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Article: Album Review

"Stonephace" Stabbins: Transcendental

Read "Transcendental" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


On his thirteenth birthday Larry “Stonephace" Stabbins, already a promising saxophonist, bought John Coltrane's Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961). The impact was immediate and long-lasting, as Stabbins writes in the liner notes to Transcendental. By the early'70s he was an established player on the UK jazz scene. Forty years on, the sound of Africa/Brass still influences Stabbins and ...

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Article: Interview

Colin Towns: Rule Book? What Rule Book?

Read "Colin Towns: Rule Book? What Rule Book?" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Since the 1970s, internationally renowned English composer/arranger/pianist/keyboard player Colin Towns has enjoyed an extremely varied musical existence. In that time, he has composed and arranged music in just about every setting imaginable, from heavy rock groups to jazz ensembles both small and large, and from theater to film and ballet. Little wonder, then, that his first ...

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Jazz on Film... Film Noir (Limited Edition 5-CD box set) on Moochin’ About

Jazz on Film... Film Noir (Limited Edition 5-CD box set) on Moochin’ About

Collected together for the first time... Seven classic 1950’s film noir jazz-inspired original scores Best ever quality digital remastering A Streetcar Named Desire (Alex North) Private Hell 36 (Leith Stevens) The Man with the Golden Arm (Elmer Bernstein) Sweet Smell of Success (Elmer Bernstein/Chico Hamilton)

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Article: Multiple Reviews

British Jazz

Read "British Jazz" reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan


Stan TraceySenior MomentReSteamed2009 Stan TraceyThe Later WorksReSteamed2010 Various ArtistsThe Flamingo Connection: Great British Modern JazzEmber-Future Noise2009 The United Kingdom's recent political crisis ...

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Article: Interview

Barb Jungr: Smart, Sassy, Sexy

Read "Barb Jungr: Smart, Sassy, Sexy" reviewed by John Eyles


Singer Barb Jungr is on a roll at present. In March 2009 she and accompanist Simon Wallace played for the first time at Café Carlyle, in New York City, presenting a show entitled “The Men I Love" which featured songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Todd Rundgren and Neil Diamond. The ...

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The Amadeus Project

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Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1: dFz 01. Prologue; 02. Overture: The T Dance; A Guy, Three Chicks and a Big Snake: 03. Part I: The Viper; 04. Part II: Three Ladies-in-Wanting; 05. Part III: Bird Carter; 06. Part IV: Queen Righteous; 07. Ghost Dance; 08. Trick of the Night; 09. On Temple Street; 10. Many Splendid Things; 11. Power Trip; 12. The Last Waltz; 13. Coda: Everything Happens to Bobby CD 2: The Amadeus Suite 01. Wolfie; 02. How Sweet the Breeze; Piccolo: 03. Part I: Serpent’s Teeth; 04. Part II: Les Trois Dames; 05. Part III: Pamina’s Portrait; 06. Part IV: Finale ‘In Colin’s Town’; 07. Cruel Stars and Sighs; 08. Weeping and Wailing (tutti i brani composti da Guy Barker).

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Article: Interview

Ian Shaw: From Free Jazz to Noel Coward

Read "Ian Shaw: From Free Jazz to Noel Coward" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Ian Shaw is a jazz singer. This simple description is accurate--it's how Shaw refers to himself--but it falls well short of doing the man justice. Ian Shaw is one of the most distinctive, original and creative jazz singers on the scene: he is a talented pianist and songwriter with a knack for working with top-quality musicians, ...

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Article: Album Review

Guy Barker: The Amadeus Project

Read "The Amadeus Project" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Guy Barker torna sul mercato discografico con un'opera assai ambiziosa: The Amadeus Project, un doppio CD elegante e curato nella grafica, con due suite per big band dalle tematiche impegnative. La prima “mette in scena" un racconto jazz noir che affronta i luoghi comuni del musicista bello e dannato, rivisti con intensità e ironia. Nella seconda ...

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The Amadeus Project

Label: Global Mix
Released: 2007

Album

What Love Is

Label: Global Mix
Released: 1998


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