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Chris Cheek / Victor Prieto: Rollo-Coaster

Read "Rollo-Coaster" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
January 24, 2010

An odd couple of sorts, this union between accordion and saxophone is at once curious but proves a match made in heaven with Chris Cheek and Victor Prieto's collaborative release Rollo-Coaster. With great aplomb, they cover a wide scope of music from Tango to improvisational stints and other influences. Prieto, originally from Galicia, ...

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Django

By Modern Jazz Quartet

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 1999

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Modern Jazz Quartet: Django

by Douglas Payne
November 1, 1999

The longevity, popularity and surprising durability of the Modern Jazz Quartet is striking upon listening to Django , the group's very first full-length LP. Recorded at various times between 1953 and 1955, it introduces what amounts to Dizzy Gillespie's big band rhythm section, with pianist John Lewis (b. 1920), bassist Percy Heath (b. 1923, who replaced ...

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Django

By Les McCann

Label: Pacific Jazz
Released: 1961
Track listing: Django; Dorene Don't Cry; Pretty Lady; Stella By Starlight; On Green Dolphin Street; I'll Take Romance; Little Girl Blue;

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