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J.A. Granelli and Mr. Lucky: Gigantic

Read "Gigantic" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


This is not going to be an album for everyone, but here are some potential candidates: listeners who feel that smooth jazz is too limited and without any real pulse rockers who are tired of the same old licks and Top 40 syndrome the disenchanted who yearn for music that's better suited than mainstream ...

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J.A. Granelli and Mr. Lucky: Gigantic

Read "Gigantic" reviewed by John Kelman


What is jazz? Does anyone know anymore? When Bill Frisell won Downbeat's Album of the Year award a few years back for Nashville--an album that was long on Americana and bluegrass and, at least on initial inspection, short on the things that most people tended to associate with jazz--the landscape had clearly changed. And ...

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El Oh El Ay

Label: Love Slave Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1.Whatever Lola Wants 2.Mr. Lucky 3.Tronz 4.Crawl 5.Karnish 6.El Leo Nora 7.Lane 8.Red Cross 9.Figure 1

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J.A. Granelli and Mr. Lucky: El Oh El Ay

Read "El Oh El Ay" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Here's a concisely arranged, quaint and slightly off-kilter effort from a crew of New York City musicians who generally shun the straight and narrow. Organist Jamie Shaft commences the opener, “Whatever Lola Wants," with an eerie, low-pitched groove followed by David Tronzo's wily slide guitar ruminations. The band continues to meld laid back, funk vibes with ...

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Crunch

Label: Love Slave Records
Released: 2000

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Tronzo - Granelli - Epstein: Crunch

Read "Crunch" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Crunch is a welcome edition to this seemingly bold new era of 'Modern Jazz'. Here we have three New York City based musicians who summon our imaginative powers as they stylishly meld their disparate voices in a slightly offbeat manner. Slide guitarist Dave Tronzo, bassist J.A. Granelli and saxophonist Peter Epstein are among those willing to ...

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Tronzo - Granelli - Epstein: Crunch

Read "Crunch" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Crunch is a welcome edition to this seemingly bold new era of 'Modern Jazz'. Here we have three New York City based musicians who summon our imaginative powers as they stylishly meld their disparate voices in a slightly offbeat manner. Slide guitarist Dave Tronzo, bassist J.A. Granelli and saxophonist Peter Epstein are among those willing to ...


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