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Article: Extended Analysis

Daniel Bennett Group: The Legend Of Bear Thompson

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Daniel Bennett GroupThe Legend Of Bear ThompsonBennett Alliance2008Acoustic guitar and alto saxophone form a key part of Boston saxophonist Daniel Bennett's musical recipe, and the combination informs the pleasingly melodic The Legend Of Bear Thompson. The lineup is Bennett on alto saxophone and flute, Brant ...

Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell - 858 Quartet

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Blue Note, Milano, 31.10.2009 Capita di rado, a Milano, di poter ascoltare Bill Frisell. Ancora più di rado capita di poterlo ascoltare come leader di un proprio progetto. Bene dunque ha fatto il Blue Note ad invitare il chitarrista di Baltimora, che ha presentato il suo progetto Richter 858, ispirato ai quadri di Gerhard Richter e ...

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Allen Toussaint, Aaron Parks y David Soler en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona (VI)

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Allen Toussaint41 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaLuz de Gas14 de noviembre, 2009 Ese booking agent llamado Katrina (según le apodó en Barcelona, irónico, el propio Allen Toussaint, a quien el ojo mediático del huracán puso de vuelta en la carretera tras décadas de dedicación exclusiva a ...

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Article: Album Review

Sex Mob: Sexmob Meets Medeski live in Willisau 2006

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How best to describe slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein's singular quartet Sex Mob? Maybe we should start with mercurial musical magician Bernstein himself, whose exotic career as sideman, musical director, arranger and composer has included ten years with John Lurie's Lounge Lizards and stints alongside everyone from Bill Frisell to Sam Rivers, the Flying Karamazov Brothers and, ...

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Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes

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Tomasz Stanko Quintet Dark Eyes ECM Records 2009 It has been a regular event at the ECM label for artists to change line-ups after three albums. After a trio of releases with the prodigiously talented pianist Marcin Wasilewski--(Soul of Things (ECM, 2002), Suspended Night (ECM, 2003) and Lontano ...

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 7-10, October 26-29, 2009

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Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 The main purpose of visiting the Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen region may be for the music, but during the day there's plenty to see and do. Wandering around the old part of Heidelberg, it's difficult not to be moved by the profound sense of age, especially coming ...

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ECM at 40: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 3-6, October 22-25, 2009

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Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 ECM at 40. It's hard to believe that a record label responsible for stretching the boundaries of modern music has survived the various crises that have threatened and, in some cases, decimated so many others. With Enjoy Jazz's “The Blue Sound: 40 Years ...

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Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 1-2, October 20-21, 2009

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Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 Situated along the Neckar River in the central part of Germany, Heidelberg may seem like an unlikely place for a six-week jazz festival in the middle of the fall each year. But Enjoy Jazz, now in its eleventh year, has been bringing an ...

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Article: Interview

Oz Noy: No Longer Making Choices

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Oz Noy's Schizophrenic (Magnatude Records, 2009) is the perfect moniker for the Israeli-born, New York-based guitarist. With an array of influences ranging from Charlie Parker to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Noy melds elements from funk, rock, blues and jazz into his own unique, personal take on modern instrumental music. Noy's solos seem ...

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Bill Frisell: Disfarmer

Bill Frisell: Disfarmer

By: Ron Hart Michael Disfarmer was an odd, curmudgeonly fellow from the WWII-era Midwest whose hobby was taking photographs of the various townsfolk from his hometown of Heber Springs, AK. And, like all great unsung-artists, little did Disfarmer know that his photographs would later become a treasured look into the vortex of Little America in the ...


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