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Article: Record Label Profile

Jazz Eyes: Eyes and Ears Wide Open

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 13, 2009

In jazz, spontaneity is essential. It can also be useful when setting up a label. So it's no great coincidence that, once the Italian jazz enthusiasts Paolo Siculiana and Toti Cannistraro realized they both loved the production and distribution of records, their Jazz Eyes label rapidly became a reality. “The story starts on a dark night," ...

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Article: Live Review

30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
May 11, 2009

30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 23-May 3, 2009 Now in its 30th year, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland has always prided itself as much on its educational offerings as its concerts. The festival's Web site touts it as “the largest educational jazz festival in the country." This emphasis on ...

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Article: Album Review

Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy

Read "Live in Italy" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
March 19, 2009

Born in London, England and reared in Vancouver, Canada, saxophonist Seamus Blake has established himself as both a leader and an effective sideman. He brings those leadership skills to the two-disc Live in Italy.Blake has gained recognition from Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and he finished first in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International ...

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Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy

Read "Live in Italy" reviewed by Warren Allen

by Warren Allen
March 14, 2009

Back in 2002, Seamus Blake established himself firmly as tenor player of interest with a first place finish in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Since then, his rapidly growing discography, as well as collaborations with artists like John Scofield, suggests that the attention is well-deserved. Even still, Blake's first live release ...

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Nexus

By Monday Michiru

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2008
Track listing: Interlude; Epiphany; Your Eyes; Candy; Sometimes; Suite 610; Genetic Imprints; That's Not Me; Weak; Sands of Time; One; On & One

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Limits

By David Kikoski

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Growth; Kaye and Moose Part I; Duane Reade; As It Happens; Ping Ponging; Limits; Not the Only Hurting One; Healing Time; Kay and Moose Part II.

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Lighter Way

By David Kikoski

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Blanket of Byrd; Grey Area; Wanting and Waiting; Joyous; Lighter Way; Florence's Reverie; Stigmata; Variation 1.

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Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery

By Pat Martino

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Four on Six; Groove Yard; Full House; Heartstrings; Twisted Blues; Road Song; West Coast Blues; S.K.J.; If I Should Lose You; Unit 7.

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Article: Album Review

David Kikoski: Lighter Way

Read "Lighter Way" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 20, 2006

There was a time when most artists pursued linear careers. While the Miles Davis of Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959) was very different than that of Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), a straight line could be drawn through his career, with each successive album usually representing an incremental step. These days artists often run multiple and vastly ...

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Article: Album Review

David Kikoski Quartet: Limits

by John Kelman
November 6, 2006

Limits may seem like an odd title for this disc, an unassuming but thoroughly captivating quartet session that reunites pianist David Kikoski with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart from his 2004 Criss Cross release, Details; it also brings back tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake from earlier Criss Cross discs, including 2002's Combinations. But while this ...