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IRIS

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. IRIS 2. THE WORLD KEEPS ENDING AND THE WORLD KEEPS GOING ON 3. UNBORN CHILD 4. IS THERE A HEART IN THIS HOUSE 5. ECHOES IN ETERNITY 6. COLLECTORS OF EMOTIONS 7. AIREGIN

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Brian Wilson Jazzed: Ten Essential Wilson Covers

Read "Brian Wilson Jazzed: Ten Essential Wilson Covers" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Brian Wilson is widely hailed as one of the most significant songwriters of the 20th century--the master craftsman behind The Beach Boys' music. Inspired by rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, George Gershwin, vocal quartet The Four Freshmen and Burt Bacharach, he developed sophisticated harmonies and a signature sound that sold millions of records. His singular ...

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Tributes

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tributes; Right One; Shock; I Love You; Tender; MT; Memories of Calvi; Syrian Children; A Song For Shorter; Matrix.

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Painter Of Dreams

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2024
Track listing: Elusive Dots; April; Up Journey; Painter Of Dreams; Long Ago and Far Away; Seeley Street Song; Chain of Events; I Loves You Porgy.

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Article: Liner Notes

Ralph Bowen: Keep the Change

Read "Ralph Bowen: Keep the Change" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


I can still remember the impression that Ralph Bowen made on a young jazz enthusiast trying to break into radio and be part of the hip jazz crowd. I had decided to get involved with the programming end of a local non-profit arts support organization and on a letter perfect July evening our committee had lined ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Melvin Rhyne: Classmasters

Read "Melvin Rhyne: Classmasters" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


While it's an easy task to designate any number of Hammond B-3 organ players who have quickly fallen under the spell of innovator Jimmy Smith, it's not as simple to inventory the few individuals who've avoided Smith's overpowering influence to develop a sound and manner of their own. Melvin Rhyne is one who managed to carve ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Ralph Bowen: Five

Read "Ralph Bowen: Five" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Although he's better known in educational circles due to his solid commitment to jazz pedagogy as a member of the faculty at Rutgers University, Ralph Bowen has been a vital member of the jazz community since debuting with the group Out of the Blue back in the mid '80s. His adaptability to a diversity of musical ...

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Article: Album Review

Misha Tsiganov: Painter Of Dreams

Read "Painter Of Dreams" reviewed by Edward Blanco


A mainstay musician in the vibrant and exciting jazz scene of New York City, Russian-born pianist Misha Tsiganov presents his fifth Criss Cross album, Painter of Dreams, which features six original compositions and two familiar reimagined standards, with every piece but one running from between eight to eleven-minutes in length. The pianist expands his musical boundaries, ...

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Article: Album Review

Misha Tsiganov: Painter Of Dreams

Read "Painter Of Dreams" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Like a fine wine, Russian-born and New York-based pianist Misha Tsiganov, seems to improve with age. His music continues to evolve and his creativity hits a high spot with Painter Of Dreams. He has appeared on countless albums over the years and has played with such musicians as Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson and Michael Brecker. His ...

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Article: Album Review

Antonio Farao: Tributes

Read "Tributes" reviewed by Neil Duggan


There is an old saying that you should judge a person by the company that they keep. If that is true of musicians, then Italian pianist Antonio Faraò is highly regarded. For his sixth trio outing, he is joined by bassist John Patitucci, who achieved worldwide acclaim for his work with Chick Corea's Elektric Band and ...


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