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Benito Gonzalez - Circles (Furthermore Recordings, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
In the early and mid 1970's, pianist McCoy Tyner released a series of powerful modal jazz LP's that melded the fire of the “new thing" and the intricacy of traditional jazz. Pianist Benito Gonzalez explores similar terrain on his most recent album, supported by a potent group consisting of Myron Walden on alto and soprano saxophone, Ron Blake on tenor saxophone, Azar Lawrence on tenor saxophone, Christian McBride on bass and Jeff “Tain" Watts on drums. They come out firing ...
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Otis Rush, "Live in Europe" (1993)
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Something Else!
By Nick Deriso Otis Rush is the star-crossed guitar god, always in the right place at the wrong time. Close but no rock star. That despite his role as a principal architect of the modern Chicago blues-guitar vernacular, and a memorably emotional style of singing that echoes some of the genre's most recognizable figures. He's in his prime on “Live in Europe." Though a terrific concert of Rush's has more recently been issued, 2006's “Live and In Concert from San ...
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Atomic Skunk - Portal (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski “Subtlety" is not a word to be used lightly in a music review, mostly because it's likely to scare off the listener before even a single particle of the music has entered their ear parts. The sad fact is that “subtle" and “entertaining" are often thought of as mutually exclusive things. People don't want subtle, they want to be entertained. This is of course, a big challenge when reviewing electronic or so-called ambient music, as a certain ...
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Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski ..."The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar: now that's my idea of a good time." Ah yeah, tell it Mr. Zappa! One of my all-time favorite quotes concerning the instrument, Frank wasn't proclaiming the guitar the king of instruments so much as noting that it's the perfect tool for making a truly hideous noise. My younger self definitely agreed. What could be more fun than plugging in and disturbing the universe (or at least the upstairs ...
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Grateful Dead: 30 Free Track Downloads at dead.net
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JamBase
NEW TRACK POSTED EACH DAY AT NOON EST Starting on the Day of the Dead (November 1), dead.net, the official website of the Grateful Dead, will kick off 30 Days of Dead. Every day throughout the entire month of November, the Grateful Dead will post a different live track on dead.net that will be free to download for one day only. The band's archivist Dave Lemieux hand-picked each of the 30 career-spanning tracks from the Dead's extensive vault. Each free ...
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Tom Waits Exclusive Vinyl Releases
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JamBase
CELEBRATE THE CLASSIC ASYLUM YEARS ON VINYL After signing with Asylum Records in the early 70's, Tom Waits recorded a series of groundbreaking albums whose noir tales of the after-midnight underworld transformed the seedy into the sublime in songs laced with both dark humor and profound longing. Nearly 40 years and several musical evolutions later, Waits' Asylum years still hold a special place in the hearts of many. Rhino will celebrate Waits this December by reissuing the Grammy-winning/Oscar nominated artists' ...
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Gregg Allman: Low Country Blues
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JamBase
FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN 14 YEARS OUT JAN. 18 2011 Gregg Allman will release his first solo record in 14 years on January 18, 2011. Called Low Country Blues for the coastal Georgia region Allman calls home, the record was produced by T Bone Burnett, recorded at his Village Recorder studio in Los Angeles and features Dr. John on piano, guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, and Burnett's brilliant go-to rhythm section: bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Jay Bellerose. Low Country Blues ...
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Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 15)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Every so often, I e-rummage through the iTunes Store to assemble a list of albums you should own. These albums are “hidden"—meaning that unless you stumbled upon them, you'd never know they existed. That's because the folks at Apple work hard to make it impossible to browse iTunes the way people used to linger at record stores. Unless you provide the search bar with the name of an artist, you're out of luck in terms of casually viewing entries of ...
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