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Frank Rosaly: Little Hell Volume 1 - Apathy of a Cow

by John Dworkin
September 12, 2008

Frank Rosaly Little Hell Volume 1 - Apathy of a Cow Contraphonic 2008 When looked at in its entirety, Chicago record label Contraphonic's Little Hell project can be seen in multiple lights: social activism, historical record, artist collective, creative electroacoustic improvisation, and/or dislocated sound art installation. ...

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Park West, Chicago, Illinois August 7, 2008

by John Kelman
September 4, 2008

When it was announced, in late 2003, that touch guitarist Trey Gunn was leaving perennial art rockers King Crimson, to be replaced by returning bassist/stickman Tony Levin—a member of the group during its 1980s and 1990s runs—anticipation was high. Gunn's strength was as a virtuosic melodic foil for guitarists Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew as well ...

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Michael Occhipinti: The Sicilian Jazz Project

by Raul d'Gama Rose
September 3, 2008

Michael Occhipinti The Sicilian Jazz ProjectTrue North Records2008 It is a fact of history that modern music can be traced to the seven-note diatonic scale (do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti)--solffeggio--that came into existence when the Benedictine monk, Guido of Arrezo created its scale. He did so ingeniously, by nominating syllables from the ...

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Carla Bley Big Band: Appearing Nightly

by C. Michael Bailey
September 2, 2008

Carla Bley Big Band Appearing Nightly WATT 2008 Bandleader and musical provocateur Carla Bley is the Hector Berlioz of jazz. Her command of her large ensembles is complete and potent. Her composition, arrangement, and adaptation are intelligent with a sophisticated sense of humor. A superb pianist, Bley's true ...

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JJ Grey & Mofro: Orange Blossoms

by Doug Collette
August 29, 2008

JJ Grey & Mofro Orange Blossoms Alligator Records 2008 JJ Grey and Mofro's Orange Blossoms is a natural evolution from its predecessor, the ambitious Country Ghetto (Alligator, 2007). Here Grey and his regular road band extract the R&B/soul elements and artfully expand upon them. The title song is emblematic of ...

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Jane Fair Quartet: Chances Are - Recorded Live in Vancouver

by Raul d'Gama Rose
August 27, 2008

Jane Fair Quartet Chances Are - Recorded Live in Vancouver Cellar Live2007 It is typically Canadian, ironic and inexplicable, that an artist so accomplished and so polished as saxophonist Jane Fair should have had the opportunity to record just three records that we know of: The Jane ...

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Join The Band

by C. Michael Bailey
August 23, 2008

The album title Join The Band derives from an entrance processional Little Feat sang a cappella when taking the stage during those high holy days with guitarist Lowell George. A rendition may be heard opening the band's famous live recording, Waiting For Columbus (Warner Bros, 1978). Lowell, of course, passed in 1979. Thirty years ...

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Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band: From the Heart

by Raul d'Gama Rose
August 18, 2008

Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band From the Heart Alma Records 2008 Anyone who heard the explosive band put together by multi-instrumentalist Arturo Sandoval shortly after he broke away from the seemingly indivisible Irakere would probably remember the ubiquitous young gentleman at the piano. He was the one ...

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Joey DeFrancesco, Guido Basso, Lorne Lofsky, Vito Rezza: One Take, Volume One

by Raul d'Gama Rose
August 15, 2008

Joey DeFrancesco, Guido Basso, Lorne Lofsky, Vito Rezza One Take, Volume One Alma Records 2008 The beauty of jazz is that it is music containing the sound of surprise. Most jazz musicians only plan what they are going to play, not how they are going to play it. So it ...

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Jane Bunnett: Embracing Voices

by Raul d'Gama Rose
August 13, 2008

Jane Bunnett Embracing Voices EMI Canada/Blue Note 2008 Jane Bunnett is never afraid to push the envelope. She did so with her 1988 album, In Dew Time, the now out-of-print vinyl that was produced privately by the Toronto imprint, Dark Light, on which producer, husband and trumpet/flugelhorn player ...