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Gene Harris Trio: Live at Otter Crest

Read "Live at Otter Crest" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


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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Stan Getz: My Old Flame

Read "My Old Flame" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Both of the component albums on My Old Flame, The Dolphin and Spring Is Here, have been released before. But you had to search for them. As a matter of luck, I had checked The Dolphin out of the public library and was knocked out by the perfection of the performance--not just Stan Getz', but by ...

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Caribbean Jazz Project: Paraiso

Read "Paraiso" reviewed by Dave Hughes


This is possibly the most intricate, intellectual, and compositionally advanced Latin jazz that's been made to date. Certainly the tri-leaders of the group - vibraphonist Dave Samuels, flautist Dave Valentin, and guitarist Steve Khan - are in the top echelon of performers on their respective instruments, and all have played in a unusually broad range of ...

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Chick Corea New Trio: Past, Present & Futures

Read "Past, Present & Futures" reviewed by David Adler


Putting Origin on the shelf for a moment, Chick Corea sets about getting intimate with the band's rhythm section on this invigorating trio release. Corea also takes this opportunity to premiere 10 entirely new compositions as well as a lively reading of Fats Waller's “Jitterbug Waltz." Together with the phenomenal Avishai Cohen on bass and Jeff ...

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Chick Corea Trio: Past, Present & Futures

Read "Past, Present & Futures" reviewed by AAJ Staff


As Chick Corea, restless and creative as ever, continues to forge ahead with new musical ideas and new ensemble configurations, he has basically taken his Origin group and reduced it to its percussive core of the basic piano trio. But Corea’s music remains distinctive as always, and his new trio can’t really be mistaken for another.

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Steve Davis: Portrait In Sound

Read "Portrait In Sound" reviewed by Jim Santella


Mainstream jazz has produced quite a few superior trombonists. From early tailgate counterpoint to swing era melody maker and hard bop leader, the artist has always been able to make use of his instrument's unique characteristics. Unlike piano and vibraphone, the trombone is able to bend pitches and slide from one pitch to the next. In ...

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Dave Weckl Band: Transition

Read "Transition" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins


Drum master Weckl continues to hawk the muscular brand of fusion that he began dealing with Chick Corea’s Elektric Band over a decade ago. This album seems a catharsis for Weckl, having just come off a divorce and other personal problems. He’s in better form drum-wise than we have heard in some time, and the music ...

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Pete Escovedo: E Music

Read "E Music" reviewed by Jim Santella


A “tipico” album of smooth jazz and Salsa, Pete Escovedo’s 5th Concord release is reminiscent of Tito Puente’s popular appeal. Mambo, guajira, cha cha cha, bolero and samba provide the listener a romantic evening with gentle, flowing motion. Escovedo’s heartfelt vocals, sensitive guest instrumentalists and his family’s rhythmic, percussive accompaniments drive the session. Son Peter Michael, ...

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Jimmy Rowles & Ray Brown: The Duo Sessions

Read "The Duo Sessions" reviewed by AAJ Staff


With considerable charm and elegance, Jimmy Rowles and Ray Brown breeze through 18 tunes, some standards and some jazz classics and some fairly obscure, without seeming to work up a sweat. These two consummate professionals, revered by fellow musicians, were teamed to produce two Concord albums in the late 1970’s. In spite of the loss of ...

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Sheila E. and the E-Train: Writes Of Passage

Read "Writes Of Passage" reviewed by Jim Santella


Funk, instrumental pop, and smooth jazz color Sheila E’s latest album with an easy-to-like coating. There’s not much to sink your teeth into, but her project does reflect cool waters and the things that make FM radio popular. A portion of “N Perfect Time,” Sheila E’s only lead vocal track on the album, is available from ...


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