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Article: Year in Review

Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2022

by Doug Collette
December 17, 2022

Just the tip of the proverbial iceberg... in alphabetical order... Joey Alexander Origin Mack Avenue Records Will BernardPond Life Dreck to Disk Matt Choboter's Hypnopompia Sleep Inertia Songlines Recordings Goldings / Bernstein / StewartPerpetual ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

August 2022: Higher Ground

by C. Michael Bailey
August 21, 2022

DO'A Higher Grounds Outside In Music 2022 Polymath composer, guitarist and pianist, DO'A, possesses an embarrassment of talent equal only to the smoky and concealed mystery surrounding her and her provocative moniker. Her voice is deeply alto: dusky, rich, and indulgent, like dark chocolate, full of crepuscular secrets and seductive ...

Article: Album Review

Anders Koppel: Mulberry Street Symphony

Read "Mulberry Street Symphony" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
March 9, 2022

A father-son collaboration at its most sublime, Mulberry Street Symphony is a natural and logical extension of saxophonist/composer Benjamin Koppel's eclectic sets of funk and free improvisation The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue (Cowbell Music, 2020) and The Art of the Quartet (Cowbell Music, 2020). The prolific Dane wisely aligns himself here with redoubtable counterparts in ...

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Pasadena Pancakes

February 13, 2013

Album: Hammond Street
By Benjamin Koppel
Label: Cowbell Music
Released: 2007
Duration: 6:00

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The Adventures of a Polar Expedition

By Hans Ulrik / Benjamin Koppel / Jon Balke / Palle Danielsson / Alex Riel

Label: Cowbell Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Nothing but Ice (The adventurous but somewhat sad monotony of unchanging landscapes); Time Piece; The Great Sled Journey (The life and deeds of Knud Rasmussen); The Balloon Launch; Floundering on the Pack Ice; Struggling Homewards, in Good Spirits; Kvitøya, the final destination; Hallucinating Optimism, yet realizing the end; Quitness before Departure; The Legend of Fram; Destination Home; Farewell My Heart, My House; Friendship; The Great Open.

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Article: Album Review

Hans Ulrik / Benjamin Koppel / Jon Balke / Palle Danielsson / Alex Riel: The Adventures of a Polar Expedition

Read "The Adventures of a Polar Expedition" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 6, 2010

The exploration of arctic landscapes has always fascinated mankind, and both paintings and literature testify to man's longings for the icy unknown. However, few musicians have tried to translate the adventures of the arctic explorers into sound. Danish saxophonist Benjamin Koppel's ambitious The Adventure of a Polar Expedition sets out to right that ...

Album

At Ease

By Bobby Watson

Label: Cowbell Music
Released: 2008

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Pass the Bebop

By Benjamin Koppel

Label: Cowbell Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Chess Party; Mother's Song; 36-13 (A Bop Result); How High The Moon; Pass The Bebop; K.O.(I'm Fishing In The Seine); Autumn Leaves; Before The Concert; Razorbill Relaxin'.

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Hammond Street

By Benjamin Koppel

Label: Cowbell Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Ostrich Itch; Jetlag; H.T.E.S.T.A.C ((how to explain socialism to a cat)); Hammond Street; Make Sure You're Sure; Armadillo Run; Holtemmen; Pasadena Pancakes; Coconino County (Part II).

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Article: Album Review

Benjamin Koppel featuring Phil Woods and the Alex Riel Trio: Pass the Bebop

Read "Pass the Bebop" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden
July 11, 2007

Even though Phil Woods jokes at every opportunity that, “Emphysema is nature's way of telling you that you're playing too fast, the alto saxophonist still brings a special touch to any recording date, as he remains one of the most inventive improvisers on his instrument with a sound that is always recognizable within a few seconds. ...