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Joe Lovano: Streams of Expression
by Jim Santella
Were he still with us, Miles Davis would have turned eighty this year. But he is still with us through his music and the influence that he had on jazz all over the world, for all those who have been influenced by his poise and flair. With an interpretation of the Birth of the ...
Joe Lovano: Streams of Expression
by Mark F. Turner
Jazz suites have been elaborate works of creative composition since the days of Duke Ellington, and they continue to be on Streams of Expression. Revisiting the sounds of Joe Lovano's larger ensembles works like 52nd Street Themes, the recording is a change in direction compared to his two previous quartet releases. Lovano's biggish sound is back, ...
Esperanza Spalding: Junjo
by Jim Santella
Esperanza Spalding's debut drives jazz's modern mainstream with a hip-sounding classic piano trio. Her emotional, wordless vocals and conversational bass playing offer a delightful celebration of music as folk art. Spalding's bass playing gets noticed while she interprets traditional jazz favorites as well as fresh new originals. Spalding, who was born in 1984, is ...
Don Byron: Thinking and Rethinking
by Riel Lazarus
Few musicians can lay claim to tackling the wild mix of music Don Byron has. No matter how hard critics and audiences try to corner him, the clarinetist and composer succeeds in slipping their grips, in search of new ground to break. And yet as predictably unpredictable as Byron has been, his approach to music remains ...
Herbie Hancock: The Essential Herbie Hancock
by Judith Insell
The Essential Herbie Hancock, a double-CD set spanning a forty-year body of work, presents a sample of Hancock's bold explorations of various jazz styles. The compilation runs in nearly chronological order, highlighting releases on major jazz labels like Blue Note, Columbia and Verve. The track order makes very clear the varying creative avenues that Hancock has ...
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane: The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
by Jim Santella
After last year's discovery and Blue Note release of a live recording featuring Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall, the Concord Music Group has released this two-CD set of Monk and Coltrane session recordings from earlier the same year. The collection includes false starts, alternate takes, previously unissued takes and final (reissued) copy. It's ...
Charlie Peacock: Exhibits Curiosity, Returns to Jazz Roots
by Todd S. Jenkins
Nashville pianist, composer and author Charlie Peacock has raised a lot of eyebrows with 2005's Love Press Ex-Curio, the scintillating first release from his label, Runway Network. It marks his first full-on jazz effort in nearly three decades, a bold step away from the lucrative world of contemporary Christian music. The album is the latest in ...
Tineke Postma: Live In Amsterdam
by Jason Crane
Tineke Postma Live In Amsterdam Munich Records 2006 If you've ever wanted to watch a jazz show on the set of Blade Runner, the Bimhuis club in Amsterdam is just the place. All its ambiance--from the wall of windows with louvered blinds behind the stage, through the trains passing on ...
Ramsey Lewis: Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Showcase
by Greg Thomas
Jazz is virtually nonexistent on network television. Pianist and broadcaster Ramsey Lewis has addressed this vacuum with the PBS program Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis. This Showcase CD/DVD set serves as a sampler of performances from the series. The end result is a patchwork of genres. Benny Golson captivates on the classic ...
New Sound Quartet: Summertime and Summer Knows
by Ken Dryden
New Sound Quartet Summertime Eighty-Eights 2005 New Sound Quartet Summer Knows Eighty-Eights 2005 During the '90s, both Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer saw their careers take off ...
