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Article: Extended Analysis

Rory Block: From the Dust

by C. Michael Bailey
January 30, 2005

Rory Block From the Dust Telarc International 2005 Aurora Block spent her first two releases for Telarc (2003's Last Fair Deal and 2004's Sisters and Brothers ) going from zero to eighty miles-per-hour where she is currently cruising comfortably on From The Dust. Miss Block's recordings have always been mixed ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Coda: Nights at the Turntable

by C. Michael Bailey
January 30, 2005

I am retiring my column “Nights at the Turntable". Like many of the writers at All About Jazz I have a day job, one that interferes greatly with the pursuit of my bliss (in the grand parlance of the late Dr. Joseph Campbell) of music writing. It is difficult for writers to maintain one column, much ...

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Rolling Stones: Live Licks

by C. Michael Bailey
January 23, 2005

Rolling Stones Live Licks Virgin Records 2004 All About Jazz comrade Doug Collette has already astutely commented on this recording. I have been listening to it since entering Best Buy two weeks ago and, like a lemming marching into the sea, purchased it. I was not holding out very much ...

Article: Album Review

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: A Love Supreme

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by C. Michael Bailey
January 4, 2005

The Marsalis brothers are going to single-handedly turn John Coltrane's crowning achievement into a jazz standard. Branford Marsalis recently released a DVD/CD set of his quartet's performance of the jazz suite, recorded live in Amsterdam at Bimhuis Jazz Club. Now younger brother Wynton has provided the suite with a new spin, a big band treatment arranged ...

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C. Michael Bailey's Picks for 2004

by C. Michael Bailey
December 28, 2004

The end of 2004 is upon us. Curbing my past enthusiasm over another great year filled with superb recordings, I have selected these twelve. This was no mean feat. I am neglecting very fine recordings such as Salvatore Tranchini's Faces and Hiromi's Brain, Art Pepper's harrowing Smack Up was also released with 20-bit remastering and ?Yet ...

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Schnittpunktvokal / Kvartet VITA: Weihnacht in Osterreich - A Cappella

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by C. Michael Bailey
December 24, 2004

Crow pie is best eaten warm just so one might get it over with. In my recent holiday article, It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year , I claimed that Schnittpunktvokal's cpo collection of Austrian carols was the best holiday release of the year. It was my recent good fortune to receive an email from ...

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Mika Pohjola: Scandinavian Yuletide Voices

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by C. Michael Bailey
December 7, 2004

Mika Pohjola's Yuletide Voices provide us the most refreshing take on holiday music released this year. These self-produced Scandinavian Yuletide Voices are exactly that, Scandinavian, with a disclaimer... there are non-Scandinavian pieces here. Pohjola leads a bright orchestra of voices capably supported by an eclectic group of musicians through a truly international assembly of songs, evoking ...

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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

by C. Michael Bailey
December 5, 2004

My year is not complete until the Holiday Season. I am not particularly egalitarian about it. Our American Culture, for good or bad, is pretty firmly based on Judeo-Christian principals. This is fortunate in the respect that it has provided us with 2000 years of the most inspired music, composed around the birth and life of ...

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"Best of" Series, Round 2

by C. Michael Bailey
November 30, 2004

Perhaps inevitably, The Fantasy Jazz Empire is repackaging its extensive product yet again—and this is a good thing. It is collections exactly like these that I would suggest to novices who want exposure to certain artists or styles. The six releases below are just the more recent in this current release program (see Part 1 ). ...

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Vocalists 2004

by C. Michael Bailey
November 22, 2004

Carol Mennie I'm Not a Sometime Thing CDM 1004 2004Long closely associated with guitarist composer Dom Minasi, jazz vocalist Carol Mennie steps out as leader and hits one out of the park. Ms. Mennie revealed her deep alto on the recent Dom Minasi release, Time Will Tell, fashioning ...