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Joe McPhee: Everything Happens For a Reason

by Clifford Allen
July 10, 2005

Joe McPhee Everything Happens For a Reason Roaratorio Records 2005 As an improviser, Joe McPhee's art has taken several interesting turns and shifts in focus that one listening to his first few recordings might not have expected. Schooled on trumpet from his youth and studying the tenor saxophone ...

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Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers

by C. Michael Bailey
July 2, 2005

Zoot Sims Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Pablo/OJC 1975 The beauty of jazz is there are always older recordings to be discovered and rediscovered. Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers is one of these recordings. Long hailed as one of Sims's finest recordings, it was not until ...

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Russ Johnson: Save Big

by Budd Kopman
June 23, 2005

Russ Johnson Save Big Omnitone 2005 The title of Russ Johnson's Save Big is supposed to evoke the essence of the American phrase “Save Big! in a way that is direct and to the point. What it means here in this truly wonderful and important album is this is American ...

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Dave Peck: Good Road

by Jason West
June 20, 2005

Dave Peck Good Road Let's Play Stella 2005 Extended intros and cadenzas, embellished harmonic signposts, hints of melodic foreshadowing, frenetic bursts of rhythmic energy, and pregnant moments of ballad magic drive Good Road to the edge of the proverbial cliff and blissfully over.Seattle pianist and composer Dave Peck ...

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The Bill Holman Band Live

by Jack Bowers
June 18, 2005

The Bill Holman Band Live Jazzed Media 2005 Big band album of the year? It's too early to say, but the first-ever live recording by the superlative Bill Holman Band has earned front-runner status for that honor and will surely be hard to trump. Holman, an acknowledged master in the ...

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SFQ: Four Compositions

by AAJ Staff
June 14, 2005

By Ken Waxman SFQ Four Compositions Red Toucan 2005 Over the past twenty years, bassist Simon H. Fell has segmented his work between writing large scale compositions for massive orchestras of horns, strings, brass, percussion and playing bass as part of turbulent improv combos--usually in trios with a saxophonist and ...

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Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62)

by George Harris
June 13, 2005

Various Artists Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62) Mosaic Records 2005 The joy, camaraderie and enthusiasm reflected on Mosaic's Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62) grabs the heart, soul and mind. The listener yearns to dance to it, sing with it, even take up an instrument and play along. One ...

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Deep Blue Organ Trio: Deep Blue Bruise

by AAJ Staff
June 13, 2005

Deep Blue Organ TrioDeep Blue Bruise Delmark 2004 At last, an honest, straight-ahead organ trio record. There are no affectations here such as twenty-minute jam bandlike noodling; no additional synthesizer or other electronic riffs added to simple, yet powerful rhythms; and no attempts to ...

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Mingus Big Band: I Am Three

by Paul Olson
June 6, 2005

Mingus Big Band/Orchestra/Dynasty I Am Three Sunnyside Records 2005 I Am Three, the debut CD on the Sue Mingus Music imprint (distributed as part of Sunnyside's Confluences Series), pays tribute to the late Charles Mingus by bringing together the three principal Mingus repertory bands: Mingus Big Band, Mingus ...

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Lorraine Feather: Dooji Wooji

by Ken Dryden
June 6, 2005

Lorraine FeatherDooji WoojiSanctuary Records2005 Lorraine Feather's latest CD stands out from the swarm of new releases by singers because of her captivating, swinging vocals and witty lyrics, but there's a lot more to her appeal. Dooji Wooji blends many of her musical interests, starting with several instrumentals by ...