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Jackie McLean: Demon's Dance
by Hrayr Attarian
Sometimes a work of art is best known because it ends a period in its creator's career. If, in addition to its historic importance, it has immense artistic value, then it becomes a masterpiece. Such is the case of Demon's Dance, the last recording from Jackie McLean's Blue Note period, during which he discovered his unique ...
Belmondo / Yusef Lateef: Influence
by Hrayr Attarian
Every work of art is part form, part substance and part emotion. The double CD Influence, by Yusef Lateef and the Belmondo brothers, has the beauty of form of an impressionist canvas, the depth and the complexity of a mathematical equation, but the emotional sterility of a doctor's office. The music is a blend of complex ...
Dee Dee Bridgewater: J'ai Deux Amours
by Hrayr Attarian
Every artist occasionally produces a lightweight work--and by lightweight, I do not mean necessarily bad. In fact, some of these efforts can be artistically very creative and satisfying. J'ai Deux Amours is definitely on the lighter side, and it's definitely quite enjoyable. Dee Dee Bridgewater chose a collection of French cabaret-style songs and a couple of ...
Tyrone Washington: Do Right
by Hrayr Attarian
The same way choice ingredients don't always guarantee a tasty stew, talented musicians and good intentions do not always make a great recording. Such is the case with Tyrone Washington's long-lost record Do Right. Tyrone Washington is known as a tenor saxophonist whose debut on wax was on Horace Silver's 1966 Blue Note recording The Jody ...
Patricia Barber: Mythologies
by Hrayr Attarian
Poetry and music are two peas in a pod. For the past two millennia the Roman poet Ovid has inspired artists of all kinds, from poets and playwrights to filmmakers and musicians. Most recently, his timeless tales served as an inspiration to Patricia Barber, who is an accomplished musician and a poet in her own right. ...
Lou Blackburn: The Complete Imperial Sessions
by Hrayr Attarian
The saying that location is everything holds true in the realm of jazz music as well. Many a talented musician has not gotten the recognition and acclaim they deserved because the path they chose did not pass through the hot beds of jazz, especially New York. This is definitely true for those who spent their careers ...
Classical Jazz Quartet: The Complete Recordings
by Hrayr Attarian
The names of Johann Sebastian Bach, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff do not necessarily conjure images and sounds of jazz in one's mind, that is until one has listened to recordings by the Classical Jazz Quartet. Although these musicians utilize the same instruments as the Modern Jazz Quartet, they are in no way clones or ...
Horace Silver: Doin' The Thing - At The Village Gate
by Hrayr Attarian
Calling any of Horace Silver's Blue Note recordings outstanding is almost redundant. One, however, is especially unique, not only because of its quality, but because it is the only live recording of his most famous quintet. Although it was recorded 45 years ago, this CD has the power to transport one back in time to the ...
Jazzmosis: Baker's Dozen
by Hrayr Attarian
Jazz is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Vermont, but the Green Mountain State has been home to a few talented jazz musicians. One of the state's best kept secrets is the band Jazzmosis, a piano-less sextet of uber-talented and multifaceted musicians who play all styles of jazz from bop ...
Chico Hamilton: The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet Complete Studio Recordings
by Hrayr Attarian
How do you make chamber jazz? Chico Hamilton did it utilizing a guitarist, a cellist, a bassist, a reedman, and of course a drummer. Lone Hill Jazz has reissued the complete studio recordings of this unusual yet intriguing quintet, augmented by two additional tracks from the same era, one by the string trio from the above ...
