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Cream: Disraeli Gears
by Glenn Astarita
> Cream Disraeli Gears Eagle Rock 2006 This black & white footage of the first rock supergroup features vintage clips of Cream's performances, complete with guitar god Eric Clapton's puffed up hairdo and other tidbits. The band's 1967 classic Disraeli Gears is analyzed, along with the group's rise to ...
Ken Jacobs / John Zorn: Celestial Subway Lines / Salvaging Noise
by Brad Glanden
Ken Jacobs/John Zorn Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise Tzadik 2005 Often the most forward-looking art is that which reaches into the distant past for inspiration. Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise, recorded in 2004 at New York's Anthology Film Archives, is culled from a set of performances by avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and ...
An Evening With Eddie Gomez
by Mark Sabbatini
Eddie Gomez An Evening With Eddie Gomez Telling Pictures 2006 Not many jazz fans would associate bassist Eddie Gomez with the likes of Milli Vanilli and Ashlee Simpson, but he had his own “lip syncing" episode during the Grammy Awards back in the 1970s during his famous stint ...
Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Season One
by Jim Santella
Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Season One Public Broadcasting Service 2006 Starting on April 3rd, with specific dates and times varying across the country, season one of Legends of Jazz gets going with a bang. The first thirty-minute episode features three great jazz trumpeters who are all ...
Suoni cercati per strade perdute: Eskelin e Friedlander "On the Road"
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'autopromozione rappresenta oggi per i musicisti creativi una componente imprescindibile della propria attività. Oggi come ieri, e in ogni campo, la ricerca fatica a trovare i mezzi per esprimersi, e chi la conduce è costretto a impegnarsi costantemente e in prima persona per ritagliarsi un minimo spazio di visibilità, spesso necessario per sopravvivere, poco importa se ...
Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival 1983
by A. Henkin
RMS with Gil Evans Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival 1983 Angel Air 2006 After having been part of Gil Evans' British Orchestra rhythm section, guitarist Ray Russell and bassist Mo Foster asked Evans to perform with their group RMS (S for drummer Simon Phillips) at Montreux. This is the ...
Ray Charles 1930-2004: The Movie Ray, Part 4 of 4
by C. Michael Bailey
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Ray Bristol Bay Productions / Universal Pictures DVD release: 2005 The film Ray was released in 2004, shortly after the death of its subject, Ray Charles. Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie was a fifteen-year labor of love that ...
An Evening with Lena Horne
by Jim Santella
Lena Horne An Evening with Lena Horne Blue Note 2006 The sentiment that comes embedded in Lena Horne's classy 1994 concert performance at the Supper Club in New York, is enough to carry the show all by itself. Her magnetic personality gives the cabaret performance a full charge ...
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers: Big Blues Party
by Jim Santella
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers Big Blues Party Blind Pig Records 2005 The blues of Rod and Honey Piazza is universal. Sure, we call it Chicago blues, but their magic formula has spread all over the world. He sings and plays a mean harp, while Honey drives ...
Carmen Lundy: Jazz and the New Songbook
by Jim Santella
Carmen Lundy Jazz and the New Songbook Afrasia Productions 2006 While watching Carmen Lundy sing her new songs at the Madrid Theater in Los Angeles, you begin to feel as though you're a part of her circle. With friends all around her on stage, the singer delivers her ...
