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Dexter Gordon: Doin' Allright and Go

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 24, 2010

In the spring of 1961, Dexter Gordon was living in Los Angeles, against his will. Born in the city, the dynamic tenor saxophonist had left town in the mid-1940s to work and record in New York. But drug addiction plagued his career just as it was taking off. Arrested in 1952 for possession, he was sentenced to a two-year term. Arrested again on drug charges in California in 1955, Gordon was sentenced this time to a longer stretch. During his ...

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Dan Aran - Breathing (Smalls)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 24, 2010

Drummer Dan Aran chose the title to his debut disc with an eye toward metaphor and concision. His is a carefully-constructed percussive approach that studiously avoids bombast and ego in favor of naturalistic style that rises and recedes in a manner akin to respiration. For a leader and drummer that's a comparatively rare tack to take, but one that yields immediate rewards. Born in Jerusalem, Aran was a fixture on the Israeli circuit until his move to New York in ...

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Matthew Shipp - 4d (Thirsty Ear)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 24, 2010

Slings and arrows are something of a Matthew Shipp specialty. Whether he's artfully lobbing them at others or absorbing the brunt of them himself, he's never been one to shrink from candid expression or the lumps that often come with it. That kind of confidence also his informs his language on the piano. Stasis is his mortal enemy and his past work is marked by a continual yen to search out new ground while retaining fealty to foundations of his ...

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Bay Area Bassist Aaron Germain to Release Debut CD "Before You Go" 4/27 & Perform at Coda SF 5/13

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 24, 2010

After ten years of working as a first-call sideman with some of the Bay Area's finest practitioners of styles ranging from jazz to salsa to Brazilian forro, bassist Aaron Germain has finally carved out some time for his own music. He's preparing to release his debut CD, Before You Go, on April 27, and plans to showcase the new music at a special CD release event at Coda in San Francisco on Thursday, May 13. The strikingly varied new CD, ...

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Leandre/ Houle/ Strid - Last Seen Headed (Ayler)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 24, 2010

A concert counterpart to their split live/studio disc on Potlach from 2006, this Radio France-recorded document finds this trio of masters in fine fettle in front of French audience at the dawn of 2009. Bassist Joelle Leandre has a personal command of her instrument rivaled by but a few and her arco artistry earns the admittedly over-applied signifier of virtuoso moreso than most. Taking Evan Parker as part of his blueprint, Canadian clarinetist Francois Houle has honed a circular breathing ...

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Virginian Pilot Review of "Introducing Justin Kauflin"

Source: Michael Ricci
March 24, 2010

By Marvin Leon Lake, Virginian-Pilot Musically speaking, 20-something jazz pianist Justin Kauflin is an old soul. Talented beyond his years, the blind wunderkind has been channeling the muses of established jazz artists as well as his personal ones for some time. Now Kauflin, a graduate of Salem High School in Virginia Beach who has amazed audiences in Hampton Roads and elsewhere, has released his first CD. It's a fine showcase of Kauflin's impressive musicianship in a variety of styles, and ...

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Christian Scott New Album Available Exclusively on iTunes

Source: On Target Media Group
March 23, 2010

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Patsy Cline: Decca Masters

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 23, 2010

Jazz and country music have two things in common: the blues and a dependence on songs with heartfelt stories. In the case of jazz, those story songs came largely from urban musicals by way of Tin Pan Alley. In the case of country, tunes with tender tales most often came from hungry writers who found their way to publishers in Nashville and Memphis. If the female jazz-pop-blues idiom starts with the voice of Dinah Washington in the 1950s, then the ...

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