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Cinzia Spata releases “Into the Moment,” joins Scott Foster Management
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Scott Foster
Jazz vocalist CINZIA SPATA, already a major name in the rich legacy of jazz in Italy, is bursting onto the jazz scene in the United States and worldwide with the release of her new CD, “Into the Moment" (Koiné / Dodicilune Records.) Now based in New York City, Cinzia is regarded as one of the finest jazz vocalists in the world, as well as an innovative composer and lyricist. Along with the new CD and her move to the U.S., ...
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Mike Moreno - First in Mind (Criss Cross, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Mike Moreno is a very talented mainstream jazz guitarist who is comfortable in a variety of contexts, but perhaps none more so than in small group post-bop improvisation. Joined by an excellent trio of musicians, Aaron Parks on piano, Matt Brewer on bass and Kendrick Scott on drums, the group works through a variety of standards and originals in a classy and thoughtful manner. In retrospect, I was too harsh a few years ago about Arron Parks' album Invisible Cinema, ...
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Maikotron Unit - Ex Voto (Jazz from Rant, 2011) ****
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Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
By Paul Acquaro From Quebec, the Maikotron Unit refers to themselves as 'mythic' in some of their press material. Now, the 'mythic' may refer to the elusive maikotron, a reed instrument with a range that dips below that of the bass saxophone, or perhaps it is related to the scope or origin of their mission, which is “dedicated to research in New Music." Regardless, the trio has been together for over 26 years but this year's “Ex-Voto" is their first ...
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Slaid Cleaves Readies 2-CD "Sorrow & Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge"
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conqueroo
Career retrospective is full of stories, conversation, audiences singing and, most importantly, the clinking of glasses. AUSTIN, Texas—When Slaid Cleaves moved from Portland, Maine, to Austin, Texas, at the tail end of 1991, he landed on South Lamar Boulevard, a few blocks from the legendarily seedy Horseshoe Lounge. But as he points out on his new live album, “It was many years of drivin' by before I worked up the courage to come in through the door." Maybe his New ...
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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey to Release "Race Riot Suite"
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Chris M. Slawecki
Available August 30 on Vinyl, CD & MP3 from Kinnara Records/Royal Potato Family Featuring Brian Haas (piano), Chris Combs (lap steel guitar), Jeff Harshbarger (upright bass), Josh Raymer (drums) plus special guests Steven Bernstein (trumpet, slide trumpet), Peter Apfelbaum (tenor & baritone saxophone), Jeff Coffin (tenor saxophone), Mark Southerland (tenor saxophone), and Matt Leland (trombone) “When this quartet of proud Oklahomans turns its attention to one of its state's most shameful events, the musical results are electrifying and devastating...In short, ...
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Little Big-Band John Vanore and Abstract Truth Score Points for "Contagious Words"
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
John Vanore's big band Abstract Truth comes at you in subtle ways on their third CD Contagious Words (Acoustical Concepts 44). It's music that uses all the mainstream notes, but combines them often in ways that are different. It's a 12-person ensemble that has been hanging in since 1981. As a trumpet player himself, John has fashioned a group with a lot of brass power, John plus 3-5 others on trumpet-fluegel, then French horn and two trombones. They are augmented ...
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Pat Metheny - What's It All About (Nonesuch, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
I must admit that I wax and wane with my appreciation for the music of guitarist Pat Metheny. While his talent as an instrumentalist is beyond reproach, the eclecticism of his album releases can be head-spinning. IMHO, his best music is made with colleagues that really perform at a high level: his collaboration with Ornette Coleman on the Song X album is one of my all time favorite albums, and his work with the likes of Charlie Haden and Dewey ...
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Denny Zeitlin: Labyrinth
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
With pianist Denny Zeitlin, you sense that he isn't quite sure where he wants to end up on any given song. The truth is he isn't. Which is part of what makes him so special and engaging as an artist. Denny courageously rushes out on limbs. But instead of inching back to safety when he hears creaking, he simply hurls himself into space, confident that somewhere along the way he will find another limb and grab hold. And invariably he ...
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