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Billy Childs redefines “Third Stream”

Source: Clay Wilson
October 15, 2010

Billy Childs' second fan-funded ArtistShare recording, “Autumn: In Moving Pictures" provided fans with his unique take on the combination of classical and jazz. “Autumn: In Moving Pictures" features Billy's Chamber Jazz group of Bob Sheppard, Larry Koonse, Carol Robbins, Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez, and Brian Blade, augmented by the acclaimed Ying String Quartet. With this recording, Billy paints an auditory picture of a drive through New England in the fall, allowing the listener to hear the whirling of leaves and ...

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Warren Haynes Solo Album out Spring 2011

Source: JamBase
October 13, 2010

ALBUM FEATURES GEORGE PORTER JR, IVAN NEVILLE, IAN MCLAGAN, RUTHIE FOSTER, & RON HOLLOWAY Warren Haynes has revealed details of his upcoming solo album in an interview with Relix.com. The album will feature Haynes, George Porter Jr on bass, Ivan Neville and Ian McClagan (The Faces) on keys, vocalist Ruthie Foster, and Ron Holloway on saxophone. Haynes describes the album as “all original material with one exception, but it sounds like the soul music of the late '60s, early '70s ...

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"In The Sky" by Rick Britto & Matt Richard released on TrineArc Music label

Source: Rick Britto
October 15, 2010

New CD on the TrineArc Music label released in September 2010! “In The Sky" by Rick Britto and Matt Richard. Featuring Rick Britto on tenor sax and Matt Richard on piano Recording at Wheaton College on August 16, 2010 NOTES FROM RICK BRITTO: Recorded in only a three hour session, this recent collaboration with Matt has been a labor of love. Matt and I have played in numerous ensembles for years from big band ...

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Kablys - Live at 11:20 (Nobusiness, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 14, 2010

This free jazz group consisting of Liudas Mockūnas on tenor, baritone and soprano saxophones, Eugenijus Kanevicius on bass and electronics and Dalius Naujokaitis drums was recorded live at the punk rock club 11:20 in Vlinius, Lithuania for this limited edition LP. The music is very fresh and exciting and the trio is locked and loaded, providing high energy music for an appreciative audience. “Hooked" opens the album with swirling saxophone moving in circular patterns and percussion moving very quickly in ...

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Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter - Bourgeois Blues (1997)

Source: Something Else!
October 14, 2010

By Nick Deriso Huddie “Lead Belly" Ledbetter was a man of sweeping appetites, for songs, for drink and for life. This made his music rugged and true, but also got him into his share of big trouble. Very big. Ledbetter, born on Jan. 29, 1885 on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, La., would spend several stints in jail, once reportedly lived as a recluse from the law under an assumed name, and was known to resolve every-day conflict with violence ...

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Elton John and Leon Russell - The Union (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 14, 2010

By Nick Deriso Elton John's long and often dispiriting journey back to his 1970s muse led him to an early idol, Leon Russell. The result is “The Union," a sturdy new collaboration full of spiralling soul and timeless revelations about starting over. Produced by T Bone Burnett and set for issue by Decca on Oct. 19, the album refurbishes John's tattered legacy even as it restores the legend of Russell—a consummate musician who saw his career stalled by a stubburn ...

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Richard Pinhas Featuring Merbow and Wolf Eyes - Metal/Crystal (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 14, 2010

By Pico Even if you're into experimental music you might not have heard of Richard Pinhas, but he's kind of a big deal in his native France. This guitarist led the art-rock band Hedron in the mid 70s, during which time they made seven albums, and Pinhas went on to record under his own name, at first sporadically, but more frequently in the last 12 years or so. Within the realm of electronic rock, his influence has been worldwide as ...

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Irene Kral: Second Chance

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 14, 2010

I first was introduced to Irene Kral's voice at a friend's house in the mid-1970s. After high school each day, my friend and I used to spend a few hours listening to his father's record collection from the 1950s. Among the many LPs was a copy of Maynard Ferguson's Boy With Lots of Brass (1957). My friend also had quite a stereo system—a Macintosh receiver, a Dual turntable and a pair of chest-high Altec “Voice of the Theatre" speakers. Everything ...

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