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Eye Contact: Embracing the Tide/Making Eye Contact with God
by Florence Wetzel
This is the real thing: raw, live avant-garde jazz recorded in New York City, music that soars and uplifts and ignores all boundaries. Trumpeter and bass clarinetist Matt Lavelle is blessed with technical skill and great heart, and he's fueled by a ferocious spiritual imperative. His music questions and explodes human limitations, and he's constantly discovering ...
Sonny Rollins: Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
by Florence Wetzel
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Sonny Rollins was in his home, located six blocks from the World Trade Center. His evacuation the next day happened to be filmed by CNN. Despite the travel restrictions, Rollins and his band managed to make their September 15 gig at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. Rollins was ...
The Kenny Davern Quartet: In Concert at the Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, 2004
by Florence Wetzel
Now in his 70s, Kenny Davern is a modern master of the clarinet, and his playing is an example of the effortlessness that comes only from decades of effort. This release finds him in the good company of guitarist James Chirillo, bassist Greg Cohen, and drummer Tony DeNicola on eight classic songs that radiate the pure, ...
Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way
by Florence Wetzel
Peter J. LevinsonTommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big WayDa Capo Press352 pagesISBN: 0306811111 Tommy Dorsey is certainly one of jazz' most picturesque characters, and this new biography does a marvelous job of bringing the trombonist to life. Dorsey (1905-1956) was in ...
Django Reinhardt: Genius of Improvisation; Blanchard/Schmitt: Rendez-vous
by Florence Wetzel
One of jazz' most distinctive voices, guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) was a master of melodic improvisation and swing. Two new releases continue Reinhardt's legacy: Django Reinhardt: Genius of Improvisation and Rendez-vous by Pierre Blanchard and Dorado Schmitt. Django Reinhardt Genius of Improvisation Definitive-Disconforme 2005 Genius of Improvisation is a sublime ...
Earth People: Now is Rising
by Florence Wetzel
It's time to welcome another offering from Earth People, one of the most innovative and exciting groups on today's avant-garde scene. The group excels once again with the absolutely fresh Now is Rising, a soulful amalgam of sound that showcases its versatility and formidable gifts. This incarnation includes Andre Martinez on drums and percussion, Jason Candler ...
Gilles Laheurte: Dreams
by Florence Wetzel
Gilles Laheurte is one of the more unusual members of the New York City jazz scene. Almost 60, he spent most of his life working as an architect and planner, but was always devoted to music, his own as well as others. He calls himself an amateur jazz musician, but there's nothing amateurish about his release ...
Julie Mason: Estate (Summer) & Colin Hemmingsen: The Rite of Swing
by Florence Wetzel
Jazz is alive and well in New Zealand. By no means an exotic American import, the music has planted sturdy roots in the country's culture and lifestyle: the major cities all have at least one club dedicated to jazz, there are jazz education programs in various universities and schools, and the country boasts many excellent native ...
Andy Haas/Don Fiorino: Death Don't Have No Mercy
by Florence Wetzel
John Lennon once said that the world is run by insane people for insane purposes. So what's an ordinary citizen to do? One response is to make music, and Death Don't Have No Mercy is a clear response to the current insanity--namely the shameful war America is waging in Iraq. Good, we need more protest music. ...
Nora McCarthy/Jorge Sylvester: A Small Dream in Red
by Florence Wetzel
A Small Dream in Red is a new CD as well as the name of the group composed of vocalist Nora McCarthy and alto saxophonist Jorge Sylvester. Inspired by painter Wassily Kandinsky's 1925 masterpiece of the same name, A Small Dream in Red is a joy of dynamic interplay between two diverse talents. McCarthy's roots include ...
