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James Carter Organ Trio - A the Crossroads (Emarcy, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
James Carter is a wonderfully talented saxophonist, and someone who has evolved into something of a journeyman over the past several years. Coming on the heels of an interesting orchestral album, he comes through with an thoughtful grits 'n' gravy organ fueled album. This is almost something of a James Carter sampler album: with elements of groove, ballads and rhythm and blues making up the music. Accompanied by Gerard Gibbs on organ and Leonard King on drums, the core group ...
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Laura Ainsworth - Keep It to Yourself (2011)
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Something Else!
Dallas, Texas-based Laura Ainsworth, though performing last-century throwback cocktail jazz, may have stumbled into a zeitgeist-defining moment with the opening title track here. Whether she knew it or not back in the recording studio, Ainsworth's delicious tale of revenge exacted on a serial philanderer is perfectly of the moment in this period of celebrity male misdeed from the likes of Tiger Woods, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Anthony Weiner. Singing in a satiny, impossibly old-fashioned, nearly three-octave voice, Ainsworth is the very ...
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Brooklyn-based Ben Azar showcases guitar prowess on new CD
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Lauren Rogers
The music of Brooklyn, NY-based Ben Azar is alive. It breathes, moves, and even changes shape. These are guitar instrumentals that never sit still and because of that his latest album, Organized Memories, doesn't lose its freshness even after repeated spins. It always reveals something new with each listen. The opening title track immediately establishes Azar's distinct style. Azar introduces the song with a velvety soft groove, his nylon string guitar creating a plush blanket of melody. As Azar starts ...
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Stew & the Negro Problem Finish First Album Since Tony-Winning 'Passing Strange'
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conqueroo
Making It, due out January 24 through Redeye Distribution, revisits joy of being in a band for Stew and Heidi Rodewald NEW YORK, N.Y.—"It's a love and pain thing, a no one can explain thing, it's simply complicated folks," goes a line from “Curse," one of the central pieces on Making It, not only the new album by the Negro Problem, but the first collection of new songs by the collaborative partnership that is Stew and Heidi Rodewald since Passing ...
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New Talent: Vocalist Deborah Winters' "Lovers After All" Debuts November 8 on Jazzed Media
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
There is a magic in Lovers After All which takes you on a tantalizing musical journey through the exquisite vocal talents of Deborah Winters. She can reach a persons core with her heartfelt renditions on every ballad and will energize you in her upbeat performances as well. In this recording with Arranger/Producer Peter Welker, Deborah brings interpretations of jazz based songs into present day with a fresh twist and style resulting in a purely accessible listening experience. Lovers After All ...
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Swingadelic Big Band Pays Tribute to Duke Pearson on "The Other Duke"
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
Swingadelic holds forth at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, on selected nights. A regular gig, some decent soloists and some good arrangers plying their craft on a regular basis can do wonders. We have the evidence of that in their tribute to Blue Note pianist, composer and A&R man, the late Duke Pearson, The Other Duke (Zoho 201107). It's a straightforward, straight-ahead little big band outing that features many of Duke's most familiar tunes plus a few related ones from the dusty ...
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Mike Ledonne - Keep the Faith (Savant Records, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Organist and pianist Mike LeDonne (excellent interview here) has proven himself in a number of mainstream jazz situations, both as a leader and as a sideman. On this occasion he sticks to the Hammond B-3 Organ, accompanied by a fine coterie of musicians: Eric Alexander on tenor saxophone, Peter Bernstein on guitar and Joe Farnsworth on drums. Subtitled “The Groover Quartet" on the album cover, this certainly lays down the path that these musicians chose for this album. The chose ...
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B. Laswell Method of Defiance: New Remix Album
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JamBase
REMIX AND DUB VERSIONS OF TRACKS FROM JAHBULON & INCUNABULA FEAT. REMIXES FROM SCIENTIST, PREFUSE 73, MAD PROFESSOR AND MORE On October 11, Bill Laswell's MOD Technologies presents the brand new Method of Defiancerelease, Dub Arcanium Arcandrum. This new album offers remix and dub style versions of tracks that originally appeared on the 2010 Method Of Defiance albums Jahbulon & Incunabula and features remixes from Scientist, Prefuse 73, Mad Professor, SubCode, Dr. Israel, MRC Riddims (the production/DJ team of Oktopus ...
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