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Art Farmer/Benny Golson/Jazztet: The Complete Argo/Mercury Sessions
by C. Andrew Hovan
Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet The Complete Argo/Mercury Sessions Mosaic Records 2004 Times were different. Back in the '50s and '60s there were jazz bands that we might today call true “super groups, but back then it was just an outgrowth of a particularly fertile period for talent. As a result, ...
Bryan Lee: Live & Dangerous
by Jim Santella
New Orleans bluesman Bryan Lee gives modern electric blues a good turn. He could teach the Blues Brothers a thing or two. At 62, he's still busy on the road, creating soul-stirring blues for live audiences all over the world. Recorded at the Spectrum Concert Hall in Montreal, Live & Dangerous features a program of original ...
Legends of Jazz: The Jazz Masters
by Jim Santella
Ramsey Lewis Public Broadcasting Service June 16, 2005 The PBS television network introduces its jazz series next week with a one-hour special that features Ramsey Lewis in a panel discussion with several leaders of today's jazz world. The series will debut in the fall, with thirteen 30-minute episodes. Lewis, host of ...
St. Lucia Jazz 2005
by Michael A. Edwards
The rain that I left at home had followed me across the Caribbean to the small, volcanic isle of St. Lucia, temporarily dampening my first evening there. with flight delays and document problems, I barely had time to chuck my bags and board a shuttle tothe evening's first event, a doubler bill at the Gaiety Theatre ...
The Music Never Stops: Phil Lesh Remembers
by Doug Collette
Phil Lesh Searching for the Sound: My Life with The Grateful Dead Little Brown (ISBN: 0316009989) 2005 THE LONG STRANGE TRIP CONTINUES... If it's not too precious a description, reading Searching for the Sound by Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is like watching his ...
Miguel Zenon: Jibaro
by Jim Santella
Alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón explores the country music of Puerto Rico on Jibaro, an album of Latin jazz originals. By applying these innate cultural ideas in a jazz context, Zenón's quartet creates an exciting program that's filled with melodic fragrance and traditional rhythmic charm. The leader was able to create the album's ten compositions through the ...
Doug Wamble: Bluestate
by Jim Santella
Based on the blues, Doug Wamble's modern mainstream jazz album combines heartfelt emotion with forward-looking creativity. He's managed to fold the roots of American music and classical music into his guitar presentation, which sparkles with anxiety. Dramatic energy invades each bar. As a vocalist, he's driven by the heart. Wamble's verbalizations, not the most polished, are ...
Marsalis Music: Bluestate and J
by Mark F. Turner
The fledgling Marsalis Music Label celebrates another anniversary with sophomore releases by two of its most exciting young artists: Bluestate by guitarist Doug Wamble and Jibaro by saxophonist Miguel Zenon. Their debuts recordings were well received by the jazz community by delivering music filled with diversity and fresh outlooks. One of the key freedoms allowed by ...
Joe Lovano: Joyous Encounter
by John Kelman
A Joyous Encounter indeed. When saxophonist Joe Lovano--an artist who has constantly explored new musical collaborations over the course of nearly 25 recordings as a leader and never looked back--recorded last year's I'm All For You, he knew he had something special. Of course, one look at the lineup--pianist Hank Jones, who, at 86, is the ...
Dianne Reeves and Terence Blanchard at the Orange County Performing Arts Center
by Jim Santella
Founders Hall Orange County Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa, California May 7, 2005 Two leading voices in mainstream jazz turned up last weekend at Founders Hall to delight a packed house with emotions soaring and to communicate with their audience as up-close and personal as the folks who live ...
