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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: Oscar, with Love

Read "Oscar, with Love" reviewed by Jack Bowers


To mark the ninetieth anniversary of the legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson's birth (August 15, 2015), Peterson's widow, Kelly Peterson, produced a tribute album for the ages: Oscar, with Love, a marvelous three-disc set comprising ten never-before-recorded Peterson compositions, nineteen of his better-known works and seven compositions written especially for him, performed by sixteen contemporary piano ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Magadini: Bones Blues

Read "Bones Blues" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


The Canadian label Sackville is known for its unique catalogue of superb Avant-Garde music and engaging trad-jazz recordings. So its 1976 Bones Blues is a bit of an anomaly as it documents a modern mainstream session that drummer Pete Magadini led and featured California based saxophonist Don Menza. Five standards and two originals comprise ...

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Article: Album Review

Buddy Tate: Texas Tenor

Read "Texas Tenor" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Saxophonist George “Buddy" Tate came to prominence in the 1930s with his hard swinging style and robust and resilient tone. His sound mellowed and matured like a fine spirit throughout a long and busy career but his approach did not veer far from his original fashion of playing, dubbed Texas Tenor. The 1978 Sackville record is ...

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Article: Big Band Report

In Tune or Not in Tune... That Is the Question

Read "In Tune or Not in Tune... That Is the Question" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Suppose a month goes by, you have a column to publish, but nothing has happened that's worth writing about. What do you do then? Read on, as the question is about to be answered. A while back there was a discussion at a Stan Kenton web site (Kentonia) about musicians or groups of ...

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Mean What You Say

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: Mean What You Say; Will You Still Be Mine?; Bohemia After Dark; Every Time We Say Goodbye; Celia; Sandu; Seven Minds; Morning Star; Minor 101; Dream Dancing; Last Time I Saw Her.

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Article: Album Review

The Dave Young Quartet: Mean What You Say

Read "Mean What You Say" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Dave Young has had a long career as a classical music and jazz bassist. Before he found his niche in jazz, Young was the principal bassist with the Winnipeg and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras as well as the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. As a jazz musician, he brought his sense of rhythm and intuition to groups led by ...

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News: Recording

Bassist Dave Young Releases New CD "Mean What You Say"

Bassist Dave Young Releases New CD "Mean What You Say"

Multiple Award-winning Bassist, Composer and Arranger, Dave Young Releases New Quartet CD, Mean What You Say Featuring Kevin Turcotte, Robi Botos and Frank Botos and...celebrates his new recording with a Special CD Launch at Toronto's vibrant new Jazz Venue, “The TRANE STUDIO Jazz Lounge" Thursday - November 12th - from 8:00 pm “To my way of ...

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Mainly Mingus

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Oscar Pettiford; Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Nostalgia in Times Square; Bass Clef; Self-Portrait in Three Colors; All the Things You'd Be Right Now If Sigmund Freud Was Your Mother; Cherokee Revisited.

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Article: Album Review

Dave Young Quintet: Mainly Mingus

Read "Mainly Mingus" reviewed by John Kelman


Over the years Canada has produced its share of world-class jazz musicians who have reached widespread acclaim, including Oscar Peterson, Gil Evans, Paul Bley, and Kenny Wheeler. Lesser-known, but no less important, are support players like drummer Terry Clarke, who spent a number of years in New York and was a long-time collaborator with guitarist Jim ...


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