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Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime

by John Kelman
February 19, 2005

Dave Holland Big Band Overtime Dare2 Records 2005 These days it's a challenge to keep any group together for the long haul. Few groups last more than one or two records before dissolving, and while there have been many outstanding records by such short-lived collaborations, one is always left feeling ...

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Spring Heel Jack: Live

Read "Live" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
February 17, 2005

Spring Heel Jack Live is a result to SHJ's venture in the world of avant-jazz and improvised music. It all started with Masses, an album that was first in a project called “Blue Series Continuum," where avant musicians from the Thirsty Ear record label went to collaborate together. This duo has made a name for itself ...

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Ray Charles 1930-2004: Part 3 of 4 (The Soundtracks)

by C. Michael Bailey
February 13, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Taylor Hackford had the dream job of selecting the songs to be used in his movie, Ray , the biopic of singer Ray Charles. Additionally, in his consideration, he had the original item, Mr. Charles, himself for guidance. A Labor of love, 15 years in the making, the ...

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Sonny Landreth: Grant Street

by C. Michael Bailey
February 12, 2005

Sonny Landreth Grant Street Sugar Hill Records 2005 “A [man] had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept...as he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable. His ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Symbiosis Osmosis

by Mark Sabbatini
February 11, 2005

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Symbiosis Osmosis Kufala Recordings 2005 How can you not love these guys? Actually, it's not that hard if you're a fan of Kenny G or George W. Bush. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's Symbiosis Osmosis opens with a song dedicated to the president called “Dubya! ...

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Regis Philbin: When You're Smiling

by Mark Sabbatini
February 5, 2005

Regis Philbin When You're Smiling Hollywood Records 2004 Sure, it's grade-A wholesome, but I felt like I was buying a Playboy for the articles when I handed it to the music store cashier. I desperately felt like defending my dignity by saying I wasn't buying it for the ...

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Mystery to Me-Live in New York

by Phil DiPietro
February 4, 2005

Janek Gwizdala roars out of 2005's gate with a debut CD that not only handily establishes him, at 26, as 2005's best new talent on electric bass but more importantly, should garner him serious consideration for the debut jazz recording of the year. Self-released, self-financed, self-produced and self-penned, there's not an element of this project that's ...

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Mat Marucci & Markus Burger: Genesis

by Clifford Allen
February 3, 2005

Mat Marucci and Markus Burger Genesis Cadence 2004 Like a quote worked into a freewheeling improvisation, sometimes the real grounding for a piece (or pieces) of music is the players involved. Whatever direction the improvisation takes, the arisal of a constant provides a ground or context for the ...

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Rory Block: From the Dust

by C. Michael Bailey
January 30, 2005

Rory Block From the Dust Telarc International 2005 Aurora Block spent her first two releases for Telarc (2003's Last Fair Deal and 2004's Sisters and Brothers ) going from zero to eighty miles-per-hour where she is currently cruising comfortably on From The Dust. Miss Block's recordings have always been mixed ...

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Dexter Gordon: Mosaic Select 14

by John Kelman
January 26, 2005

Dexter Gordon Mosaic Select 14 Mosaic Records (B2-70985) 2004 While tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, long considered the bebop progenitor on his axe, recorded a number of classic sides for Blue Note in the '60s, including Go! and A Swingin' Affair , as well as seminal albums for ...