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Meeco: Amargo Mel
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Meeco is a rather young musician who appears drawn not simply to the musical idioms of jazz, popular music and a myriad of those in the Latin tradition; he also set out to do what musicians of his age seldom attempt: he's made a troubadour record. Amargo Mel is a very difficult project to pull off, ...
Toshiko Akiyoshi: Fine Wine
by Ken Dryden
Toshiko Akiyoshi's reputation as a brilliant composer/arranger is widely heralded. She was the first woman to lead a big band for an extended period of time, while she was also the first Japanese jazz artist to achieve international acclaim. A pianist of incredible talent, Akiyoshi's abilities were somewhat hidden within her orchestra, though she made a ...
Alex Sipiagin: Burning For Jazz
by R.J. DeLuke
The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Before glasnost fully took hold, and before U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down ...
Ian Carr: 1933 - 2009
The British trumpet player and author Ian Carr died in London on Wednesday 25th February aged 75. He began his musical career in Newcastle in a band led by his brother Mike. Among the younger musicians he played with were John McLaughlin, Eric Burdon and Alan Price. When he moved to London he co-led a quintet ...
Charlie Mariano: Silver Blue
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Prelude To A Kiss; Cheers My Lady; Ages Ago; My Funny Valentine; My Foolish Heart; He's Gone; Black Orpheus; Half Moon In A Blue Sky; Dorothee.
Helen 12 Trees
Label: Promising Music/MPS
Released: 2008
Track listing: Helen 12 Trees; Parvati's Dance; Sleep, My Love; Thorn of a White Rose; Neverglades Pixie; Charlotte; Avoid the Year of the Monkey.
Om Keshav
Label: Omnitonic Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Shantaakaaram (R.A. Ramamani) - 5:44; 02. Krishna Hare (R.A. Ramamani) - 10:02; 03. Guru's Govinda (S. Karthik) - 10:28; 04. Radhe Shyam (R.A. Ramamani) - 11:48; 05. Margosa (Neem Tree)
(Charlie Mariano) - 8:55; 06. Bhajana Binare (R.A. Ramamani) - 6:53; 07. Om Keshav/Shabti (Peace) (R.A. Ramamani) - 8:35.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Mariano
All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Mariano's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Charlie MarianoCharlie Mariano (born November 12, 1923 in Boston) is an American jazz alto saxophonist. He played with one of the Stan Kenton big bands, Toshiko Akiyoshi (his then wife), Charles Mingus, Eberhard Weber... more ...
Charlie Mariano: Silver Blue
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Charlie Mariano Silver Blue Enja Records 2008 There is much that is unique about the alto saxophone sound, the “voice," of Charlie Mariano. The word that perhaps best describes Mariano's sound is intimate. Not intimate in the erotic sense--although the intensely romantic treatment on this album of standards ...
Charlie Mariano: Helen 12 Trees
by John Kelman
Of labels awaiting first-time release on CD, Germany's MPS is the undisputed holy grail. With plans to release fifteen of its 400+ titles in carefully remastered and beautifully designed mini-LP sleeve packages each year, Promising Music is righting a wrong in the best possible way. Always eclectic, MPS ran the gamut from free jazz to fusion ...
