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Tony Vacca: Three Point Landing

Read "Three Point Landing" reviewed by Jack Bowers


I first heard saxophonist Tony Vacca almost fifteen years ago with Rob Parton's JazzTech Big Band. He impressed me then, and has done so again with Three Point Landing, whose title denotes Vacca's journey from Chicago through New Orleans to Phoenix, Arizona, where he now lives, performs and teaches. The album was obviously recorded during Vacca's ...

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The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: E.J.'s Blues; Straight, No Chaser; Body and Soul; Truth; A Lullaby of Itsugo Village; Wise One; Three Card Molly

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Detained At The Blue Note

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 107 Steps; JC is The Man; Mr. JJ; Sigmund Groid; ...Like the Rose

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Jeff "Tain" Watts: Detained at the Blue Note

Read "Detained at the Blue Note" reviewed by Russ Musto


On Detained at the Blue Note , Jeff “Tain" Watts' first live outing as a leader, the effusive drummer lets loose with one of the most unrestrained performances he's ever released. Watts' uninhibited style of drumming is best heard in the intimate club setting in which this disc was recorded. The outgoing Tain is inspired by ...

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Elvin Jones Jazz Machine: The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note

Read "The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note" reviewed by John Kelman


Recorded five years before his passing earlier this year, The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note paints a picture of Elvin Jones before ill health weakened his powerful and individual style. With an expanded version of his Jazz Machine that includes saxophonist Antoine Roney, trombonist Robin Eubanks, trumpeter Darren Barrett, pianist Carlos McKinney, long-time musical ...

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Jeff "Tain" Watts: Detained at the Blue Note

Read "Detained at the Blue Note" reviewed by John Kelman


From drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts' introduction to the live recording Detained at the Blue Note --"Hey everybody, it's Saturday, let's get loose !"--you know this is going to be a fun event. With a group that includes the ubiquitous pianist Dave Kikoski, bassist Eric Revis, who works with Watts in Branford Marsalis' band, guitarist Dave Gilmore ...

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Three Point Landing

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Samba de Baca; 2. Shoe Suede Blues; 3. Body and Soul; 4. Cerromar; 5. On Bourbon St.; 6. Don Quixote; 7. No More School; 8. You Don't Know What Love Is; 9. Sugar.

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Shades of Blue

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Little Mama; You're Drivin' Me Crazy; Just for a Thrill; They Can't Take That Away from Me**; Hallelujah, I Love Her So; Song for Jennie; There'll Be Some Changes Made; Stairway to the Stars; You'd Be so Nice to Come Home to#; I Want a Little Girl; Baby, Won't You Please Come Home; Cry*; Learnin' the Blues

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Ben E. King: Shades of Blue

Read "Shades of Blue" reviewed by Dave Nathan


Ben E. King cut his teeth on music singing in gospel groups as a youngster before becoming a member of the consummate R & B, soul packed group, the Drifters. After going out on his own he had a slew of big hits including “Spanish Harlem" and “Stand by Me". Over the years, he has become ...


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