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Dexter Gordon: Round Midnight: Motion Picture Soundtrack

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by Jim Santella
April 12, 2002

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Round Midnight is a fictional story that combines the careers of Bud Powell and Lester Young into one character. The soundtrack stands out as one of the greatest jazz film scores ever issued. Everything was recorded live. This reissue also features a bonus track, from Dexter Gordon's Homecoming: Live At The Village ...

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Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk's Straight, No Chaser: Motion Picture Soundtrack

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by Jim Santella
April 12, 2002

Directed by Charlotte Zwerin, the film documentary of Thelonious Monk's remarkable career features the pianist/composer in performance, along with his closest allies. The soundtrack includes his piano, his music, and his voice. It's an intimate portrait. The music for this film served to paint a musical portrait of Monk and his sidemen. We ...

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Arturo Sandoval: My Passion for the Piano

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by Dave Nathan
April 12, 2002

There have been jazz artists who have set aside their usual instrument for an excursion into the realm of another. Bix Beiderbecke was known to play Ravel and other classic composers on the piano. Charles Mingus recorded an album on the keyboard. Now comes first rate trumpet player Arturo Sandoval with his own recorded adventure on ...

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Charlie Parker: Bird: Motion Picture Soundtrack

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by Jim Santella
April 12, 2002

They're Bird's alto saxophone solos that we hear all through the soundtrack. Not someone else. Charles McPherson was only added to three of the songs, as a member of the ensemble. Musical director Lennie Niehaus didn't play alto sax for the film. He taught several actors to play the instrument for their roles (with the sound ...

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B: Live At The Quick

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by Jim Santella
April 12, 2002

Unique among contemporary music ensembles, Béla Fleck's dynamic trio works wonders in live performance. Their large audience at the Quick Center For The Arts in Fairfield, Connecticut knew they were witnessing a one-of-a-kind affair. Clapping on 2 and 4 while Victor Lemonte Wooten improvised over “Amazing Grace," they felt all the power coming from that stage. ...

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B: Live At The Quick

by Jim Santella
April 12, 2002

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Arturo Sandoval: My Passion For The Piano

Read "My Passion For The Piano" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2002

Straight-ahead piano trio jazz is one of Arturo Sandoval's passions. High-flying, bebop-rooted trumpeting is another. There are other passions in his life. In November 2000, HBO television depicted his life in a special film, For Love Or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Andy Garcia. Like his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval has always felt comfortable sitting ...

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Steve Tyrell: Standard Time

by Jim Santella
January 1, 2002

Recalling the years when Basie and Ellington reigned, Steve Tyrell sings standards alongside big band arrangements, strings, and in small ensemble format. His interpretation of these familiar standards certainly brings back the memories. Tyrell's singing voice, gritty and expressive, somewhat resembles the timeless delivery of Tony Bennett. Preferring to walk the straight and narrow by singing ...

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Steve Tyrell: Standard Time

by Dave Nathan
January 1, 2002

Even though this is just his second album, Steve Tyrell is no beginner to the music business. He has been a successful producer and songwriter composing hits such as “How Do You Talk to an Angel" and “Hold On". Singing with a slightly raspy tone, sort of a combination of Ray Charles and Hoagy Carmichael, Tyrell's ...

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The Columbia Years (1962-1968)

By Thelonious Monk

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Bye-Ya; Coming on the Hudson; Rhythm-A-Ning; Think of One; Pannonica; Crepuscule With Nellie; April in Paris; Ugly Beauty; Honeysuckle Rose; In Walked Bud; Thelonious; Reflections; Blue Monk;