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Article: Album Review

Human: Under the Holiday Star

Read "Under the Holiday Star" reviewed by Larry Taylor


Standing out in the 2011 Christmas season's recordings, Under The Holiday Star is, in fact, a swinging big band session for any season. With crisp arrangements, it features crack solos, along with engaging vocals. Without a doubt, a major plus in this collection of classics and yuletide originals is that it's available free from Belgian lager ...

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Erik Friedlander: Bonebridge

Read "Bonebridge" reviewed by Troy Collins


The quartet featured on Bonebridge is an augmented variation of cellist Erik Friedlander's Broken Arm Trio. The group, with bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Mike Sarin, was originally conceived in tribute to Oscar Pettiford's cello experiments--which were undertaken in 1949 when the legendary bassist played the smaller instrument while recovering from a baseball injury. Refraining from ...

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Doug Wamble

Label: E1 Music
Released: 2010

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Article: Interview

Doug Wamble: A New Direction

Read "Doug Wamble: A New Direction" reviewed by Matthew Warnock


It's never easy for an established artist to make a change in their musical output mid-career, especially if up until that point they have made a name for themselves in the realm of traditional jazz. While some of these artists make a switch because for monetary reasons or to reach a wider audience, others are drawn ...

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Singer/Songwriter Doug Wamble Interviewed at All About Jazz

Singer/Songwriter Doug Wamble Interviewed at All About Jazz

It's never easy for an established artist to make a change in their musical output mid-career, especially if up until that point they have made a name for themselves in the realm of traditional jazz. While some of these artists make a switch because for monetary reasons or to reach a wider audience, others are drawn ...

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Article: Live Review

Doug Wamble / Charlie Hunter / Bernard Purdie at The Iridium, July 2010

Read "Doug Wamble / Charlie Hunter / Bernard Purdie at The Iridium, July 2010" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Doug Wamble / Charlie Hunter / Bernard PurdieThe IridiumNew York City, USAJuly, 2010 Iridium in summer. It's 10:00PM and simmering outside. A Broadway building announced the temperature as being 82 degrees. But inside the club it was about to get bluesy... and funky. The featured performer was guitarist and singer Doug ...

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Take Five With Erik Friedlander

Read "Take Five With Erik Friedlander" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Erik Friedlander: Cellist Erik Friedlander is a composer and an improviser, a first-call studio player and a jazzbo. A veteran of NYC's downtown scene, his 12 CDs as a leader recently include, Block Ice & Propane, his solo cello reinterpretation of American roots music; The Broken Arm Trio, a trio tribute to jazz ...

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Bluestate

Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: If I Live to See the Day; Washing of the Water; The Homewrecker Hump; Antoine's Pillow Rock; Rockin' Jerusalem; One-Ninin'; No More Shrubs in Casablanca; Have a Talk with God; Gone Away; The Bear and the Toad.

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Doug Wamble: Bluestate

Read "Bluestate" reviewed by John Kelman


Go figure guitarist/vocalist Doug Wamble. On the strength of his sophomore release, Bluestate, he's clearly an amalgam of a variety of influences--blues, gospel, bebop, country, even a little bluegrass and a hint of the Middle Eastern. He's as likely to cover Peter Gabriel, Steve Wonder and traditional spirituals as he is write his own complex charts, ...

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Doug Wamble: Bluestate

Read "Bluestate" reviewed by Jim Santella


Based on the blues, Doug Wamble's modern mainstream jazz album combines heartfelt emotion with forward-looking creativity. He's managed to fold the roots of American music and classical music into his guitar presentation, which sparkles with anxiety. Dramatic energy invades each bar. As a vocalist, he's driven by the heart. Wamble's verbalizations, not the most polished, are ...


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