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Darius Jones: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)

Read "Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)" reviewed by Lyn Horton


Alto saxophonist Darius Jones' birthplace was Virginia, where, historically, slavery was as indigenous to the state as the cotton fields. Inheriting a tradition of story- telling through music, Jones considers his debut, Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing), “one sonic tone poem" that describes different aspects of growing up on a farm, in a loving ...

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Steve Kuhn: Life's Backward Glances

Read "Life's Backward Glances" reviewed by Stuart Broomer


Pianist Steve Kuhn recently explored the beginnings of his musical career on Mostly Coltrane (ECM, 2009). On this three-CD set, ECM commemorates Kuhn's mid-career work with reissues of three LPs recorded between 1974 and 1979. Life's Backward Glances is aptly titled and not just because two of the three albums conclude with Kuhn's song of the ...

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Gary Burton / Pat Metheny / Steve Swallow / Antonio Sanchez: Quartet Live

Read "Quartet Live" reviewed by John Kelman


It's rare that a group can reunite to create what it had decades ago while remaining completely fresh and relevant. When guitarist Pat Metheny regrouped the Gary Burton Quartet--his training ground, beginning in his late-teens, from 1974- 1977--as one of his By Invitation performances at the 2005 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, it was clear ...

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Gary Burton: Forging Ahead

Read "Gary Burton: Forging Ahead" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


"I got started in Nashville and knew a lot of the country musicians. I got my first record contract from Chet Atkins who saw me playing in a local club in Nashville and who decided to talk to RCA and get them to offer me a long-term contract," says this renowned musician born in a small ...

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3Play+: American Waltz

Read "American Waltz" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The cleverly titled American Waltz might deserve a more fitting inscription as American Quilt," because woven into the admirably crafted compositions of leader/pianist Josh Rosen are all the elements that are American music. Rosen, a faculty member at Berklee College of Music, lists Bob Moses, Bennie Wallace, and }}George Schuller}} as performance partners. Besides ...

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Rakalam Bob Moses: Father's Day B'hash

Read "Father's Day B'hash" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Two words that best describe the work of Rakalam Bob Moses are “ancient future." This twin epithet really requires no explanation. But it includes the suggestion that the music comes from a time and place when the aural expression of emotions was incredibly pure and extends--as if by magic--to that time and place where the reflection ...

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Lola Danza: Free To Sing Free

Read "Lola Danza: Free To Sing Free" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Free jazz has wound its way through many permutations since arriving in the early '60s. An important custodian of its new directions is vocalist and composer Lola Danza, of Brooklyn. Danza is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston, and stayed in Boston for a few years after graduating, developing her ...

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Bill McHenry Quintet: Sonic Pressure

Read "Sonic Pressure" reviewed by Farrell Lowe


In the world of music, some live performances stand out with distinction. There are nights where the bandstand can be a magical place, with the musicians expressing an added dimension to their normal artistry. Those nights are special and are, with luck, captured in a recording like this one. Sonic Pressure was recorded live at the ...

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Improvisations: Best of the Vanguard Years

Label: Vanguard Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Disc: 1 - Treats Style; Lady Coryell; The Dream Thing; Two Minute Classical; You Dont Know What Love Is; Stiff Neck; Cleos Mood; Improvisation on Villa-Lobos (Prelude No. 4 in E Minor); The Eyes of Love; Gratitude "A So Low"; Elementary Solo #5; Rue Gregoire Du Tour 1; Sweet Shuffle 14. Ah Wuv Ooh. Disc: 2 - Spaces (Infinite); Low-Lee-Tah; Adam Smasher; Joy Ride; Yin; Entardecendo en Saudade; Scotland Part 1; The Jam With Albert; Rocks; Planet End; Rasputin.

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Labyrinths

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: 1.Labyrinths 02:58 2.The Forking Paths 05:32 3.Heart of the Maze 03:41 4.Road Maps 07:07 5.Corridors of Time 03:36 6.Doors into Summer 08:57 7.Tunnels in the Sky 05:26 8.Nocturnal Journeys 05:35 9.Phantasmagorial 02:29 10.Lost Horizons 09:32 11.The Gates of Illusion 05:05


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