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Ray Bryant (32 Jazz (32128): Ray Bryant: Alone at Montreux

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 1999

Ray Bryant’s Piano. Alone At Montreux is the result of 32 Jazz’s Joel Dorn’s tenure at Atlantic records. Through a collaboration with the Atlantic/Rhino re-release project, music that would otherwise go unreleased, will now see the light of ear. There is little live solo Bryant available, making this offering that much more valuable. The Blues...as Usual. ...

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Big Joe Turner: Boss Of The Blues

Read "Boss Of The Blues" reviewed by Ed Kopp

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1999

Besides helping to invent rock 'n roll with his hit “Shake, Rattle and Roll," Big Joe Turner was one of the most soulful blues shouters of all time. His best albums married the boogie-woogie piano stylings of the great Pete Johnson with a jazzy jumpin' horn section. Boss Of The Blues is arguably Joe's best recording, ...

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Russell Gunn: Ethnomusicology, Volume 1

Read "Ethnomusicology, Volume 1" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
May 1, 1999

Few attempts at a jazz and hip hop union have ever been successful or satisfying. Maybe it's one school's inability to understand the other or the problematic potential of getting two such different audiences in the same room. But, somehow, the maverick 28-year-old trumpeter Russell Gunn has made it work with Ethnomusicology, one of the finest ...

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Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy: The Odyssey Of Funk & Popular Music, Vol. 1

by Jim Santella
March 1, 1999

The easy-going tuba saunter and its accompanying trumpet line make Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy unmistakably easy to spot. Easy to love, too. The leader’s unique vocalized trumpet antics provide comedy relief; however, Bowie’s emphasis remains on entertaining his audience through a variety of options. The Odyssey Of Funk & Popular Music, Vol. 1 incorporates R&B, doo-wop, ...

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Cyrus Chestnut: Cyrus Chestnut

by Ed Kopp
February 1, 1999

Purists who believe that every jazz release should break new ground might dismiss Cyrus Chestnut's latest, but in a jazz world dominated by Coltrane and Miles disciples, I find it very refreshing.Pianist Cyrus Chestnut is influenced to some extent by Coltrane collaborator McCoy Tyner, but he also embraces stride, '50s-style bebop, gospel, and the ...

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Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Coming Home Jamaica

by Jim Santella
February 1, 1999

With the front and back covers of Down Beat magazine paying respects to the current swing revival, and record stores everywhere reminding us that generations do have common interests, it’s no surprise that “Grape Escape" opens the album with walking bass, drums on two and four, and horns swinging together. Since Joseph Jarman left the Art ...

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