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Article: Book Review

Possibilities - L'autobiografia

Read "Possibilities - L'autobiografia" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Possibilities -L'autobiografia Herbie Hancock con Lisa Dickey 366 Pagine ISBN: 978-88-7521-667-2 Minimum Fax 2015 Da mezzo secolo Herbie Hancock è un protagonista del jazz e di generi popolari come funk, rock, rap, pop e reciproche commistioni. È il musicista che più ogni altro ha scorazzato nelle nuove tecnologie, ...

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Article: Album Review

Electric Squeezebox Orchestra: Cheap Rent

Read "Cheap Rent" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Yes, the name is intriguing--but what should one expect musically from the San Francisco-based Electric Squeezebox Orchestra? Bits and pieces of a number of disparate elements, really, from straight-ahead contemporary motifs to shuffle beats and old-line swing, from down-home New Orleans rhythms to throwback grooves from the '70s and even a seductive ballad. What matters most ...

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Article: Album Review

Fred Hersch: Solo

Read "Solo" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


To paraphrase the famous remark Miles Davis made about Bill Evans, Fred Hersch plays the piano the way it ought to be played. This album documents a live performance from August, 2014, which was not originally intended for release. But when Hersch listened to it, he changed his mind. “I firmly believe this may be the ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

Read "Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4" reviewed by Doug Collette


There's a theory a nascent jazzlover could build an estimable collection of the music simply by picking and choosing from the discography of Miles Davis and the various musicians with whom he's collaborated over the years. Likewise, the mercurial alterations of style enacted by the man with the horn reflect the evolution of the music itself, ...

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Article: Album Review

Enoch Smith Jr.: Misfits II: Pop

Read "Misfits II: Pop" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Growing up in the Pentecostal Church of God by Faith (in Rochester, NY) has been the biggest musical influence on pianist Enoch Smith, Jr. He titled his 2010 self-produced debut Church Boy and continues to serve as full-time Director of Music and Worship and pianist for Allentown (NJ) Presbyterian Church. “Growing up and playing mostly in ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

Music’s Where You Find It

Read "Music’s Where You Find It" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Ajoyo Ajoyo Ropeadope 2014 Multi-reed player Yacine Boulares has picked up, and left behind, musical footprints literally all around the world. He was born in North Africa (Tunisia) but grew up in Paris, where he studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and jazz performance at the National Conservatory and New School ...

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Article: Live Review

Oakland Art + Soul Festival 2015

Read "Oakland Art + Soul Festival 2015" reviewed by Walter Atkins


Oakland Art + Soul Festival Oakland, CA August 1-2, 2015 Oakland's 15th annual Art+Soul Festival continued its ongoing tradition of featuring the rich variety of music and art of the San Francisco Bay Area. A+SF's multiple venues highlighted Blues, soul, rap, Latin jazz, spoken word and dancers along with crafts ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Light of the Supreme: Carlos Santana’s Devadip Trilogy

Read "Light of the Supreme: Carlos Santana’s Devadip Trilogy" reviewed by Rob Caldwell


To the casual music fan in 1971 Carlos Santana appeared as if he was on top of the world. His band's appearance at Woodstock two short years earlier, plus their cover of Fleetwood Mac's “Black Magic Woman" had catapulted him to stardom. Yet, behind the scenes, his band was splintering. Different musical and personal objectives, plus ...

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Article: Album Review

Stacey & Alan: A Love Like Ours

Read "A Love Like Ours" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante


Alan Schulman holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Arranging & Composition from Howard University. The guitarist was born in Cincinnati and has appeared on numerous jazz recordings by among others Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Anita Baker and Michael Feinstein. Stacey Schulman (yes they are married) is a native New Yorker who has been singing professionally since ...

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News: Recording

Keyboardist/Composer Michael Gallant's "Live Plus One" To Be Released October 9

Keyboardist/Composer Michael Gallant's "Live Plus One" To Be Released October 9

With his well-received 2013 debut Completely, keyboardist/composer Michael Gallant emerged as a stylistically omnivorous musical force, “an artist unafraid and bending the tradition,” in the words of one critic. Gallant continues to explore his disruptive musical proclivities on his sophomore release, Live Plus One, due out October 9 from his Gallant Music label. Recorded live and ...


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