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Article: Album Review

Talking Cows: Almost Human

Read "Almost Human" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Talking Cows may be the world's only bovine-themed jazz group. Titles of previous CDs include Bovinity (Morvin Records, 2006) and Dairy tales (Morvin Records, 2009). Almost Human indicates a move further in the primate direction. But where a true bovine creature may have an aspect of the ruminative in its nature, the Talking Cows does not. ...

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Talking Cows: Almost Human

Read "Almost Human" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

If there is anything better than the off-the-wall humor of the video promo that preceded this Talking Cows album, it is the actual album itself. Yet much more than the humor of it all is the spectacular seriousness of the music: deadly serious, and for those familiar with the high standards of music (and humor) in ...

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Article: Album Review

Juhani Aaltonen & Heikki Sarmanto: Conversations

Read "Conversations" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen and pianist Heikki Sarmanto are two icons of the Finnish jazz scene. Collaborating constantly for almost fifty years in myriad outfits and formats, despite many moves in their busy musical careers, they have never recorded as a duo. These two “incurable romantics," as Aaltonen defines it, use this opportunity to record an album ...

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Article: Interview

Chris McNulty: A Siren From Down Under

Read "Chris McNulty: A Siren From Down Under" reviewed by Ludwig vanTrikt

by Ludwig vanTrikt

Chris McNulty emigrated to New York City, from her native home in Melbourne, Australia, in 1988. Since then she's released five recordings, with Waltz For Debby (Discovery, 1991) first introducing the Australian singer to American audiences. On that record, she wrote what would ultimately become the official, published lyrics to Miles Davis' classic “Blue in Green." ...

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Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto: Conversations

Read "Conversations" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Many musicians from other countries come to the United States to study their art and then remain to build careers. Others, like saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen and pianist Heikki Sarmanto, both from Finland, attended programs in the US--in both cases at Boston's Berklee College--and then returned home to perform and record.With a history of five ...

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Article: Album Review

Gary Smulyan: Smul's Paradise

Read "Smul's Paradise" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

While the tenor saxophone is no stranger to organ group gatherings, its big brother rarely comes to the party. It's hard to say whether a lack of interest amongst baritone saxophonists, insufficient opportunities for such combinations, or a paucity of players capable of pulling it off is responsible for this issue, but Gary Smulyan won't stand ...

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Article: Album Review

Sara Serpa: Mobile

Read "Mobile" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Portuguese singer Sara Serpa is what is produced when the talents of Gretchen Parlato, Simin Tander and Tierney Sutton coalesce. Her voice is light and elastic, sporting a fierce intellect. Couple this with a vision/sense of humor of a Nicholas Urie and the result is a radioactive type of 21st Century Beat Poetry. Like Urie and ...

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Article: Album Review

Rick Stone Trio: Fractals

Read "Fractals" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Trio recordings hold a special place in jazz. Bass and drums, teaming with a piano or guitar, give the front man the most room for instrumental self expression (saxophone out front is a different matter). Though he may not be the busiest of guitarists in terms of recording, with a good stretch of time between Samba ...

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Article: Album Review

Gary Smulyan: Smul's Paradise

Read "Smul's Paradise" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Recognized as one of the premiere baritone saxophonist in jazz today, Gary Smulyan has long had an affinity for the classic jazz organ trios and on Smul's Paradise he finally pays tribute to the format joining forces with Mike LeDonne, a master of the Hammond B3 organ. Not since saxophonist Ronnie Cuber performed with Lonnie Smith ...

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Olavi Trio & Friends: Triologia

Read "Triologia" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

The most famous Olavi in history of modern Finnish music may be Olavi Virta, the godfather of the Finnish Tango. The Olavi Trio has little in common with the famous Olavi; it just happens that everyone in this trio carries the middle name Olavi--two, as their official names despite being rarely known by it. These three ...


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