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Lynne Arriale Trio: Live

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Quietly and brilliantly the Lynne Arriale Trio has been defining the art of the piano trio. For nearly fifteen years, Arriale, bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Davis have created smart, inventive jazz that has the capacity to wow audiences thanks to its expansive approach to tunes, virtuosic playing and sheer longevity. And, of course, it ...

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Joel Harrison: Harbor

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Joel Harrison is a sound explorer and that comes through in his rich, multi-colored compositions, his deftly textured arrangements and his expressive playing. He has forged a career in which each new development builds on what came before it but offers new and different surprises. Harbor is the result of a joint commission by the French ...

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Solo Piano: Greg Burk, Dave Frank, Peter Madsen, Joel Futterman

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Greg Burk The Way In 482 Music 2006 Dave Frank Ballads & Burners Self-Published 2007 Peter Madsen Prevue of Tomorrow Playscape 2006 Joel Futterman ...

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Tigra Negra

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Tigra NegraPierre Dorge and the New Jungle OrchestraIlk Music2007Pierre Dørge has what seems like a magical ability - he can re-imagine and rethink the way that music is voiced thus creating entire new worlds out of worlds we think we know. He can take an Ellington standard or ...

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Yves Leveille, Marco Pereira and Christine Jensen: Soho, Essence and Look Left

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Yves Leveille Soho Effendi 2007 Marco Pereira Essence (with Paul McCandless) Kind of Blue 2007 Christine Jensen Look Left Effendi 2007 ...

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Yves Leveille: Soho

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"Often I feel its heartbeat calling me--I am home there even from afar. -- Yves Léveillé Montreal pianist and composer Yves Léveillé has emerged as a passionate and intelligent creator of new music. He has made three acclaimed recordings for the Effendi label and his fourth further expands his notions of space ...

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Pierre D

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If there ever was doubt about the universality of jazz and its creative spirit, one need look no further than the wildly inventive Danish guitarist/bandleader Pierre Dørge and his New Jungle Orchestra (NJO). Through a career that spans over forty-five years, Dørge has never ceased to surprise with music that touches on a world of traditions ...

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Bethany and Rufus: 900 Miles

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At the celebrated and celebratory New Orleans Jazz Festival, a walk through the fairgrounds is an astonishing experience as the strains of myriad musics come together in the air and everything feels connected. The same feeling is to be had from the debut album by Bethany Yarrow and Rufus Cappadocia. With a minimum number of voices--guitar, ...

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Loren Stillman: The Brothers' Breakfast; Trio Alto Volume One

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Loren Stillman The Brothers' Breakfast SteepleChase 2007 Loren Stillman Trio Alto Volume One SteepleChase 2007 Loren Stillman has emerged from prodigy status into a player of great ...

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Chris Cheek: Coral; Orquestra Jazz do Matinhos Invites Chris Cheek

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Nikolaj Hess/Jens Skou Olsen/Gregory Hutchinson/Cheek Chris Coral Rainbow-Exlibris 2007 Orchestra Jazz de Matosinhos Invites Chris Cheek Fresh Sound-New Talent 2007 Just when you thought that the vocabulary ...


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