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Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz Concord Music 2010 Ray Charles spent the 1950s and 1960s transforming the atomic American musics of gospel, the blues, R&B and country into what has been tagged “soul." Should jazz have been immune to his considerable charms? No, of course not. During the ...
Mickey Roker: You Never Lose the Blues
by Victor L. Schermer
Drummer Mickey Roker is a mainstay and icon of the jazz world, having a played with Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lee Morgan, and many of the other signature groups of modern jazz. Yet he has always maintained his Philadelphia roots, and is and has been a regular at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in that ...
Gerald Wilson Orchestra / Dallas Original Jazz Orchestra / University of North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band
by Jack Bowers
Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit Mack Avenue Records 2009 Composer / arranger / ageless wonder Gerald Wilson, most of whose recent albums (Monterey Moods; New York, New Sound; Theme for Monterey; State Street Sweet) have been built around sectional themes, returns “home" on Detroit to paint an earnest musical ...
Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High
by Edward Bride
A baritone saxophonist who plays like Bird? And harvests more than a half-dozen Grammy awards in the process? That seeming contradiction characterizes the great successes of Gary Smulyan, one of today's most in-demand jazz performers, educators, and recording artists. To be fair, Smulyan has his own voice, but he cites Charlie Parker ...
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Label: Hagen Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: 1. Coast Highway; 2. Koto Madness; 3. The Longest Kiss; 4. On The Edge; 5. Slow and Easy; 6. Two Worlds; 7. Mile High; 8. Three of Four; 9. Those Memories; 10. Lone Trombone;
Minority Report: Classified
by AAJ Italy Staff
Può apparire incredibile, ma ci sono ancora gruppi che suonano fusion. Quella vera, quella attraverso cui sono passati praticamente tutti i jazzofili quarantenni oggi in circolazione. Musica propedeutica, non certo un punto di approdo, ma quasi un obbligato punto di transito tra il rock e il jazz. Oggi i confini tra generi, grazie anche alle esperienze ...
