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Julian Priester and Aaron Alexander Put It Together on Duo Disk "Conversational Music"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
September 13, 2011

First things first. If you do not know who Julian Priester is (and I of course assume that most readers are very familiar with him) you have missed a very important part of what makes the trombone a central instrument in jazz today. From Max Roach's and Sun Ra's bands in the fifties, Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi in the early '70s, and through to today, he has been a major stylist. The good news is that he sounds great today, especially ...

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Gene Ammons - Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
September 13, 2011

Gene Ammons was one of the leading advocates of the Chicago sound of big brawny tenor saxophone and lush emotional ballads. Despite some personal problems that kept him off the scene a few times, he remained a vital and popular part of the jazz scene from the late 40's to the early 70's. This collection features selections from four albums he recorded for Prestige Records from 1956-1960. The first album covered in this collection is Groove Blues, with a very ...

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Claudio Roditi - Bons Amigos (2011)

Source: Something Else!
September 13, 2011

Claudio Roditi is on a roll coming off the critical triumph of Grammy nominated Brazilliance X 4 (2009), and the master trumpet player continues “trumpeting" his Brazilian roots with Bons Amigos. Using a rotary valved trumpet (a rarity in jazz), a flugelhorn and a piccolo trumpet for these recordings, Roditi opts for a warmer, more lyrical tone that fits right in with the breezy Brazilian tunes played here. Another small combo setting as on Brazilliance, the rhythm section is completely ...

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On Second Thought: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2003)

Source: Something Else!
September 13, 2011

By Tom Johnson Over time, I have had to face that fact that this album is far better than I'd once thought. When I picked up Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—the day it was released—I really enjoyed it. I didn't think it was anywhere near as groundbreaking or startling as the hype would have had me believe. Soon, I found that I simply could not listen to it anymore: YHF had worn out its welcome by being talked about everywhere as ...

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Nate Wooley / Scott R. Looney / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter - Scowl (Ugexplode, 2011) ****a1/2

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
September 13, 2011

By Paul Acquaro I wonder what would make music like 'Scowl' of interest to the 'lay' listener? I suppose this is a question that has been asked in varying ways many times before, and no doubt will continue to be asked as members enter and (dare I say?) leave the fold of avant-garde jazz. I don't pretend to have an answer, nor will I even posit a theory, all I can offer is that It is a compelling listen that ...

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Sinatra-Basie: Reprise Sessions

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 13, 2011

Count Basie and Frank Sinatra recorded three Reprise albums together—two studio dates in 1962 and 1964 plus a live recording at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in 1966. The two studio dates are remarkable for how artfully and neatly both swingers folded together, resulting in powerful finger-popping magic. Now both Sinatra-Basie: An Historical Musical First and It Might as Well Be Spring have been remastered and combined on one disc: Frank Sinatra and Count Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio ...

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Theresa Wong's "The Unlearning" out on Tzadik Records on September 27th

Source: Michael Ricci
September 13, 2011

Theresa Wong is a cellist, composer, vocalist and improviser based in San Francisco. Her first CD release, The Unlearning is a collection of miniature songs for violin, cello and two voices inspired by the Disasters of War etchings by Francisco Goya. Composed from 2009-2011 and recorded in duo with herself and violinist/vocalist extraordinaire Carla Kihlstedt, this is an intimate and unique work that brings all her remarkable skills as a vocalist, performer, composer and conceptualist together into this new and ...

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Philly R&B Legends The Trammps Release New Single Penned By Teen Songwriting Prodigy Matt Cermanski

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 12, 2011

Philadelphia, PA—Possibly one of the best known Grammy Award Winning R&B/Disco acts to hit the music scene in the late 1970s was Philadelphia's The Trammps, with their hit song “Disco Inferno," which was featured on the number one selling soundtrack of all time Saturday Night Fever. Most recently 50 Cent released a hit single “Hate It Or Love It" along with Mary J and the Game that sampled The Trammps hit “Rubber Band"; a track from The Trammps first album ...

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