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News: Recording

James Cotton - Giant (Alligator, 2010)

September 26, 2010

A legend on the blues scene for many years, harmonica player James Cotton began his career as a member of the Muddy Waters Blues Band, and cut a series of great early singles for the Sun Records label. He's barely slowed down since, and even though health problem have caused him to cede the singing duties ...

News: Obituary

Buddy Collette, 1921-2010

September 23, 2010

Buddy Collette, a master of reeds and woodwinds who played a major part in integrating Los Angeles studios and the musicians union, is gone. He died on Sunday at the age of89. Like his contemporary Angelenos Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon, Collette was an important part of the southern California jazz community long before the invention ...

News: Interview

Liberace, Las Vegas and Me

September 23, 2010

On Friday, at the crack of dawn, I was on a Delta flight from New York to Las Vegas. The Liberace Museum had just announced it was closing in October, and I was on assignment for the Wall Street Journal. Mind you, I have never been a fan of Liberace's music. I didn't dislike him when ...

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News: Recording

David S. Ware - Onecept (2010)

September 22, 2010

By Pico Within the realm of improvised music saxophone players, Anthony Braxton has few peers, but David S. Ware has to be considered a lifetime member of that exclusive club. A free jazz saxophonist who is also a technician of the highest order, Ware has that rare ability to blur the lines between inside and outside ...

News: Recording

Norma Winstone - Stories yet to Tell (2010)

September 22, 2010

By Mark Saleski A variant of the “I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this" thing is the phenomenon of incomplete Déjà Vu. This occurs when you hear a piece of music and it seems totally familiar...except...hmmm...what was it? The music of vocalist Norma Winstone reminds me of my Aunt Rose's figurine collection. ...

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News: Recording

Neil Haverstick - Fretless (2010)

September 22, 2010

By Mark Saleski If you have a few hours to spare, and are looking for some cheap entertainment, search for one of those “Best Guitarists" lists on the Internet. Oh dear, the comments will absolutely slay you with their hilarity. Just about everybody can find a way to be offended that their “Best" has been slighted ...

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News: Recording

Mississippi Sheiks, Bo Carter, Bessie Jackson, Lil Johnson, Others - Roots N' Blues: Raunchy Business (1928-39)

September 22, 2010

By Nick Deriso I always chuckle when I pull out this Columbia-Legacy compilation, a CD of pre-war tracks that boasts one of those blocky black PARENTAL ADVISORY stickers for explicit lyrics. It's an album of steadfastly dirty blues songs—though innuendo replaces the jarring language of today's brazen new world. Still, their very content, even by suggestion, ...

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News: Video / DVD

Burning Hard Bop of the Day: "Milestones" with Ted Curson and More

September 22, 2010

Ted Curson, trumpet Pony Poindexter, alto Booker Ervin, tenor Nathan Davis, flute Kenny Drew, piano Jimmy Woode, bass Edgar Bateman, drums If you are in need (and we know you are) of some blistering expatriate hard bop ...

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News: Recording

Bobby Watson - The Gates BBQ Suite (Self-Released, 2010)

September 22, 2010

Alto saxophonist and composer Bobby Watson was at the forefront of the New York jazz scene from the late 70's to the late '90's playing with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and recording a series of albums as a leader. In 2000, he returned home to Kansas City to teach at the local university and re-connect with ...

News: Recording

David S. Ware - Onecept (Aum Fidelity, 2010)

September 22, 2010

Saxophonist David S. Ware's comeback from serious health problems has been inspiring, and he continues an amazing run of music with this excellent trio album, designed to celebrate 50 years of playing the saxophone (he started at age 9!) Joined by bassist William Parker and drummer Warren Smith, Ware breaks out an arsenal of horns: tenor ...