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Robert Stewart: Nat The Cat

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

San Francisco Tenor Veteran Robert Stewart continues his productive run on RED Records with a tribute to a rarified and [instrumentally] little covered talent. Nat King Cole has been the subject of several retrospectives in the last number of years, but none as unique as San Francisco native Robert Stewart's tenor tribute to the great singer. ...

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Righteous Buddha (Self-Produced Release: Black, Blue & Bamboo

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

If the listener finds Medeski, Martin & Wood a bit too abstract, try Righteous Buddha. You will be guaranteed to dance you’re a— off. Righteous Buddha is an organ trio of Louisiana natives that produces a brand of funk jazz that is a bit hard to define. One simile might be if you took Sly Stone's ...

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John Polito: Crossing the Line

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

John Polito made his name as sound engineer for the West Coast recording concern, Audio Mechanics, where he has put his stamp on everything from television engineering ( NYPD Blue, Chicago Hope ) to the sound retooling of classic films ( Rebecca, All About Eve ). He now seats himself behind the piano and composition staff ...

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Greg Piccolo: Homage

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

Roomful of Blues Tenor/Guitarist/Vocalist pays his respects to his saxophone influences in a strutting collection of blues, ballads, and show tunes. I love the kind of piano the late Gene Harris played. Steeped deeply in the blues idiom, he almost should not be classified as a jazz pianist. His playing is soulful, funky, and rocking. It ...

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Joachim Schoenecker: In the Moment

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

Continuing with the label's focus on mainstream jazz guitar, Hans and Sabine Nagel-Heyer tap the local German talent pool and discover a quiet geyser in Joachim Schoenecker. Joachim Schoenecker is not exactly a household name. In fact, it is a vowel-pregnant German mouthful. But his playing is not. In the Moment is a collection of band ...

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Quamon Fowler: Introducing Quamon Fowler

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

Fort Worth Native Quamon Fowler detours through South Louisiana and provides a funky soulful set of originals. Quamon Fowler, student of the renowned jazz teacher Dr. Alvin Batiste at Southern University of Baton Rouge, steps out into the electrons with a contemporary jazz/neo-Hard Bop offering in Introducing Quamon Fowler. This maiden voyage is populated with smartly ...

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Gene Harris Trio: Live at Otter Crest

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by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

Concord's second posthumous Gene Harris release screams with the master bluesman's talent, finding him in equal company with John Heard and Jimmie Smith under the only circumstances Harris should ever be heard-- Live . This disc starts out with a soul as big as the universe and continues to expand as the non-metaphorical one does. Recorded ...

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Robert Stewart: Nat The Cat

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

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Robben Ford: Robben Ford- Anthology: The Early Years

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

Robben Ford knew all there was to know about the blues pentonic scale before he was 20 years old. Anthology: The Early Years catalogs a pre-Yellowjackets, pre-Miles Davis, teenaged Robben Ford. This is significant because, Ford, at this time (between 1972 and 1976), shows more aptitude for the Blues than players do twice his age. This ...

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Ken Watters Group: Southern Exposure

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by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2001

Sans Brother Harry, Trumpeter Ken Watters steps out with his working quartet and burns his way through a collection of originals, standards, and some surprises. After two recordings with trombonist brother Harry, Trumpeter Ken Watters brings his working quartet into the studio, where he produces his strongest musical statement yet. The previous Watters' offerings, Brothers (Summit ...