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Yeahwon Shin Showcases Her Brazilian Influences With "Yeahwon"

Source: Clay Wilson
September 30, 2010

On her debut ArtistShare fan-funded release, Yeahwon Shin teams up with Egberto Gismonti, Mark Turner, Kevin Hays, Ben Street, and Jeff Ballard to share her brilliant renditions of Brazilian classics. Yeahwon's arrangements of these tunes set out to uplift the listeners spirits and she certainly succeeds. The brilliants versions of Na Baixa do Sapateiro, Aquarela do Brasil, and Chovendo Na Roseira among the other compositions featured on “Yeahwon" show the immense depth of Yeahwon's vocal stylings and arranging skills. To ...

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Alexander McCabe - Quiz (Consolidated Artists Productions, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
September 30, 2010

Alexander McCabe is a rising alto saxophonist on the jazz scene, gaining experience in the big bands of Ray Charles and Chico O'Farril before striking out on his own as a small group leader. McCabe is joined on this album by Uri Caine on piano, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and either Rudy Royston or Greg Hutchinson on drums. The music has a nice straight ahead swinging feel, grounded in bebop and hard bop but amenable some experimenting as well. Led ...

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Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 9 (Baby Boomer Edition)

Source: Something Else!
September 30, 2010

More the forty years after Robert Plant joined Led Zeppelin, his prior group The Band of Joy finally has a record. Well, sort of. By Pico This week the biggest buzz about a new record by an aging rock start is Neil Young's Daniel Lanois-produced Le Noise, and rightfully so, but a few of the other guys who were making records in 1973 or so returned with records that seek to recapture some of that old glory. We were here ...

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Oran Etkin - Wake up Clarinet! (2010)

Source: Something Else!
September 30, 2010

By Mark Saleski She put on Stevie Wonder's “Living For The City" and then asked us to call out the instruments that we heard. I don't really remember how we all did, but that moment has always stayed with me. An actual music class in middle school. It wasn't just about clefs and notes and all of that either. It was about actual music. Music that was current, vibrant, and important. Oh, how things have changed. Music and art classes ...

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Jon Gordon Spans Broad Territories On "Evolution"

Source: Clay Wilson
September 30, 2010

Jon Gordon exhibits a masterful range of the Jazz Tradition through both his compositions and improvisations on “Evolution," his latest fan-funded release from ArtistShare. From the beautiful duets with pianist Bill Charlap (Shane and One For Liam) to the haunting string writing (Prelude and Contemplation) to the off kilter modern grooves (Evolution), Gordon acknowledges past masters while simultaneously looking forward. To preview 4 tracks from “Evolution" simply redeem your certificate log in number (64-580662275-83295) by clicking here. To purchase your ...

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Both Sides of Tony Scott

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 30, 2010

Tony Scott's recordings from the 1950s are an acquired taste. Some people find his clarinet playing uneven, making you feel as though the wheels of the train you're aboard aren't firmly hugging the rails. Others find his tone lacking in warmth. Still others insist his approach is too solemn and not swinging enough. All of these observations have some basis in truth but overlook the work in progress that was known as Tony Scott and the depth of his intent. ...

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In Breve (1): Iyer, Kilgore, Willis, Figarova, Caliman-Christlieb

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 30, 2010

Jazz is dying? Ha. The stacks of evidence on my office floor say otherwise. Here you see a few of the recent arrivals. As I may have mentioned, it is impossible to keep up with this stuff. No matter how many listening hours the reviewer carves out of the day, they can never be enough. Selectivity is a necessity. In this installment of the never-ending attempt to stay abreast, here are the Rifftides staff's impressions of a few more or ...

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American Rock Beauty, Torben Waldorff's Third Fan-Funded Recording

Source: Clay Wilson
September 29, 2010

American Rock Beauty is Torben Waldorff's third fan-funded recording from ArtistShare. Defying genre, the band of Donny McCaslin (saxophone), John Cowherd (piano), Matt Clohesy (bass), and Jon Wikan (drums) expertly shifts moods from Country, to Rock, to Jazz, to R&B. McCaslin provides an especially exciting solo on “Shark" and Waldorff's own improvisations are not to be missed. To preview 4 tracks from Torben Waldorff's “American Rock Beauty," simply redeem your certificate log in number (66-10371329-87302) by clicking here. To purchase ...

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