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Article: Album Review

Joe Locke / David Hazeltine: Mutual Admiration Society 2

Read "Mutual Admiration Society 2" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann

In the last year of the twentieth century, Sharp Nine Records released Mutual Admiration Society, a quartet date co-led by vibraphonist Joe Locke and pianist David Hazeltine, which also included bassist Essiet Essiet and drummer Billy Drummond. A brainchild of Sharp Nine honcho Marc Edelman, the collaboration between these two longtime friends was based on a ...

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John Stowell: Solitary Tales

Read "Solitary Tales" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron

An entire disc of solo, improvised guitar music could easily run the risk of sounding like one continuous tune. Fortunately, Portand, Oregon-based guitarist John Stowell applies enough depth and open-minded searching to his nylon-string guitar to keep things interesting throughout Solitary Tales. The eleven-track disc was recorded live at the home of master guitar luthier Mike ...

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Article: Album Review

TransAtlantic Collective: Traveling Song

Read "Traveling Song" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

In recent years jazz groups have begun to give themselves names that give nothing away about their composition or style. The TransAtlantic Collective bucks the trend with a name that offers a more helpful description of itself: a group of musicians from the USA, Britain and mainland Europe. American saxophonist Patrick Cornelius, British trumpeter Quentin Collins, ...

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Carsten Dahl / Mads Vinding / Alex Riel: In Our Own Sweet Way

Read "In Our Own Sweet Way" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey

After Paris, Copenhagen was the European refuge for American jazz musicians fleeing racial and sometimes political oppression in their homeland in the postwar years. Ben Webster is buried there (in the same cemetery as Søren Kierkegaard), Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin locked horns there. Such greats created a solid local scene, which continues to produce some ...

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Article: Album Review

Carol Fredette: Everything In Time

Read "Everything In Time" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Jazz vocalist Carol Fredette's singing is characterized as a clinic in singing with perfect diction. With a linguist's ear, Fredette concretely pronounces every word to every song she sings as if to commit them to platinum casts for use by International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Fredette accomplishes this not in some self-conscious way, but with ...

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Article: Album Review

Sophie Milman: Take Love Easy

Read "Take Love Easy" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush

It's just a darn shame so many budget-conscious Hollywood movies save a few bucks by using snippets of a classic rock oldie instead of actually using vocalists to sing theme songs. If they did, the cool groove of Sophie Milman's vocals would be the perfect accompaniment for a montage of lovers walking in the rain, looking ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Fresh Sound New Talent: Truth in Advertising

Read "Fresh Sound New Talent: Truth in Advertising" reviewed by J Hunter

by J Hunter

Operating in an era dominated by contradictory product names (i.e. Jumbo Shrimp, Clear Skies Initiative), Fresh Sound New Talent delivers exactly what it advertises--the CD equivalent of showcase gigs for up and coming musicians--and leaves a the future in the hands of the players and the free market. With that in mind, here are four FSNT ...

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Article: Interview

Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music

Read "Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music" reviewed by Matthew Warnock

by Matthew Warnock

A native of Houston Texas, guitarist Mike Moreno has been making waves. After graduating from the famed Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Moreno received a scholarship to study jazz at the New School in New York. Moreno first paid his dues playing gigs around New York, and has since been ...

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Article: Book Review

The House That George Built

Read "The House That George Built" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

The House That George Built Wilfred Sheed Paperback; 368 pages ISBN: 0812970187 Random House 2008 Why were so many more good songs written during the first half of the twentieth century than the second half? Wilfred Sheed, who believes this to be the case, presents two ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Hainsworth Jazz Orchestra: Kaleidoscope

Read "Kaleidoscope" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Originally penned for a student big band, educator/saxophonist Jason Hainsworth, Director of Jazz Studies at Broward College in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, took his charts to New York, assembled a first-rate orchestra, added some special guests and recorded a compelling big band debut with the impressive Kaleidoscope. An attention-grabbing album for sure, Hainsworth's first effort includes original ...


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