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Charles Tyler Ensemble: Charles Tyler Ensemble

Read "Charles Tyler Ensemble" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
November 9, 2009

Charles Tyler was an innovative musician who could unfurl a maelstrom of ideas from just a spark. He played with fire and spirit, finding his muse in free jazz and filling his music with bold inventions. Tyler met Albert Ayler when he was 14. He later went on to play with Ayler, whose influence can be ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York September 2009 Issue Now Available!

August 29, 2009

This month, we mourn the passing of the seminal composer George Russell, whose book, Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, was the precursor for a modal approach to jazz and such masterworks as Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. But for such a pedigree, Russell may not be well-known to some readers. The history of jazz, for ...

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Article: Album Review

Khan Jamal: Cool

by Francis Lo Kee
July 10, 2009

Always interesting and quite different from one to the next, vibraphonist Khan Jamal's recordings have charted a unique course through the world of improvisational music, from trio recordings with bass and drums or guitar and drums to sessions with great horn players (eg. Grachan Moncur III, Byard Lancaster, Charles Tyler, et. al.) to the somewhat psychedelic ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Tyler: Saga of the Outlaws

by Clifford Allen
March 24, 2009

Charles Tyler Saga of the Outlaws Nessa Records 2009 Saga of the Outlaws is just about the most fitting title one could expect for saxophonist Charles Tyler's fifth LP under his own name. Tyler was more than an outlaw (or a gladiator, to paraphrase Stanley Crouch), but unfortunately ...

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