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Joshua Breakstone/The Cello Quartet: 88

by Mark Sullivan
October 24, 2016

Veteran guitarist Joshua Breakstone pays tribute to some of his favorite pianist/composers here. He tells a story about a fellow Berklee student (a saxophonist) who asked legendary saxophonist Sonny Stitt if he could sit in. Stitt shut him down with the question “how many keys on a saxophone?" The novice couldn't answer--there are 23--but everyone knows ...

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Eric Alexander: Second Impression

Read "Second Impression" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 14, 2016

Not only has tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander recorded more than thirty-five albums as a leader since arriving in New York City some twenty years ago, he has appeared on almost as many others as a sideman. He's such an earnest blue-collar worker that one almost expects him to carry his saxophone in a lunch pail instead ...

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Pat Martino: Nexus

Read "Nexus" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
June 1, 2016

This CD is not only a fine addition to the Pat Martino catalogue, it is also of historical importance with respect to his personal and musical development. Recorded at the well-known eclectic nightclub the Tin Angel in Philadelphia in the mid-nineties (the exact date is not given and probably unknown), it is a duet set (or ...

Article: Hi-Res Jazz

Blue Note On Blu-Ray

by Mark Werlin
April 22, 2016

Jazz music is best appreciated with “big ears" and an open mind. Just as exposure to new music casts older, familiar works in a different light, newer formats can expand a listener's perspective on the strengths and limitations of the original recordings. SACDs, Blu-Ray discs and hi-res downloads accurately represent the affective details of ...

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Are You Sirius?

By Valerio Pontrandolfo

Label: In Jazz We Trust Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1. Twenty (V. Pontrandolfo) 2. You (H. Adamson - W. Donaldson) 3. Touched (V. Pontrandolfo) 4. Tongue Out (V. Pontrandolfo) 5. Recado Bossa Nova (D. Ferreira - L. Antonio) 6. Make Believe (J. Kern - O. Hammerstein II) 7. Are You Sirius? (V. Pontrandolfo) 8. Rakin' & Scrapin' (H. Mabern) 9. Tune Up (E. Vinson)

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Afro Blue

By Harold Mabern

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: The Chief; Afro Blue; The Man From Hyde Park; Fools Rush In; Don't Misunderstand; I'll Take Romance; My One and Only Love; Billie's Bounce; Portrait of Jennie; You Needed Me; Such Is Life; Do It Again; Mozzin'; Bobby, Benny, Jymie, Lee, Bu;

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Steve Davis: Say When

Read "Say When" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
November 24, 2015

Il nume tutelare di questo CD è J.J. Johnson, di cui vengono interpretate sei note composizioni e relativi arrangiamenti. Davis si muove con tanto rispetto nei territori ampiamente esplorati dell'hard bop. Il modello di riferimento viene così riproposto con versatilità sia nei moduli espressivi che nelle sequenze degli assolo. Si impone una front-line ...

Article: Live From New York

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Kassé Mady Diabaté, George Coleman & Tedeschi Trucks Band

by Martin Longley
October 20, 2015

Godspeed You! Black Emperor The Music Hall Of Williamsburg September 30, 2015 On the ground level, there was a tendency to simply watch the flickering images, glimmering out from old school projectors, rattlingly housed within the mixing desk corral. As most of the players in this Montréal collective, particularly ...

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Steve Davis: Say When

Read "Say When" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 31, 2015

The winds of change have actively sought to change the jazz vernacular of the 21st century. Fueled in large part by the media, it seems that the darlings of the current set have opted for a broader definition of the music. Key elements such as melody and a prominent swing feel are often looked upon as ...

Article: Live Review

Paris Jazz Diary: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap

by Patricia Myers
August 10, 2015

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap Duc des Lombards, Sunside-Sunset Jazz Clubs Paris, France July 3, July 4, July 14, 2015 New York City pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern and Bill Charlap led trios in three separate concerts as part of a pair of annual summer-season ...