the same two days in September 1995 as the earlier release. It is the only time all of the instruments OPEYE was using in performance were individually miked and recorded in a studio setting. The music is a perfect complement to that on Moss 'Comes Silk. The flavors of Silk! are more subtle, more understated, but the multi-independent musical form ...

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Roman Rhodes and the Born Again Pagans weave uplifting patchwork of '60s folk and jazz on new CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
October 30, 2011

Flower power is in full bloom in the '60s folk jams of Roman Rhodes and the Born Again Pagans. On their latest album The Emergent Sea, the Pagans weave together a patchwork of hippie-era acoustic rockers, jazz, and psychedelic music. However, the group is no nostalgia cheese festival but nor are they ironic indie hipsters. They are simply the product of their eclectic influences, a multicultural unit that somehow is able to weld their worlds-apart roots together and sound like ...

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Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning / Complete Chess Masters (1951 to 1960) (Hip-O Select, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 30, 2011

Chester Burnett, aka Howlin' Wolf was one of the most primordial and influential figures on the blues scene from the 1950's to the 1970's. His protean voice and harmonica, and rudimentary guitar were a force of nature. Born in Mississippi, Wolf was in a sense a transitional figure who straddled the gap between the great pre-war musicians like Charley Patton and Son House and the later blues-influenced rock 'n' roll musicians like The Yardbirds and The Rolling Stones. He emigrated ...

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RPM Orchestra - Afterglow (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 30, 2011

By Mark Saleski Being the musical egghead that I am, I tend to be very fond of Frank Zappa's thoughts on composition. In particular, the idea that anything can be music. Yes, anything—"Anything can be music, but it doesn't become music until someone wills it to be music, and the audience listening to it decides to perceive it as music. Most people can't deal with that abstraction—or don't want to." Zappa goes on from there to his complaint about people ...

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