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Article: Multiple Reviews

Flutes: Jeremy Steig, Krzysztof Popek & Anne Drummond

Read "Flutes: Jeremy Steig, Krzysztof Popek & Anne Drummond" reviewed by Fred Bouchard


Jeremy SteigHowlin' for JudySolid State-Blue Note2009 Krzysztof PopekEstatePower Brothers2009 Anne DrummondLike WaterObliqsound2009 Full-time flutists don't get much respect in the male-dominated, hard-driving ...

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Article: Album Review

Ada Rovatti: The Green Factor

Read "The Green Factor" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Italian-born Ada Rovatti possesses talent as both an ensemble player and a bandleader. Versed in several styles of music, the saxophonist brings an eclectic blend of Irish, Celtic, jazz, and a few other flavors to The Green Factor. A scholarship winner from the Berklee College of Music, Rovatti spent time living both in ...

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Article: Album Review

Brecker Brothers: Return of the Brecker Brothers

Read "Return of the Brecker Brothers" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Hanno sdoganto il jazz rock per portarlo verso la fusion. In poco tempo si sono imposti come i pilastri di una premiata ditta di session man di assoluto valore. Hanno girato in lungo e in largo tutti i migliori studi di registrazione per dare il loro contributo ai più blasonati artisti. Negli anni '70 hanno arruolato ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Complete On The Corner Sessions

Read "The Complete On The Corner Sessions" reviewed by John Kelman


Much has been written about what is perhaps trumpeter Miles Davis' most controversial album, On The Corner (Columbia, 1972). Already shaken from the electric onslaught of Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), A Tribute To Jack Johnson (Columbia, 1970), and a series of live or, in the case of Live-Evil (Columbia, 1970), largely live releases, it was the ...

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Article: Interview

Don Alias: Heart, Soul and Lungs

Read "Don Alias: Heart, Soul and Lungs" reviewed by Mike Brannon


We have lost one of the greats. The proverbial six-degrees-of-separation aside, Don Alias, has played with everyone. Active since the late '50s, he stands as easily the most influential percussionist in jazz and one of the few who ever transcended jazz and flamenco successfully and could by all accounts truly swing hard on congas. Alias has ...

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Article: In the Artist's Own Words

Don Alias: A Tribute

Read "Don Alias: A Tribute" reviewed by Mike Brannon


World-class conguero, salsero, drummer and percussionist extraordinaire, Charles Donald Alias was born on Christmas Day, 1939--though obviously the music world had yet to know the gift it had received. With a half century and most of his life spent in music, Alias not only performed across a profound cross-section of modern music but was a catalyst ...

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Article: Lyrics

Don Alias ci ha lasciato.

Read "Don Alias ci ha lasciato." reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Don Alias ha lasciato il pianeta terra il 28 marzo del 2006. Charles Don Alias, nato a New York nel dicembre del 1939, era uno dei più bravi percussionisti in circolazione e nella sua lunga carriera aveva suonato con moltissimi grandi del jazz, ma non solo. Passando da Nina Simone a Miles Davis, da Carlos Santana ...

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Unspeakable

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1968; White Fang; Sundust; Del Close; Gergory C.; Stringbean; Hymn for Ginsberg; Alias; Who Was That Girl?; D. Sharpe; Fields of Alfalfa; Tony; Old Sugar Bear; Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye

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Inside

Label: Cristal Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Corners (For Herbie); Day Dreaming; Trance; Brother Ray; Lisa; When I'm With You; Naked Moon; Cane; Ain't No Sunshine; Miss You.

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A Tribute to Miles Davis

Label: N2K Encoded Music
Released: 1998
Track listing: So What; Nefertit; Walkin'; In The Silent Way; No Blues; The Sorcerer; Tutu; My Funny Valentine.


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