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Ben Folds - Speed Graphic (2003)

Source: Something Else!
June 4, 2011

By Tom Johnson Ben Folds opened this EP (Speed Graphic refers to the camera seen on the sleeve) with the Cure's “In Between Days." While staying true to the Cure's sound, he managed to inject an extra little dose of his hopeful optimism into the song: It's just a quality of his soft, youthful voice that he always sounds optimistic, even in the most dismal of surroundings. And dismal was what followed “In Between Days," in the form of “Give ...

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Honey Ear Trio - Steampunk Serenade (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 4, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron Listening to Allison Miller's superb CD from last year Boom Tic Boom, I appreciated how it covered a lot of ground within advanced modern jazz, helped along by such sympathetic supporting players in this piano jazz trio. But that album still left me wondering where this ace drummer, composer and bandleader was going to head next. Perhaps Miller herself didn't even know, that is, until a spewing volcano in Iceland scuttled her plans for a six-week ...

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Tony Bennett's "Best of the Improv Recordings" Coming On Concord

Source: conqueroo
June 4, 2011

Sixteen-track compilation spotlights the singer's recordings on his own label July 12 release date celebrates Bennett's 85th birthday LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In the decade between the end of World War II and the advent of rock 'n' roll, Tony Bennett emerged as one of the premier pop singers of his generation — the heir apparent to figures like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and other iconic balladeers whose versatile and engaging vocal styles had already translated to huge successes in the 1930s ...

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Guitarist John Carey Releases New CD "New Beginnings"

Source: Michael Ricci
June 4, 2011

Guitarist John Carey uniquely combines Urban Soul, Pop, Latin and Smooth Jazz giving listeners a variety of his eclectic styles on New Beginnings an emotional and passionate recording that is fun and upbeat. Carey's music can be likened to Groove Theory, Incognito, Norman Brown, Chuck Loeb, Larry Carlton, Carlos Santana and George Benson. The eleven original songs from New Beginnings were written, arranged, composed and produced by John Carey. The CD also features Carey's wife Gina on vocals. Throughout Carey's ...

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Todd Brunel's "Vortex Live" CD and Digital Download Now Available

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2011

The Vortex Live features some of the best moments of the Vortex Series captured live between 2007-2010. Each piece is an original work created by invited artists, with all collaborations happening for the first time. The Vortex Live features: Todd Brunel clarinets, Rob Bethel cello, Esther Viola oboe, Andrew Hickman tenor sax (tracks 1 and 4), Dave Maxwell piano, Kevin Frenette} guitar, {{Junko Simons cello (track 7), Blake Newman double bass, Yael Bat shimon violin (track 8), Jonathan LaMaster violin ...

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Eddie Mendenhall Makes a Splash with His "Cosine Meets Tangent"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
June 3, 2011

Any jazz ensemble with a lineup of piano-vibes-bass and drums invites com- parisons and gets a sound right off the bat that reverberates with the history of the music. Of course there was the MJQ, the Bobby Hutcherson Blue Notes with that configuration, and a number of others. The instrumentation lends itself to harmonically intricate voicings, a lighter swing, a special chiming resonance. So when I pulled young pianist Eddie Mendenhall's CD out of its mailer, I had some expectations, ...

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Keith Jarrett - Radiance (2005)

Source: Something Else!
June 3, 2011

By Mark Saleski Some musicians have the ability to transcend their physical talents to put on display their thought processes, a sort of direct conduit between the hands and that mysterious inner pool of music. Or... in Keith Jarrett's case, the lack of thought: How we arrive at profound thoughts has a lot to do with what we aren't thinking beforehand, and I had in mind letting some of the music happen to me without sitting there in deep thought. ...

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Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins - A Scarcity of Miracles (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 3, 2011

By Tom Johnson It was only a matter of time before Robert Fripp came out of hiding again. Notoriously reclusive, the unusual guitarist seems to disappear just when things seem to get really interesting, such as a few years ago when a new incarnation of King Crimson began gelling on stage as the 1980s lineup of guitarist Adrian Belew, bassist/Stickist Tony Levin and 1990s/2000s drummer Pat Mastelotto being joined by Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison. As things go, that lineup ...

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