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Phree-dem Download 5: Melvin Gibbs' Liberation Theology - "No He Didn't" featuring John Medeski
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Melvin Gibbs
For the fifth week of bassist/producer Melvin Gibbs' free download series he presents a track from his Liberation Theology project recorded live in concert. This composition begins with traditional Lukumi (Afro-Cuban Yoruba) bata drumming and a chant for the Orisha (African Saint) Shango which then leads into a fiery groove featuring the soloing of John Medeski on organ. Other member of the group include: Alex Rodriguez: lead vocal/ bata drum Michael Rodriguez: background vocal/ bata drum ...
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Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski On paper it looks like a mess. A mess that has been done before. For lyrical source material, take a bunch of words written by a cast of poets both famous and not. Set the poetry to music. Then, record the songs with a huge assortment of musicians, again both famous and not. We're talking over one hundred players here...a year in the making. Though there have been a few counterexamples, pop music history is littered with ...
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The Ramblers - Getting There (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski I'm trying to remember when it was. It was definitely during a pop music fad that involved a lot of synthesizers and other electrical accouterments. Maybe it was the New Wave era...or maybe when The Prodigy hit it big. All I know is that I caught this interview with a musician who was proclaiming that acoustic instruments were a thing of the past. The guitar and its cohorts were, supposedly, past their prime. Did you notice that ...
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Brian Setzer Orchestra - Christmas Comes Alive (2010)
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Something Else!
By Nick DeRiso Brian Setzer, an unjustly unheralded guitarist, has this knack for connecting with the redux zeitgeist. In the 1980s, it was rockabilly. In the last decade, big-band jump blues. More recently, Setzer has used that template for a series of popular holiday-themed albums. For me, though, these studio efforts have been more admirable than entirely convincing. Not so here, as the Setzer group, indeed, comes alive on a 15-song disc recorded last year during a stop in Knoxville, ...
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Non-Jazz Favorites for 2010
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski Sometimes, a writer can feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of releases that come along during the year. Look at those piles of CDs! It's a fraction of what shows up on my desk over a 12-month timespan. As I said in my list of Jazz Favorites for 2010, my ears considered the year to be a great one for music. There was almost too much to listen to. Almost. Just like my jazz list, the items ...
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Harold Land - A West Coaster Worth Surfing For
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Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
Hard bop saxophonist Harold Land (1928-2001) grew up in San Diego and started playing saxophone at the age of 16. He recorded some early sides as a leader in the late 1940s, but he really came into his own in 1954 when he joined the famous Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet. He toured and recorded with the group for a couple of years before returning to Los Angeles to be with his family. Land remains lesser known because he spent his ...
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Praxis: New Album w/ Iggy Pop, Serj Tankian, Mike Patton
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JamBase
JANUARY 25 U.S. RELEASE OF JAPANESE ONLY IMPORT On January 25, the eclectic, experimental hard rock project Praxis (Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Brain) will release their latest creation, a bone-crunching new album titled Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness. The new album finds the trio once again collaborating with various musicians, this time with the spotlight clearly on lead vocalists. Among them are Iggy Pop, System Of A Down's Serj Tankian, Mike Patton, RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ, Doctor Israel, Wu-Tang protege Killah Priest and ...
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The Igor Prochazka Trio releases "Bumpy"
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Lauren Rogers
The Igor Prochazka Trio has discovered an alternative to smooth jazz, and that is to be Bumpy. The title of the Spain-based Trio's new album, it could also describe their take on jazz, fueled by a progressive vision that finds order in the heart of chaos. The members have different geographical origins that influence the band's wildly eclectic sound. Leader Prochazka is from Germany while bassist Christian Perez hails from the United States and drummer Diego Gutierrez is a native ...
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