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Satoko Fujii - Eto, Watershed and Rafale (2011)
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Something Else!
Our favorite avant gardist from Japan Satoko Fujii is at it again, releasing at once a new batch of records of distinct character. Each are performed by bands she formed whose members render her boundless musical vision within their own voices, ranging from the fifteen member Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York to two quartets with odd make-ups (Min-Yoh and Kaze). She and her husband Natsuki Tamura have together released twenty-seven records since 1997 under their own imprint, and numerous more ...
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One Track Mind: John McLaughlin, "Recovery" (2011)
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Something Else!
Guitarist John McLaughlin, decades after his audacious late 1960s' stateside debut with Tony Williams and Miles Davis, has lost none of his power, virtuosity and vision—as evidenced by this furious scramble from the new double-disc Abstract Logix Live 2010, to be issued on July 19. The first to make any kind of coherent assimilation of the Jimi Hendrix guitar aesthetic, McLaughlin is underrated even today for his concurrent ability—best showcased in the 1970s-era Mahavishnu Orchestra—to use his backing group not ...
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Giacomo Gates Sings Scott-Heron
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last Friday in the Wall Street Journal I reviewed jazz singer Giacomo Gates' new CD, The Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron (go here). It's one of the most exciting and intelligent vocal albums I've heard in some time. Giacomo doesn't try to cute-up Scott-Heron nor does he over-hip the songs. Instead, he plays it straight—giving the material a baritone bopping in the vocalese tradition of Eddie Jefferson and Mark Murphy. The last time I posted about Gil ...
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Recent Listening: Kenny Wheeler
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Kenny Wheeler, One Of Many (CamJazz). Wheeler, on flugelhorn, penetrates the album's air of thoughtful melancholy with the pungency of his interval leaps, harmonic adventures and shadings of tone. Seventy-six when this was made (he is now 81), his daring was as undiminished as his rapport with pianist John Taylor. Their collaborations have involved big bands, duets and groups of all sizes in between. Taylor's touch and chordal sensitivity have much to do with the choices Wheeler makes in his ...
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British Folk-Rock Super Group, The Gathering Britannia Releases Debut CD "The Bridge Between"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Philadelphia, PA—Folk rock enthusiasts around the world are buzzing with the forthcoming CD release by The Gathering Britannia, a British Folk-Rock Super Group whose history is undeniable. The Gathering Britannia features a veritable Who's Who of key players, whose combined experience and membership have seen them record or perform with some of the most influential artists to grace stages and record collections across the world. Comprised of former and current members of Fairport Convention, Lindisfarne, Magna Carta, The Hellecasters, The ...
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Houston's Mercator Media to Release "Trust in Me," Duo Session by Jazz Vocalist Yvonne Washington & Pianist Gary Norian, July 26
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Long one of the busiest and most versatile singers on the Houston scene, Yvonne Washington is about to step onto the national stage with Trust in Me, her new Mercator Media CD. Pianist Gary Norian, her preferred musical partner for the last decade, arranged and co-produced the duo date, which highlights their unique musical empathy. “Gary gives me the room that I need to move around," says Washington. “Stuff comes out of me that I didn't even know I had ...
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CSC Funk Band Announces Debut Album on Fat Beats August 23
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Chris M. Slawecki
With the Summer release of their debut album Things Are Getting Too Casual, CSC Funk Band charges 11-deep from the formidable Brooklyn underground to forge an unforgettable path that leaves no ass unshaken. This is funk in the sense of both sound and scent, funk in the sense of blistering backbeats and sweaty, selfless abandon, funk in the sense of all senses colliding and all minds melding to form one holy motion. This is instrumental get-up-and-dance music from planet nowhere. ...
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Laura Ainsworth's Secret Is Out: "Keep It To Yourself" Hits The Charts
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Laura Ainsworth
Dallas-based singer Laura Ainsworth titled her debut CD “Keep It To Yourself," but word seems to be spreading out of her control. The indie release, with virtually no advertising or PR budget, is garnering rave reviews and airplay across America, as well as in Brazil, Australia, France, Italy, South Africa and other nations. And Ms Ainsworth was happily stunned to learn that it has just entered Jazz Weekly's Top 200 Radio Airplay Chart, tied with such venerable artists as Herbie ...
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