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Article: Jazz Journal

December 2005

by Doug Collette
December 29, 2005

Dexter Gordon Manhattan Symphonie Legacy 2005 (1978) Perhaps the most ambitious of Gordon's work for Columbia(this edition including two tracks not released as part of the original lp) completed upon his return from Europe, this session was recorded with the same band that accompanied Dexter in person. Little wonder the ...

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Article: Live Review

Come Together: Vorcza Live (CD Release Party)

by Doug Collette
December 24, 2005

Vorcza Showcase Lounge/Higher Ground, South Burlington, Vermont December 9, 2005 There was a festive air in the Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground South Burlington VT on Friday December 9th and it wasn't all due to the Christmas season or the ...

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Article: Live Review

Rockin' Blues Revue: John Mayall / Robben Ford / Eric Bibb

by Doug Collette
December 17, 2005

Rockin' Blues Revue Flynn Performing Arts Center Burlington, Vermont November 16, 2005 The Rockin' Blues Revue that appeared on the Flynn Performing Arts Center's main stage on November 16 evoked a hearty response from blues fans and guitar hero-worshippers alike. Yet before the comparatively short show was over, the ...

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Article: Live Review

The Derek Trucks Band: From The Mystic to the Mainstream

by Doug Collette
December 17, 2005

The Derek Trucks Band Lebanon Opera House Lebanon, New Hampshire November 20, 2005A tremendous work ethic combined with seemingly boundless creativity is paying off for the Derek Trucks Band just as the buzz around them increases in volume and expanse. Judging from the way the band and their leader ...

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Article: Film Review

Hendrix: Live at Woodstock Redefined

by Doug Collette
December 10, 2005

Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock Experience Hendrix/Universal Music Group 2005 One of the greatest ironies of Jimi Hendrix's career is that his set at the Woodstock Festival--one of, if not the most, notable live appearances in his brief history--was performed before a fraction of the total audience in ...

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Article: Film Review

The Last Great Traffic Jam

by Doug Collette
December 10, 2005

Traffic The Last Great Traffic Jam Epic Records 2005 Steve Winwood has enacted some compromises during the course of his forty-year career--remember Roll with It and the beer commercials?--but he's never done a thing to sully the name or image of Traffic. The almost-mythic English band founded with ...

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Article: Live Review

Farther Afield: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Live at Higher Ground

by Doug Collette
December 7, 2005

In a recent appearance at South Burlington Vermont's Higher Ground, The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey sounded like a wholly different band than the one that appeared in the Burlington area the last time the performed at Nectar's in the fall of 2004. As captured on the trio's brilliant new album The Sameness of Difference, JFJO is ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Cream: Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005

by Doug Collette
December 4, 2005

Cream Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005 Reprise CD Rhino DVD 2005 The reunion of Cream that took place this past may in London is a mixture of arrogance, curiosity and courage. Arrogance because that's at the root of their chosen name, intimating the trio ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Band: A Musical History

by Doug Collette
November 19, 2005

The Band A Musical History Capitol/EMI 2005 A Musical History is at once as unassuming and all-encompassing as the name of the group it anthologizes, The Band. With each successive compilation devoted to the group, beginning with the two-CD set To Kingdom Come (subtitled definitive), then the three ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Bob Dylan: No Direction Home & Live at the Gaslight 1962

by Doug Collette
November 12, 2005

Bob Dylan No Direction Home Legacy Music 2005 No Direction Home, like so many Bob Dylan projects, is more than meets the eye and ear. In both the compact disc and DVD configurations, each comprised of two-discs, the music and the presentation itself will challenge your preconceptions, perceptions and recollections ...