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The Colossal Triumph Of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen

by C. Michael Bailey
October 21, 2006

The phenomenon known as Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen turned 35 years old in 2005. A six-disc limited edition box set, Mad Dogs & Englishmen--The Complete Fillmore East Concerts, was released to commemorate the anniversary, and documents all four shows performed by the band at New York's Fillmore East Auditorium on March 27th and 28th, ...

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Three By Three: The Evolving Art Of The Trio - Rob Mullins, Fred Fried, & Linton Garner Trio

by C. Michael Bailey
October 8, 2006

The jazz trio continues to be an enduring format for expression. The key thing is that any instruments can make up the trio. Here are three examples. Rob Mullins Standards & More Planet Mullins 2006 Okay, okay, I cooked the books on this one. Standards & More ...

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Three Female Vocalists: Carla White, Amy Banks & Sarah DeLeo

by C. Michael Bailey
September 27, 2006

Continuing our survey of recently released discs by female jazz vocalists we look at three thoughtfully produced recordings that have something to offer all listeners. Carla White A Voice In The Night Bright Moon Records 2005 Bay area native Carla White earned her jazz bona ...

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Three By Three: The Evolving Art Of The Trio - Brian Schwarz Trio, Three For All, Edward Simon

by C. Michael Bailey
September 8, 2006

The jazz trio is a tradition within a tradition--jazz chamber music, small spaces, intimate places--and it's an evolving tradition. The standard trio is piano, bass and drums, but this has been expanded to include many other instrumental combinations. Here are three recent trio releases spanning standard and not-so-standard line-ups--trumpet-guitar-bass; saxophone-bass-drums; and piano-bass-drums. Brian ...

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Harvie S: Give The Bassman Some

by C. Michael Bailey
September 2, 2006

Bassist Harvie S's name is becoming practically synonymous with Latin jazz. Two recent recordings find the mercurial S wearing different musical hats, first leading his own band, then playing on and producing vocalist Sherri Roberts' disc. Harvie S Funky Cha Zoho Music 2006 In ...

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Beating The Bootleggers At Their Own Game

by C. Michael Bailey
September 2, 2006

The bootlegging of concerts has long been a fly in the ointment for the recording business. Academically, the illegally recorded and sold albums can represent important musical documents: missing links, alternate performances, developmental studies. The biggest problem is that the artists don't benefit from their sale financially (nor do the record companies, but that's another issue). ...

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Tony Monaco & Friends: Back At The Chicken Shack

by C. Michael Bailey
August 28, 2006

Accepting the torch of seminal B3 organist Jimmy Smith is one thing--holding it is another. But in the same way that Johannes Brahms carried on the legacy of Beethoven, so Tony Monaco serves Jimmy Smith. A longtime Summit Records label item, Monaco here steps out with his own imprint, Chicken Coup Records, releasing three discs and ...

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Clarence

by C. Michael Bailey
July 26, 2006

Clarence “Gatemouth Brown (1924-2005) was a true musical Renaissance man, at ease playing in a variety of styles and contexts. Born in Vinton, Louisiana and reared in Orange, Texas, he acquired firsthand experience of the vernacular music of both regions. His overall style was greatly influenced by T-Bone Walker, including his use of quasi-big bands. But ...

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Bonnie Bramlett: Forty Years On Fire

by C. Michael Bailey
June 22, 2006

Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett were a key building block in popular music development in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between their 1969 debut album Home and D&B Together, made shortly before their divorce in 1972, the couple prepared the ground for acts like Steve Miller, Steve Winwood, Boz Scaggs, Hall & Oates and George Michael. ...

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Three Female Vocalists: Sara Gazarek, Stevie Holland & Fay Claassen

by C. Michael Bailey
June 5, 2006

We are enjoying an embarrassment of riches in the area of female jazz vocals. There's a lot of wheat out there, and some chaff. Here's some of the whole grain. Sara Gazarek Yours Native Language 2005 Left-coast jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek's voice is as mature and perfectly balanced ...