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Ben Allison: Third Eye

Read "Third Eye" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 1999

Bassist/composer Ben Allison has been making lots of waves these days. A recent profile in “Downbeat” magazine discloses that Ben is among the top 25 young jazz cats on the scene. Also, Mr. Allison is the founder, Composer-in-Residence and Artistic Director of the New York City based Jazz Composers Collective. Here, with Allison’s third release, Third ...

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Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel: Third Eye

Read "Third Eye" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 1999

This is bassist Allison’s second recording with his group Medicine Wheel, and again he has mapped out an astute game plan and brought together sidemen who are capable of carrying it out. Allison, the founder and artistic director of the Jazz Composers Collective in New York City, is far more interested in the broad panorama of ...

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Medicine Wheel

By Ben Allison

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Spy; Mousetrap; Buzz; Apostles of the Ugly; Blabbermouth; Spy (Detail); Quirky Dungeon; Tiny C.

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Ben Allison: Medicine Wheel

Read "Medicine Wheel" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 1998

Ben Allison asserts: “The Medicine Wheel is a mirror in which the universe is reflected. Any idea, person or object can be such a mirror". Derived from North American Indian beliefs Allison's somewhat mystical approach adheres to the overall attitude behind his music and the band's execution. The Septet aptly called “Medicine Wheel" is a conglomerate ...

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Seven Arrows

By Ben Allison

Label: KOCH Records
Released: 1996
Track listing: Dragzilla; Reflection Of Desire; Delirioso; Little Boy; Cosmic Groove Slinky; Forgetting, For Now; King Of A One Man Planet.

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Rhapsody 2

By Lee Konitz

Label: Paddle Wheel
Released: 1994
Track listing: Body And Soul; Short Cut #1; Another View; Lover Man; Short Cut #2; Kary's Trance; Trio #2; Indiana Jones #1; You Don't Know What Love Is; Variation #1; Variation #2; Some Blues; Short Cut #3; Indiana Jones #2; Round And Round And Round; Sittin' In ; Indiana Jones #3; Body And Soul - Finale;