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Byard Lancaster: Sounds of Liberation: New Horizons
by Clifford Allen
In the years following saxophonist John Coltrane's death and the related dearth of opportunities to perform and record the New Music stateside, a significant body of musicians relocated to Europe, to ply their art in a more receptive atmosphere. Reedman Byard Lancaster was one of the second wave of American free jazz musicians to relocate to ...
Joanne Brackeen: Phenomenal Capacity
by Russ Musto
One of the most heralded pianists of her era, JoAnne Brackeen came to New York in 1965 after cutting her chops jamming with the likes of Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Charles Lloyd and Dexter Gordon during the waning days of the Central Avenue scene in her native California. After a few dues-paying years here, she landed ...
Jon Mayer: Nightscape
by Bruce Lindsay
New York-born, Los Angeles-based pianist Jon Mayer began his musical career in the New York jazz scene of the 1950s and 1960s. He has a long and distinguished pedigree, including work with Jackie McLean and John Coltrane, but his first recording as leader came as late as 1996, with Round Up The Usual Suspects (Pullen Music). ...
Bobby Hutcherson: Pushing The Vibes Forward
by Robert Iannapollo
Grachan Moncur III Evolution Blue Note 1963 John Coltrane / Archie Shepp New Thing At Newport Impulse 1965 Bobby Hutcherson Head On Blue Note 1971
This Ain't No Ukelele: Jazz Guitarists Anthony Wilson, Daniel Santiago and John Pondel
by Martin Gladu
For better or worse, the electric guitar has generally projected an image of masculinity, a certain macho quality even. Perfect examples of this are the scenes involving Steve Vai's Jack Butler character in Walter Hill's Crossroads (Columbia Pictures, 1986). Cruelly demanding, the instrument has bruised many male egos and crushed their dreams of stardom and fame.
Kenny Burrell: Mr. Good Notes
by Russ Musto
“I'm just trying to play the good notes," says Kenny Burrell, lighthearted laughter accompanying his response to the question of how he would characterize his style of guitar playing. The reply betrayed the genial humility that has long distinguished him as one of the music's truly gracious gentlemen. Burrell has been playing the “good notes" for ...
Take Aim
By Harold Land
Label: Mighty Quinn Productions
Released: 2006
Track listing: As You Like It; Take Aim; Land of Peace; Reflections; Blue Nellie; You're My Thrill; Straight No
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Harold Land: Take Aim
by George Harris
Originally recorded in 1960 for Blue Note but not released until 1980, Take Aim, like Harold Land himself, has undeservedly fallen through the cracks. Most famous for his association with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet of the '50s, Land is another unheralded West Coast giant who made a name for himself out here in California, but ...
Harold Land: Promised Land
by AAJ Staff
Time allows, eventually, the opportunity for self-actualization--one hopes. After a long, under-appreciated career and sparse discography, tenor saxophonist, Harold Land, affirms his stature on this album as an individual stylist. Land’s sound has matured into something distinctly his own--a combination of the swing style of his early career and a full command of Coltrane-inspired “sheets of ...
