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David Binney: Aliso

by J Hunter
May 24, 2010

For Aliso, reedman David Binney wanted to get back to “doing things that have been part of my life since I was a kid." It's clear that any time is a good time for a happy childhood, because both Binney and his band dive into Aliso like 10 year-olds on vacation at Disney World. The opening ...

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David Binney: Aliso

by Karl Ackermann
May 9, 2010

Saxophonist David Binney's resume boasts of diverse stints with Maria Schneider, Craig Taborn, and Uri Caine among many others; a wide range of styles with the best musicians, composers and arrangers in jazz. While the scope of his talents as both a player and composer are recognized by his fellow musicians, wider public recognition has still ...

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David Binney: Aliso

by Dan Bilawsky
April 13, 2010

Finding musical parallels to David Binney's work is not always an easy task. As a composer, he has managed to create a distinctive sound, yet no single quality can properly define his work. Binney wears his influences on his sleeve throughout Aliso, choosing to touch on the work of Wayne Shorter, Sam Rivers, Thelonious Monk and ...

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David Binney: Aliso

by John Kelman
April 12, 2010

In a career now in its third decade, alto saxophonist David Binney's greatest accomplishment, despite being a player of no small worth, has been as a composer whose often knottily idiosyncratic tunes manage to remain not just accessible, but deeply compelling. From the earliest days of Lost Tribe through to last year's outstanding Third Occasion, Binney's ...

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Lage Lund: Unlikely Stories

Read "Unlikely Stories" reviewed by David Lighton

by David Lighton
March 27, 2010

It is a great pleasure to watch the evolution of a musician--to witness the synthesis and refinement of ideas. And so it has been the case with Norwegian-born guitarist Lage Lund--who, in three short years of recording as a leader, has arrived at a new creative plateau. Lund's first two recordings, Standards (Self Produced, ...

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Seamus Blake: Bellwether

Read "Bellwether" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
January 5, 2010

SSome albums are named for a time, a place, an experience, or even a person. Others have a concept. Saxophonist Seamus Blake takes on concept with Bellwether, a term for leader or trendsetter. Born in England and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Blake has gained recognition by Down Beat and JazzTimes magazines, and finished first ...

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Mirages

By Alex Sipiagin

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2009
Track listing: One for Mike I; Mirages; Live Score; Levitin's Kingdom; Just One of Those Things; Tetragon; Iris; One for Mike II.

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Night Songs

By Jonathan Kreisberg

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2009
Track listing: Laura; Autumn in New York; September Song; Prelude to a Kiss; Spring Is Here; I'll Be Seeing You; Blue in Green; Nefertiti; Warm Valley.

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Introducing Keyon Harrold

By Keyon Harrold

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2009

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Sight

By Adam Rogers

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2009
Track listing: Sight; I Hear a Rhapsody; Kaliedoscope; Yesterdays; Memory's Translucence; Let's Cool One; Hourglass; The Moontrane; Beautiful Love; Dexterity.