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Leb i Sol: I Taka Nataka
by Nenad Georgievski
Leb i Sol I Taka Nataka Hammer Production 2008 It has always been easy to produce feelings such as happiness, sadness, depression, madness or stupidity in music, but the hardest emotion to emulate has been joy, especially the joy of playing. Leb i Sol's album I Taka Nataka ("and so ...
Alison Brown: The Company You Keep
by C. Michael Bailey
The discovery of a previously unknown species is a watershed event in the biological sciences. The discovery (or recognition) of the same in music is an equal watershed. Banjoist Alison Brown's The Company You Keep marks such a musical event. Music that stubbornly defies categorization is rare indeed and Brown's tenth release (the sixth on her ...
Sunny Murray: Big Chief
by Clifford Allen
Sunny Murray Big Chief Eremite Records 2009 American jazzmen have long called Paris something of a second home, due to a perceived promise of more work and cultural acceptance. The lineage in this music can be traced to artists like reed player Sidney Bechet, who called the city ...
Vlatko Stefanovski: Thunder From the Blue Sky
by Nenad Georgievski
ArtistThunder From The Blue SkyEsoteria Records2008 Blues music has never only been about endless guitar solos and licks, but the emotions and feelings that pull those guitar strings. Be it happy or sad or angry, it has never been limited geographically, except in some minds, and has ...
Charles Tyler: Saga of the Outlaws
by Clifford Allen
Charles Tyler Saga of the Outlaws Nessa Records 2009 Saga of the Outlaws is just about the most fitting title one could expect for saxophonist Charles Tyler's fifth LP under his own name. Tyler was more than an outlaw (or a gladiator, to paraphrase Stanley Crouch), but unfortunately ...
Peter Scharli Trio featuring Ithamara Koorax: Obrigado Dom Um Romao
by Chris M. Slawecki
Peter Scharli Trio featuring Ithamara Koorax Obrigado Dom Um Romao TCB Music 2009 Obrigado Dom Um Romao is both a happy and sad accident. Percussion master Dom Um Romao was friends and played extensively with both Peter Scharli, one of Europe's most inventive composers and trumpeters, and Brazilian ...
Sergey Kuryokhin: Absolutely Great!
by Glenn Astarita
Sergey Kuryokhin Absolutely Great! Leo Records 2008 This seven-disc boxed set was recorded at performances by the late Russian composer and keyboard player Sergey Kuryokhin in San Francisco in 1988. Kuryokhin was a musical genius who challenged the Soviet era's denial and repression of Western culture. An in-depth ...
No Line on the Horizon
by Nenad Georgievski
How many bands in this rapidly shrinking, downloadable world can stir up as much fuss and anticipation with each new album release as U2? The answer, arguably, is “none." There aren't many other bands who can match U2's longevity, taste and voracious appetite for experimentation--their music is always forward looking, and always executed with style. For ...
JD Walter: Live in Portugal
by Victor L. Schermer
J.D. Walter Live In Portugal JWAL Records 2008 J.D. Walter may be the most avant-garde vocalist in jazz today. He uses a broad range of musical and linguistic approaches to create haunting atmospheres, rapid scat runs, and emotionally engaging interpretations of both standards and his own compositions. On ...
Bugge Wesseltoft: New Conception of Jazz Box
by John Kelman
Bugge Wesseltoft New Conceptions of Jazz Box Jazzland Records 2008 While the Norwegian jazz scene has been pursuing its own course for decades, the period of 1996-1997 represented a significant watershed, a milestone where an entirely new kind of music emerged, linked to jazz but distanced considerably--some might say completely, but ...
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