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One Track Mind: The Doobie Brothers "Nobody" (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 4, 2010

By Pico As I was putting the final touches on my last New Release Roundup, I learned that yet another former arena rock act was putting out a brand new record of brand new songs. Maybe it's because the record is an indie release, but the Doobie Brothers' first new album in ten years deserves a little investigation. Especially since the current line-up contains the two most important band members Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons. World Gone Crazy went on ...

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Kidd Karrim's "PASAJE" - Explodes WorldWide!

Source: Kidd Karrim
October 4, 2010

New York, NY (Top40 Latin Charts/ PASAJE C.U.B.A.)—Can you say “ nuevo-latin, jazz, funk and fusion in the same sentence. Apparently so! A multi-talented musician-performance artist-videographer-designer, KIDD KARRIM describes her new “PASAJE—From There To Here" 12 track super dynamic CD as: Tjader meets Jobim meets Tito. If you love the music of the young, nuevo latin movement in Cuba like Charango Habanera, Klimax, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Chucho Valdez, or Astrid Gilberto and Sade, or Motown's Marvin Gaye, you're at ...

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Creed Taylor's Landmark CTI Label Offers Up a Treasure Trove of New Jazz Reissues

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
October 3, 2010

The concept of music packaging is mostly a thing of the past, as downloads become the medium of choice. Nonetheless, the stunning artwork of many classic albums helped define those records. Blue Note Records is probably the one company that is more identified with its cover art than any other label out there, jazz or otherwise. Those iconic Reid Miles designs and images were just as powerful as the amazing music of the label's classic era, helping to lead the ...

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The Jazz Passengers - Reunited (Justin Time, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 2, 2010

Originally formed as an offshoot of John Lurie's band The Lounge Lizards, The Jazz Passengers grew into a concern of their own in the 1990's by recording and touring widely. They have been less active lately, and this marks their first album in over ten years. The core group is made up of Marc Ribot on guitar, Sam Bardfeld on violin, Roy Nathanson on saxophone, Curtis Fowlkes on trombone, and E.J. Rodriguez on drums and percussion. Everyone takes a turn ...

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Music Briefly Reviewed, September/October 2010

Source: Ni Kantu by Clifford Allen
October 2, 2010

MIGUEL FRASCONI / DENMAN MARONEY Gleam (Porter) If you haven't heard the Glass Orchestra, seek out their Music Gallery Editions and private-press LPs from the late 1970s and the fantastic Tales of Siliconesia seven-inch. You'll be rewarded handsomely by their expressions of whimsy, humanity, and compelling interplay through improvisations utilizing glass, water and voice. Their discography has been digitized and made available through the blogosphere (I'll leave that up to you), and one would assume that ...

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Danilo Perez - Providencia (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 2, 2010

By Pico Danilo Pérez is a name that's come up often in this space whenever I'm boasting about what big names such-and-such artist has performed and/or recorded with. So, on the occasion of Pérez's latest CD Providencia, perhaps it's time to devote a little space to the guy who has helped along the careers of so many other young talents. There's not a lot of jazz afficianos who don't know about the brilliant Panamanian-born pianist Pérez; he's been a fixture ...

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The Friday Morning Listen: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2011, Tom Waits

Source: Something Else!
October 2, 2010

By Mark Saleski OK, so let's get the list over with quickly. Here are your 2011 nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Alice Cooper, Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi, Chic, Neil Diamond, Donovan, Dr. John, J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Tom Waits, Chuck Willis. So, I've never paid that much attention to the particulars of the hall of fame thing. Just the other day I got around ...

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4 Reasons Why Fans Are File-Sharing Your Music (That You Can Change...)

Source: HypeBot
October 2, 2010

(UPDATED) If you follow the arguments surrounding file-sharing close enough you'd assume that file-sharers are the kind of moral lacking scum of the Earth that would consider pushing their own grandma into moving traffic or, that on the weekends, they shoplift from Best Buy and are slowly working up the confidence to start robbing banks. Of course, we all know that's simply not true. Most fans that file-share are like you and I. With the slight exception that they don't ...

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