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Bill Charlap: Contrasts with Jon Gordon / Voyage with Phil Woods

Read "Contrasts with Jon Gordon / Voyage with Phil Woods" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 1, 2002

A precocious, well- studied pianist, trading eights with two alto giants. The common denominator in both of these recent releases would at first glance appear to be pianist Bill Charlap. However, the relationship goes much deeper. Alto saxophonist Jon Gordon was a school chum of Charlap's at New York City's High School for the Performing. Phil ...

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Mike LeDonne: Bags Groove

by David A. Orthmann
January 1, 2002

The survival of jazz as a living art form depends on the transmission of essential performance elements from one generation to the next, with the proviso that youth eventually contribute something new to the tradition rather than simply stay in place. Heeding all aspects of this process,Bags Groove, Mike LeDonne’s homage to the late Milt Jackson, ...

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The Richard Sussman Quintet: Free Fall

Read "Free Fall" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2002

Originally released on “Inner City Records” in 1978, this reissue sounds as fresh and cutting-edge as just about anything that resembles contemporary mainstream/progressive jazz! Pianist, Richard Sussman sports a very impressive resume; evidenced by his work with “Blood, Sweat & Tears,” Buddy Rich, pop vocalist, Carly Simon, and others. Besides, he also composed a portion to ...

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The Contemporary Standards Ensemble

By Don Braden

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Kid Charlemagne; The Closer I Get To You; The Vail Jumpers; Dance of the One; Overjoyed; Feel Like Making Love; Nandhi; Arise.

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The Returnsman

By Craig Wuepper

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: New Scene*; The Returnsman*; The Jitterbug Waltz#; We'll Be Together Again; Savoy Song*; Clear the Way#; Fried Pies#; Zingaro#; The Best Thing for You*

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On the Inside Looking In

By Dan Wall

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Witchcraft, 22 Bar Waltz, On the Inside Looking In, The Masquerade Is Over, The New Blues, 5 Minute Funk, Night Song, Clouds, 86, I Fall In Love Too Easily

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Craig Wuepper: The Returnsman

by Dave Nathan
May 1, 2001

Jazz ensembles led by drummers rarely gain the prominence they perhaps deserve, the outstanding exception being Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Craig Wuepper works hard to change that perception on his maiden album as leader. There are four his works on the program and they are where Wuepper especially displays his considerable drumming talent. Although he cites ...

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Don Braden: The Contemporary Standards Ensemble

Read "The Contemporary Standards Ensemble" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 1, 2001

It's a known fact that the majority of jazz performers, both past and present, draw on popular material in some way or form for a part of their repertoire. These items are the “standards" that have become the language of most improvising musicians. These tunes have stood the test of time, but emanate from a previous ...

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Dan Wall: On the Inside Looking In

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 1, 2001

It just so happens that he currently makes his home in Cleveland, Ohio, yet pianist/organist Dan Wall is a world class player who could hold his own in New York, LA or just about anywhere. An integral part of guitarist John Abercrombie’s trio for some eight years now (see and hear Open Land and Tactics ), ...

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The Music Of Joe Henderson

By Jim Snidero

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2000
Track listing: If, Serenity, Punjab, Inner Urge, Step Lightly, Recorda-Me, Black Narcissus, Afro-Centric (53:50)