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New Album of Grooves and Jazz from Organic - "The Right Thing"
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Michael Ricci
"An energetic outing, which whilst looking to the past is firmly based in the here and now, with some excellent ensemble playing and some beefy solos. Highly recommended" —Edge of Jazz, Phonic.fm, Exeter “I have heard 4 tracks from the album and frankly I'm impressed .... If you are in the UK get out and see them. Here's a chance to be in at the start of something big" —Andy Hardy, UK Jazz Radio “Excellent stuff, right up my street!" ...
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The Debbie Winter Quartet Releases New EP
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Vanessa James
British vocalist Debbie Winter has released an EP of six original songs inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. Working closely with pianist Aidan Shepherd, the songs are evocative, haunting and harmonically rich. She's a poetic lyricist with an intellectual edge and the songs communicate an atmospheric sense of waiting, tension and introspection; themes frequently found in Hopper's paintings. Inspired by Miles Davis, her voice is horn like with a remarkable range and she glides effortlessly through a series complex ...
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Space Dust from the Red Planet
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
In the midst of his battle with lymphona, Dean Magraw and his Red Planet (Chris Bates, Jay Epstein) released Space Dust (GoneJazz, 2009), filled with the trio's celestial wanderings on covers of Hendrix and Coltrane as well as compositions from Dean and Chris. I don't recall if there was a proper CD release since Dean was out of commission through 2009 and much of 2010. The reunion at the Artists Quarter this past weekend thus was a double celebration, of ...
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David Murray - Live in Berlin: Black Saint Quartet (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist David Murray has led and recorded several bands during his career, and this group, dubbed the Black Saint Quartet is one of his most stable and long running. Supported by Lafayette Gilchrist on piano, Jaribu Shahid on bass and Hamid Drake on drums, the group achieves a rock solid modern jazz sound. Murray's swooping and swaying saxophone is center stage on this live recording, his penchant for long kaleidoscopic solos is an acquired taste for ...
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My Lyrics to "Central Park West"
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
By Steve Provizer There's a syllable for every note of Coltrane's soprano solo. I've tried to make the typography scan as close to the rhythm as possible. Play the song Central Park West and hopefully, you can follow. Sun's last rays, Filter shyly though a Grey urban haze; Close the day. Streetlights now shed...ghostly light...to light the way To the Place of which we speak... Central ...
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Top 10 Keepers for 2010: From the Black Keys to Brian Eno to Buddy Guy
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Something Else!
By Nick DeRiso For me, the traditional year-ending Top 10 list has a more utilitarian standard: Which albums did I add to my permanent rotation? See, it's the rarest of rare items that actually becomes a member of the collection. That's the kind of standout recording we'll be talking about today for my calendar-turning retrospective. I don't know if they are, in fact, the best. But they're coming with me. If there's a theme, looking over my list, it might ...
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The Best of 2010, Part 3: Fusion Jazz
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Something Else!
Upon reflecting back on the year, I've concluded that Torben Waldorff's American Rock Beauty ranks up there among 2010's finest fusion jazz records. By Pico It's been a great year for fusion records, as there has been an abundance of new ideas and well-recycled old ideas. Moreover, there's a wide diversity of ideas, at least, if your idea of what constitutes “fusion" is broad enough. I define it pretty broadly here: pretty much anything that's instrumental that isn't quite straight ...
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Tops in Jazz - 2010
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
As the year winds down, I'll be preparing my Year-in-Jazz retrospective. In advance of that, here's a rundown of my favorites among 2010's new releases and historic recordings. Always keep in mind that top 10 listings of this sort reflect what the reviewer gets a chance to hear during the year.. as well as musical taste at the moment he/she does the evaluations. They only carry significant weight when the same recordings show up on many such lists. If you ...
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