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Article: Album Review

Johanna Grussner: No More Blues

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by C. Michael Bailey
October 1, 2004

Honestly, I do not know what thrills me more, the fact that Johanna Grussner's No More Blues makes a great companion disc to Peter Cincotti's On the Moon or the fact that it is the first Naxos Jazz release in two years.Let's address the second fact first. Naxos Records began Naxos Jazz in the ...

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Jonas Tauber: Storm Walking Singing

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by C. Michael Bailey
October 1, 2004

Storm Walking Singing is the type of recording I would have expected Winter & Winter or ECM to release. Very specialized and focused and defying genre (jazz or classical), Jonas Tauber's latest release is an interesting exploration, and as such a bit of an acquired taste. That it why it is so wonderful ...

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Peter Cincotti: On The Moon

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by C. Michael Bailey
September 25, 2004

I listened to Peter Cincotti's set at the 2004 Playboy Jazz Festival and was blown away. Performing on June 20, 2004, Cincotti led both a small group and a big band through several pieces from his first recording, Peter Cincotti , and several from his new recording, On The Moon. In between was some Bobby Timmons ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Proud Flesh: The Allman Brothers Band and Dickey Betts

by C. Michael Bailey
September 18, 2004

I. The Premise In his review of The Allman Brothers Band's Peakin' at the Beacon for All Music Guide , William Ruhlmann recounts Gregg Allman's abbreviated explanation for founding member Dickey Betts's unceremonious, fax-mediated dismissal from the band as being amply evidenced by the guitarist's allegedly poor performance on that live recording. Ruhlmann appropriately ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

September 2004

by C. Michael Bailey
September 16, 2004

In the earlier days of this website, publisher Ricci had inaugurated my multiple CD Reviews “Bailey's Bundles." This column has been dormant for some time and now I am resurrecting it. Music writers are inundated with music for review. I think that it is important to respond to as many submissions as possible. Columns like “Bailey's ...

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Alexandra Caselli: Out the Aquarium

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by C. Michael Bailey
September 12, 2004

With a cosmopolitan name like Alexandra Caselli, how can one go wrong? Add to that great name the classical heritage of Muzio Clementi, the impressionistic philosophy of Lynne Arriale (by way of Bill Evans), and a great ear for melody, and you have the total package that is Ms. Caselli. Out The Aquarium is Caselli's new ...

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Live Music... Better Late Than Never

by C. Michael Bailey
September 10, 2004

This month we are going to devote a bit of electronic ink to some 1970s live rock recordings and some trends that are developing in that arena. One item of discussion will address the recently inaugurated labels by the Allman Brothers Band and Little Feat, each with the goal of releasing aural archival footage from early ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Best Live Rock Recordings: 1969-1979

by C. Michael Bailey
September 10, 2004

Critic's Note While not directly jazz-related, this top ten list of the best live Rock recordings has been banging around in my head for several years just waiting for a chance to get out. As part of the bargain, I will follow up this series with one that addresses the best ten live Jazz recordings in ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young: 4 Way Street

by C. Michael Bailey
September 10, 2004

One thing the blues ain't... is funny Touted as one of the worst live albums of all time by Dave Marsh's Book of Rock Lists, Four Way Street may be anything but that. Sure, it's sloppy, poorly recorded and a bit self-indulgent, but hey, it was 1970 and it does not compare with the ...

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Live Rust

by C. Michael Bailey
September 10, 2004

Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river... The hinges between decades is where Neil Young does his best work. Around the beginning/end of each of decade of the last 50 years, Neil Young has gotten mad and thrown a fit. These fits have produced a masterpiece or two. Please witness ...