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Instru-Mental Ill-ness
by Chris M. Slawecki
Post-millennial takes on the classic piano trio and funky organ combo, two headlong tumbles into the deep thick jungle of dub reggae, and a jazz/hip-hop patty melt. Medeski Martin & Wood End of the World Party (Just in Case) Blue Note 2004 Teaming the poster children for contemporary ...
Pucho Brown: 'Soul Brother' Number One
by Chris M. Slawecki
In the coin of the realm, Henry “Pucho" Brown -conguero, timbalero, and bandleader of the Latin Soul Brothers -is one bad mamma jamma. You either dig Brown's Latin and African rhythms or you don't -but once you dig them, brother, you stay dug! Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers have been cold kicking Latin ...
Postcards From Seven Summer Day Trips
by Chris M. Slawecki
Hi, Folks! Sorry I have not written from my vacation. In truth, I really did write seven postcards to you, one from each destination of my day trip week. I just... uh, never sent the postcards. So here are all seven postcards in this single envelope. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed ...
Club d'Elf: Mystery, Science, Theater
by Chris M. Slawecki
Club d'Elf is a Boston-based band led by bassist Mike Rivard. They've just released three two-CD live sets---recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City in 2000, at Vassar College Chapel in 2001 and in Athens, GA, in 2002--on Kufala Records.These are just about the only simple statements you can make about Club ...
Fifty Years to Swing Ya Mother...
by Chris M. Slawecki
This year, the Newport Jazz Festival, now the JVC Jazz Festival Newport, celebrates its 50th anniversary. Special events planned for the Festival will run from August 11 - 15 in Newport, RI, and honor several musicians whose talents helped make the name Newport synonymous with jazz for the past half-century. Among these special ...
Five Classics Plus One
by Chris M. Slawecki
In 2001, James Carter commanded soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones on one of the most famous jazz stages in his Detroit hometown, leading keyboardists Gerald Gibbs and Kenn Cox, trumpeter Dwight Adams, bassist Ralphe Armstrong, and drummers Leonard King and Richard “Pistol” Allen, plus special guests, through three hot summer nights. ...
The Green Possibilities of Spring
by Chris M. Slawecki
Few things engender that “great wide open” spirit of unlimited possibility as does the dawn of a new spring. It presents this perfect opportunity to explore possible musics. Skip Heller Fake Book (Hyena) When you read that youngblood guitarist Skip Heller has played with a ...
Classical Echoes: Feldman, Tjader and Aguabella
by Chris M. Slawecki
In December 1958, Victor Feldman – pianist, percussionist, and vibes player – began work on a project as a leader for Contemporary records. He continued work on this project for nearly a year, ultimately recording two different quintets plus a ten-piece unit with contributions from bassists Al McKibbon and Scott LaFaro, soloists Walter Benton (tenor sax), ...
Jazz Finery Again Awakens
by Chris M. Slawecki
It's great to remember that no American musical style has “rung out the old and rung in the new" as consistently and inventively as jazz. This assortment of new releases combines music old and blue with styles borrowed and new, a multicolored snapshot of the myriad possibilities inherent in modern music at the time the 2003 ...
Singer-Songwriters of the 70s Return to Form
by Chris M. Slawecki
Earlier this year, two very special songwriters and singers signed with and recorded and released their debuts for Blue Note records. Al Green and Van Morrison were both very different but important parts of the musical 1970s. Songs like “Let’s Stay Together” and “Tired of Being Alone” (by Green) and “Moondance” and “Brown Eyed ...
