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Article: Album Review

Harriet Tubman: Ascension

Read "Ascension" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


The raison d'être for the band, Harriet Tubman, is an almost aching musical yearning for a complete freedom. It is a freedom from genre and certainly on Ascension, complete freedom from style as well as style. This what the 20th Century Spanish poet and playwright, Federico Garcia-Lorca described as the heart of duende, a holistic alternative ...

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News: Festival

Jacksonville Jazz Festival Line-up

The City of Jacksonville is proud to announce an exciting lineup of performances for the 2011 Jacksonville Jazz Festival scheduled for Thursday, May 26 through Sunday, May 29. All festival performances and elements are free and open to the public unless otherwise listed. This year's festival will continue the tradition of jazz in Jacksonville with a ...

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Article: Album Review

Harriet Tubman: Ascension

Read "Ascension" reviewed by Mark Corroto


It has been forty-six years since John Coltrane took his expanded ensemble into a studio to record Ascension (Impulse!, 1965), and many believe the jazz world has yet to come to grips with its significance and meaning. It has only been eleven years since the power trio Harriet Tubman, expanded into the Harriet Tubman Double Trio, ...

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Current Trends in Racism in Modern America

Label: Sound Aspects
Released: 2010
Track listing: Part One; Part Two.

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Article: Live Review

Search and Restore Benefit: A Round Robin of Duo Improvisations

Read "Search and Restore Benefit: A Round Robin of Duo Improvisations" reviewed by Daniel Lehner


There's an old conundrum about a man with an axe. He broke the head chopping at a particularly stubborn branch and replaced it. Months later, he broke the handle and replaced that. The question goes: Does he have the same axe? It's a philosophical question that deals with how parts interrelate with a whole. Now imagine ...

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar

Read "I Never Meta Guitar" reviewed by Mark Corroto


There are no fans of the guitar in today's creative music--they are better described as fanatics, or devotees. But then the guitar has always caused listeners to choose sides. I'm a fan of Jimmy Page and you, Pete Townshend--or do you prefer Wes Montgomery to my Jim Hall. John McLaughlin or Pete Cosey? Some of these ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Wadada Leo Smith: Abbey Road Quartet; Spiritual Dimensions & Spirit Catcher

Read "Wadada Leo Smith: Abbey Road Quartet; Spiritual Dimensions & Spirit Catcher" reviewed by Marc Medwin


Wadada Leo SmithAbbey Road QuartetTreader2009 Wadada Leo SmithSpiritual DimensionsCuneiform2009 Wadada Leo SmithSpirit CatcherNessa2009 There are few players that continue to be as ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Cuong Vu / Chris Speed: From The Pacific Northwest To The Atlantic Northeast And Beyond

Read "Cuong Vu / Chris Speed: From The Pacific Northwest To The Atlantic Northeast And Beyond" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo


Myra Melford's Be Bread The Whole Tree Gone Firehouse 12 2010 Jakob Anderskov Agnostic Revelations ILK 2010 Lovedale Coziness Kills ILK 2009

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Article: Book Review

State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words

Read "State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words Ralph Gibson Paperback; 184 pages ISBN: 0300142110 Yale University Press 2008 Saxists have their mouthpieces and drummers their cymbals, but there's no fetish object quite like the guitar. It's played most often by peacocks, strutting and ...

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Puppet

Label: Parallactic Recordings
Released: 2006


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