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Bireli Lagrene: Djangology/To Bi Or Not To Bi
by Larry Taylor
Bireli Lagrene Djangology/To Bi Or Not To Bi Dreyfus Records 2007 Bireli Lagrene, heir apparent to the legacy of legendary Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, has recently released an outstanding two-CD set, Djangology/To Bi Or Not To Bi . The first disc was recorded live with the powerhouse German ...
Graham Collier: Down Another Road / Songs For My Father / Mosaics
by Nic Jones
Graham Collier Down Another Road / Songs For My Father / Mosaics BGO Records 2007 The late 1960s and early 1970s were years when European jazz in general, and British jazz in particular, came into their own in terms of the music making a fundamental break ...
Jack Reilly Trio: Innocence - Green Spring Suite
by Samuel Chell
Jack Reilly Trio Innocence: Green Spring Suite Unichrom 2007 “A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" Pianist/composer Jack Reilly is a creative spirit whose temperament matches that of an indomitably positive, life-affirming major poet such as Robert Browning. Seeing obstacles as challenges, set-backs as opportunities, ...
The Nightfly Trilogy
by John Kelman
There are those who bemoan the apparent lack of sophistication in contemporary pop music, although there are plenty of examples proving that it's not all about 'dumbing down' for the masses. Steely Dan--the rock group that emerged in the 1970s as a collective but ultimately whittled itself down to its two songwriting components, Walter Becker and ...
Aki Takase & Silke Eberhard: Ornette Coleman Anthology
by Nic Jones
Aki Takase & Silke Eberhard Ornette Coleman Anthology Intakt Records 2007 Is pianist Aki Takase making a point of releasing an outstanding duo CD every year? Spring In Bangkok (Intakt Records, 2006), in the company of vocalist Lauren Newton, was a model of in-the-moment creativity, and whilst the ...
Steve Lehman Quintet: On Meaning
by Phil DiPietro
Steve Lehman QuintetOn Meaning Pi Recordings2007 This release by alto saxophonist Steve Lehman places him in the vanguard of great new composer/performers. Not only does his music explore an idiosyncratic array of complex harmonic and rhythmic ideas, but Lehman and his remarkable band are capable of ...
Ayman Fanous & Tomas Ulrich: Labyrinths
by Erik R. Quick
Ayman Fanous & Tomas Ulrich Labyrinths Konnex Records 2007 For some listeners, “free jazz" means a careless and chaotic jumble. It appears to contain no distinguishable musical patterns or progressions, and seems to be without any discernable influences--though some may note the music's resonance with the complex polyphony ...
Max Roach & Anthony Braxton: One In Two, Two In One
by Chris May
Max Roach & Anthony Braxton One In Two, Two In One Hatology 2004 Revisiting the legacy of the drummer Max Roach, who passed aged 83 in August 2007, one is reminded that his years of great music making were not confined to the birth of bop ...
Buck 65: Situation
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Buck 65 Situation Warner Music 2007 Buck 65 is a rapper well past 30 from semi-rural Nova Scotia, Canada. His earlier Talkin' Honky Blues (Warner Music Canada, 2003) was a masterpiece. Indisputably a hip hop record, its banjos and pedal steel guitars, overlaid by Buck's gravelly voice, had ...
William Parker: Corn Meal Dance
by James Taylor
William Parker's Corn Meal Dance showcases the enigmatic figure's best attributes--not as bassist but, instead, as band leader and poet. The release finds Parker again working with his Raining On The Moon Quintet, first featured on Raining On The Moon (Thirsty Ear, 2002). An overall more pop and blues-oriented record than some of Parker's more eclectic ...
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