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Stan Getz: Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Albums
by Chris May
Bossa nova was jazz's final moment in the hit parade sunshine before The Beatles swept across the world in the mid-1960s and changed everything. A blend of chilled- out Brazilian samba and cool jazz created by an emergent generation of Brazilian songwriters led by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, bossa nova (meaning “new flair" or ...
McCoy Tyner: Guitars
by J Hunter
McCoy TynerGuitarsHalf Note Records2008 It's amazing that the concept of McCoy Tyner recording with a guitarist has never come up before. After all, the legendary piano man has done just about everything else, with and without former employer, saxophonist John Coltrane. Now we have Guitars, which mixes Tyner ...
Lee Shaw Trio: Live in Graz
by J Hunter
Lee Shaw TrioLive in GrazARC--Artists Recording Collective2008 It's hard to remember this in the face of accomplished players like saxophonist Anat Cohen, pianist and vocalist Eliane Elias and drummer Cindy Blackman, but it is an unfortunate fact: female instrumentalists (and female leaders, come to that) are still a ...
1970-1975
by John Kelman
For many Genesis fans, the final box set of the progressive rock group's series of remixed and remastered studio albums is the one they've been waiting for the most. 1970-1975 documents the period when Peter Gabriel was the band's lead singer, before the group began a gradual move away from its art rock beginnings towards a ...
Jason Crigler: The Music Of Jason Crigler
by John Dworkin
Jason CriglerThe Music of Jason CriglerRudy Records2008 Guitarist/singer/songwriter Jason Crigler's The Music Of Jason Crigler, nearly a decade in the making, opens with the words: “I think at first she might be dead." The irony is that four years earlier, after Crigler suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, doctors ...
Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2
by C. Michael Bailey
Bill Cunliffe The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2 Resonance Records 2008Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a saxophonist, arranger, and composer who seemed everywhere in the 1960s. In popular culture, Nelson is best remembered for his television scoring for shows including Ironside, Night Gallery, Columbo, The Six Million ...
Joe Magnarelli: Persistence
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Joe Magnarelli Persistence Reservoir Music 2008 The stark black and white cover photo of trumpeter Joe Magnarelli peering out at you from the cover of Persistence emits a brooding and a blandness that is light years away from the robust, enjoyable musical experience offered by ...
Jimmy Herring: Lifeboat
by Ian Patterson
Jimmy Herring Lifeboat Abstract Logix 2008 Jimmy Herring is widely considered to be one of the greatest electric guitarists in the world. Long years lighting up the music of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Project Z and--in recent years--the Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, and Widespread Panic have ...
Esbjorn Svensson: Leucocyte
by Ian Patterson
The Esbjorn Svensson Trio's album Leucocyte was to have been a musical turning point in the band's career--marking a before and after. It was a brave leap into territory which the trio had previously only hinted at, and at the same time it probably marked what was to be a point of no return. In many ...
Chet Baker with the Bradley Young Trio: Chet in Chicago
by C. Michael Bailey
Chet Baker with the Bradley Young Trio Chet in Chicago Enja Records 2008What is the cultural value of trumpeter Chet Baker 20 years after his death in Amsterdam? An interesting rift between biographers has emerged, the schism running along the interface of Baker's substance abuse and the art ...
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