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Etta Jones: Don't Go To Strangers

by Samuel Chell
March 8, 2007

Etta Jones Don't Go To Strangers [Remastered RVG Edition] Prestige 2006 Mention Etta Jones to casual followers of the jazz vocal scene, and brace yourself for a quizzical expression in return. Or if the name produces a spark of recognition, wait long enough for the frequent retraction ("Oh, I thought ...

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Lee Morgan: The Gigolo

by Samuel Chell
February 26, 2007

Lee Morgan The Gigolo Blue Note Records 2007 As we observe the 35th anniversary (Feb. 19) of the death of the talented trumpeter who would also become the major player in one of American music's more noteworthy Frankie and Johnny stories, the title of this Lee Morgan session and several ...

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Georgi Sareski 6 Featuring Francesco Bearzatti: SoHoHo

by Nenad Georgievski
February 13, 2007

Georgi Sareski 6 Featuring Francesco Bearzatti SoHoHo Chicken Madness 2006 If guitarist Georgi Sareski's debut album, Elflandia, in which he explored spacious tonal landscapes, presented him as a gifted composer with a fertile imagination, then his second album, SoHoHo, showcases both his compositional skills and his prowess ...

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Rachid Taha: Diwan 2

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
February 7, 2007

Rachid TahaDiwan 2Universal Music France2006 It is tempting to view Diwan 2 as a “roots" album: there is a preponderance of covers of older material, and the instrumentation leans substantially less on distorted electric guitar than did Rachid Taha's last album, the phenomenal Tékitoi (Wrasse, 2004). As on ...

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European Youth Jazz Orchestra: Swinging Europe 2006

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2007

European Youth Jazz Orchestra Swinging Europe 2006 Music Mecca 2006 What a great (one is almost tempted to say “civilized") idea: an orchestra composed of young musicians from sixteen European countries (and one from America), touring the Continent for three weeks and presenting a series of concerts under ...

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Bebo Valdes: Bebo

by Victor Verney
January 28, 2007

Bebo Valdés Bebo Calle 54 2006 Bebo Valdés is more than the ranking patriarch of Cuban pianists: he is a living archive of the piano literature of Cuba, as this eponymously titled release amply demonstrates. More than simply a solo album--amazingly, his first ever--this release is a comprehensive ...

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The Majestic Jazz Orchestra: Axiom Asunder

by Jack Bowers
January 19, 2007

The Majestic Jazz Orchestra Axiom Asunder Carlisle Compositions 2007 The Majestic Jazz Orchestra isn't trying to sound self-important--its grandiloquent name actually honors the newly renovated Majestic Theatre in the orchestra's home base of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The album's title, on the other hand, might be construed, absent any argument to the ...

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Francois Jeanneau: Quand Se Taisent Les Oiseaux

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 17, 2007

François JeanneauQuand Se Taisent Les OiseauxBee Jazz2007 Soprano saxophonist François Jeanneau is first of all among the grand old men of French jazz--although he would certainly chafe at being called “old," at least insofar as it describes his music. An important educator, he created and led for many ...

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Andre Fernandes: Timbuktu

by Phil DiPietro
January 11, 2007

Andre Fernandes Timbuktu ToneofaPitch 2006 Jazztimes has taken to publishing an annual “Power Index" of the most powerful figures in jazz, including in it only those musicians who hold sway with major labels or big, building-based institutions. Enter 2007 and the new, web-savvy, music business and my own ...

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Delfeayo Marsalis: Minions Dominion

by Budd Kopman
January 11, 2007

Delfeayo Marsalis Minions Dominion Troubador Jass 2006 What does the term “mainstream" mean to you? In jazz, the label is applied to music which has time-tested, codified rhythm and structure. After that, it can get more mainstream if the melody and harmony are easily understood. This is not ...