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Ron Horton: Everything In A Dream

Read "Everything In A Dream" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
March 20, 2006

Like many of his peers, trumpeter/composer Ron Horton is conservatory-trained, with an equitable view of both the classic jazz tradition and the structural innovations of post-war free jazz. Epitomizing the new face of the creative mainstream, Horton is equal parts swinging hard bop stylist, modern classicist and exploratory avant gardist. All these facets appear on Everything ...

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Walter Smith III: Casually Introducing Walter Smith III

Read "Casually Introducing Walter Smith III" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 12, 2006

Walter Smith III, a striking saxophonist, has entered the arena with this promising debut. A rising horn player, he has performed and shared the stage with a variety of musicians, including jazz veterans (Roy Haynes, Ralph Peterson), pop stars (Destiny's Child, Lauren Hill), and contemporary jazz luminaries (Terence Blanchard, Jason Moran). Like recordings ...

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Samo Salamon: Two Hours

by Chris May
March 2, 2006

Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon has generated a good degree of heat over the last couple of years, first with his self-published '03 album Ornethology, then with last year's Ela's Dream. Both discs suggested the emergence of a young guitarist well on the way to finding a distinctive personal voice. The early promise is fulfilled on Two ...

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Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)

Read "Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 1, 2006

Ask most artists and they'll tell you their albums tell a story. The idea of musical narrative is nothing new--listen to any ECM disc, where emotional arcs often transcend any collection of discrete pieces. Rare, however, are the recordings where there's an all-encompassing theme. Rarer still are those that tell a specific and self-contained story. Percussionist ...

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Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)

Read "Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin
February 21, 2006

With his second release as a leader (and first for Fresh Sound), violinist Sam Bardfeld presents an album full of modern Jewish intellectual reflection, as practiced by such diverse artists as Saul Bellow and Woody Allen, but couched in terms owing more of a debt to Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage. But given those ...

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Andrew Rathbun & George Colligan: Renderings: The Art of the Duo

Read "Renderings: The Art of the Duo" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 17, 2006

Renderings is a no-net duo set featuring Andrew Rathbun on soprano saxophone (tenor on one number) and George Colligan on piano. The title of the opening tune--Maurice Ravel's “Menuet Sur Le Nom Du Hayden," the French impressionist's homage to the great classical composer--clues you in as to what to expect. The sound is one of understated ...

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Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses

Read "Periodic Trespasses" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 9, 2006

The cover certainly does grab at your attention. It's hard to say what that thing is. A War of the Worlds creature gone goofy? It does give you a clue that New York-based violinist Sam Bardfeld doesn't take himself too seriously. Another clue in this direction is the spoken word intervals--"The Saul Cycle"-- inserted throughout and ...

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Steve Cardenas: Panoramic

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 5, 2006

Steve Cardenas è da almeno una decina d'anni uno dei nomi emergenti della chitarra jazz, un musicista eclettico già protagonista di varie collaborazioni e anche leader di alcuni progetti discografici dei quali questo Panoramic rappresenta la proposta più recente. Sono con lui in questo album pubblicato dalla spagnola Fresh Sound il saxofonista Tony Malaby, il bassista ...

Song of the Day

Evil Olive

January 17, 2006

Album: It Could Be Anything
By Loren Stillman
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2005
Duration: 7:30

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Matt Renzi: The Cave

Read "The Cave" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
January 11, 2006

I've always approached a piano-less trio like this sax/bass/drums combo with at least some trepidation. In the world of free jazz, it is, more or less, a rather standard pairing of instruments that allows for greater freedom without the chorded support from piano (or guitar). Within mainstream jazz, the work of Sonny Rollins (notably during his ...