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Afro Straight

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Mr. PC; United; Afro Straight; Central Park West; Woody ‘N You; Softly As A Morning Sunrise; God Bless the Child; Footprints; Old Man Blues; Juju.

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Ernest Dawkins: Afro Straight

Read "Afro Straight" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Ecco un disco tutto sommato insolito, non facile da decifrare: si tratta infatti di una reinterpretazione di una parte della tradizione afroamericana da parte di un musicista non più giovane, appartenente ad una scuola solitamente associata all'avanguardia. La città in questione, dove questo CD è stato registrato nell'ottobre 2010 e nell'aprile 2012, è Chicago, luogo generatore ...

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Ernest Dawkins: Afro Straight

Read "Afro Straight" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Ernest Dawkins is a multifaceted giant of the saxophone. He was part of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a groove into which he perfectly fit, blowing fresh winds of change into the comfort zone of improvisation. The sum of his parts included commissioned works for the Black Metropolis Research Consortium and the ...

Album

Afro Straight

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Mr. PC; United; Afro Straight; Central Park West; Woody ‘N You; Softly As A Morning Sunrise; God Bless the Child; Footprints; Old Man Blues; Juju.

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Article: Album Review

Ernest Dawkins: Afro Straight

Read "Afro Straight" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Afro Straight is Saturday music. That day following a work week where you take off your suit and tie or uniform, and put on that favorite sweatshirt and pair of jeans to kick back and relax in the familiar confines of your home. The familiar is your solace, and saxophonist Ernest Dawkins delivering time-honored standards is ...


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