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Explosions

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Peasant Boy; 02. Untitled Mixes; 03. Explosions; 04. And On; 05. Wolfman.

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Article: Album Review

Al Jarreau: The Very Best of: An Excellent Adventure

Read "The Very Best of: An Excellent Adventure" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


Al Jarreau is the most successful jazz singer of his time and has enjoyed a career that spans four decades. Oddly though, Jarreau has been never been represented with a career-spanning compilation, and his fans have been patiently waiting for a comprehensive overview. They will have to keep waiting. An Excellent Adventure casts ...

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Take Five With Calvin Mark Smith

Read "Take Five With Calvin Mark Smith" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Calvin Mark Smith:Born and raised in the New England area, Calvin showed an early proclivity for percussion. Although he spent time on other instruments, he always returned to drums. In and out of various genres and bands throughout his life, he finally settled on music production and recording. To this end, he established ...

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Jeff Lashway: Reunion

Read "Reunion" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Throughout the decades, the bands of trumpet legend Maynard Ferguson were, by very nature, heavily brass and ensemble section oriented. Occasionally, Ferguson's pianists were given the opportunity to shine, launching into extended solo tune introductions or brief solos. Some of those pianists were (or would become) stars or leaders in their own right. They included Mike ...

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Alexander Zonjic: Doin' the D

Read "Doin' the D" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


Last year it had the highest murder rate in America. The mayor resigned in disgrace following a sex scandal and went to prison. Its football team won all its games in the preseason and went on to lose every game in the regular season. That's how things went for the city of Detroit last year and ...

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Cleve Pozar: The Web of Percussion

Read "Cleve Pozar: The Web of Percussion" reviewed by Clifford Allen


It has become somewhat commonplace in the past few years for improvising musicians who made names for themselves in the New York underground (and who have since dropped out of the scene) to make something of a comeback. These comebacks are welcome to those of us who didn't get a chance to see their work in ...

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Article: Album Review

Bob James Trio: Explosions

Read "Explosions" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Digitando il nome di Bob James in un motore di ricerca, i primi due esiti sono il sito del musicista e la voce di Wikipedia: aprendo entrambe il massimo risalto va alla premiata e redditizia attivitĂ  di tastierista fusion e smooth-jazz, oltre che a quella di arrangiatore, mentre poche parole sono spese per Explosions, disco che ...

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Angels of Shanghai

Label: KOCH Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Celebration; Gulangyu Island; Endless Time; Theme "Onara" from "Daejangkeum"; Dream With Me; Angles' Theme: The Invention of Love; The Magic Paintbrush; Melodia: A Quiet Place for Two; Butterfly Lovers; Dialogues: The Universal Language; Angela with Purple Bamboo.

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Bob James: Angels of Shanghai

Read "Angels of Shanghai" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


Albums by Bob James come in two flavors. One is polished, professional and predominantly safe smooth jazz featured on most of solo output and all of his collaborations with the “supergroup," Fourplay. This is where James has established his reputation as one of the more reliably radio-friendly musicians in the business.The other ...

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News: Recording

Pianist Mike Catalano gets Will Lee, Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Ivan Lins and more on his debut CD, "A Manhattan Affair"

Pianist Mike Catalano gets Will Lee, Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Ivan Lins and more on his debut CD, "A Manhattan Affair"

Pianist Mike Catalano teams up friends and favorite talents to make this dream come true. Beginning with his co-producer Will Lee, veteran bassist, vocalist, producer (Oh, The Fab Faux, Late show with David Letterman,), and arranger Rob Mounsey (Dave Koz At the Movies, Aaron Neville, Natalie Cole, Ivan Lins, Michael Franks, Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Billy ...


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