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Deep Cuts: George Benson "Valdez in the Country" (1976)

Source: Something Else!
October 8, 2010

By Pico When we last visited a George Benson recording, it was about his remake of the still fresh-out-the-oven Abbey Road. Fast forward seven years later, to 1976: Benson had just ended his long and artistically successful stint with CTI Records, having been enticed back to the majors by Warner Brothers. Warners put Tommy LiPuma in charge of producing Benson's records and the relationship, which spanned four years and four albums, transformed the guitarist/singer from a jazz star to a ...

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The Friday Morning Listen: John Lennon - Imagine (1971)

Source: Something Else!
October 8, 2010

By Mark Saleski I remember exactly where I was when I found out. I was hanging out in a friend's first floor dorm room in Aroostook Hall at the University of Maine. The only things I can remember about him are that his name was Fred and he was from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. I walked into the room and he said, “Hey, did you hear John Lennon died?" End of story. There wasn't a big reaction on my part because neither ...

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Overlooked Treasures: Something Old, Something New

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
October 8, 2010

Really getting a sense of the bigger picture of Latin Jazz history requires a lot of listening, digging up music from both the past and the present. Many musicians built a solid foundation for the style over the past hundred years, and since the forties and fifties, much of that was caught on recordings. A deep understanding of the bigger picture of Latin Jazz demands serious listening to these influential artists. At the same time, Latin Jazz keeps evolving with ...

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MAXJAZZ to Release Russell Malone's Triple Play on Tuesday, November 2

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 8, 2010

The St. Louis-based label MAXJAZZ will release guitarist Russell Malone's latest CD Triple Play (pictured) on Tuesday, November 2. The disc, which features the guitarist in a trio setting for the first time with East St. Louis' Montez Coleman on drums and David Wong on bass, is Malone's fourth release for MAXJAZZ. In addition to leading his own bands, Malone has worked with Jimmy Smith, Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall, Ron Carter's Golden Stryker Trio, Dianne Reeves and many others. ...

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In Breve (2): Rosenthal, Carter, Bang, Chang

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 8, 2010

Continuing the not quite helter-skelter survey of recent recordings that we began last week, here are four more worth your attention: Ted Rosenthal, Impromptu (Playscape). Rosenthal interprets classical composers' themes with respect, but he is not reluctant to add or subtract an element to make them work for improvisation. Thepianist, bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Quncy Davis approach pieces by Bach, Schubert and Brahms as they would those by other revered composers—say, Monk, Ellington and Mulligan. Rosenthal found that only ...

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Brad Goode - Tight Like This (Delmark, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 7, 2010

Trumpeter Brad Goode began playing music at an early age, and has been at it ever since, whether leading, playing as a sideman or teaching students. This album is a crisp quartet session, with Goode as the only horn in the lineup, supported by Adrean Farrugia on piano, Kelly Sill on bass and Anthony Lee on drums. The music is genuinely accessible and begins with a version of Louis Armstrong's “Tight Like This" that sets the tone for the album, ...

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The Glenious Inner Planet - The Glenious Inner Planet (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 7, 2010

By Pico OK, I relent. I was forced by the overwhelming evidence to do it. I had to create a new tag “Houston TX" because even though we've long had a “Texas" tag, the richness and diversity of good music originating from the Space City was more than enough on its own to demand its own category. Just on this space alone we've feted the contributions of The Crusaders, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ronnie Laws, and even Jandek. I know we've barely ...

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Danielle Ate the Sandwich - Two Bedroom Apartment (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 7, 2010

By Mark Saleski I have proclaimed, on more than one occasion, that the world needs more sincerity. Just think of what it would do for politics: the black hole of sincerity. OK, it would destroy it! Never mind. Seriously, it has always bothered me when words such as “mellow," “introspective," and “sincere" are attached as pejorative labels to singer-songwriters. Perhaps the worst offender is “navel-gazer," as if looking back at yourself—or at anybody's thought interior—is such a bad thing. Recently, ...

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