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Tim Ries: It's Only Rock n' Roll, But He Likes It
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Tim Ries knows what its like to play with a big band. His first gig out of college was with Maynard Ferguson. More recently, he's been a part of Maria Schneider's critically acclaimed orchestra, including the recording of the multiple award-winning Concert in the Garden. But the big band he's with now has nothing to ...
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not In Our Name
by John Kelman
Whether or not music can have a social and/or political conscience in and of itself is often debated, but that it can respond to such conditions is unquestionable. From Dave Douglas' Witness, which stemmed from concerns about unilateral political action, to Pat Metheny Group's The Way Up, a considered response to the “dumbing down of society, ...
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not in Our Name
by Jim Santella
You can feel protest in the alto saxophone wails that Miguel Zenon delivers on “This is Not America." You can feel unity in the traditional melody of “Amazing Grace," as Charlie Haden “spreads the word" as bass soloist with Carla Bley comping on piano. You can feel the anticipation rising as a solitary trumpeter interprets “Goin' ...
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not In Our Name
by Mark Corroto
They say resistance is futile. But for many Americans, it is also part of being a patriot. Have you noticed, for example, that nearly a year after the election, most people have yet to remove their John Kerry bumper stickers? This homegrown opposition should adopt the title of Charlie Haden's new Liberation Music Orchestra recording, Not ...
Trudy Desmond: A Dream Come True
by Jim Santella
Trudy Desmond made four studio recordings in her lifetime. Cancer took the vocalist from us all too soon. She could interpret a song convincingly, and she always gave us a warm musical performance. This compilation gives us the best of Trudy Desmond through excerpts from RSVP (1988), Tailor Made (1991), Make Me Rainbows (1995), and My ...
Billy Taylor: Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center
by Jim Santella
Dr. Billy Taylor and friends begin this concert performance compilation with homage to early bebop as Terence Blanchard recalls the loose, pioneering spirit of Diz and Stanley Turrentine does his best to interpret Bird's spirit in his own way. Russell Malone and Stefon Harris broaden the scope, turning Taylor's idea into a thrilling jam session that ...
Bill Charlap & Herbie Hancock: Plays George Gershwin & Gershwin's World
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The latest releases from Bill Charlap and Herbie Hancock add two terrific chapters to the reinterpretation of George Gershwin's music. They are, however, entirely different from each other. For the former, the sole justification for the project is, to paraphrase George Mallory and Sir Edmund Hillary: “Because he's there. For the latter, the self-avowed aspirations are ...
Miles Davis: 'Round About Midnight (Legacy Edition)
by Jim Santella
Music this good requires reissue and invites special packaging. Most of the material on the second disc of the Legacy Edition of 'Round About Midnight, however, has never been released before. So, we are met with pleasant surprises along with a reissue of some of Miles Davis' greatest music. In all, this double CD brings us ...
Quadro Nuevo: Mocca Flor
by Jim Santella
Songs of North Africa and the Middle East combine with traditional European anthems to give Quadro Nuevo's fifth album a fine rewarding ambience. Traditional sounds from many different cultures give the group's melting pot album of ancient delights a particular spark, as its sheer variety takes you on a world tour of geographical regions near and ...
Hank Jones and the Great Jazz Trio
by Joel Roberts
Hank Jones For My Father Justin Time 2005 Hank Jones, who celebrates his 87th birthday this month, is in the midst of one of the most productive periods of his long, distinguished career. Following last year's critically acclaimed outing with the Great Jazz Trio (his final session with ...
