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Article: Album Review

Mindi Abair: In Hi-Fi Stereo

Read "In Hi-Fi Stereo" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush

As soul music has vanished from urban radio, driven out by the predominance of rap, hip-hop and Auto Tune, it's become harder to find real soul made with real instruments, either on record or on the airwaves. A Mindi Abair album is not the go-to place that comes to mind for a showcase of old school ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Rico Belled

Read "Take Five With Rico Belled" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Rico Belled:Born and raised in Holland, Rico Belled is best known as the Grammy-nominated bassist for The Rippingtons. Now based in Los Angeles, CA, he's worked with artists in many genres, ranging from Liza Minnelli to Eddie Money, Eric Marienthal to The Dan Band. Piano being his first instrument, Rico is also an ...

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News: Festival

Jazz at Snape Proms 2010 - A Star Line-Up

Jazz at Snape Proms 2010 - A Star Line-Up

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside, is one of the loveliest music venues in the UK. This year's Snape Proms brings yet more diversity to Snape Maltings Concert Hall with a programme that is both exciting and innovative. Maceo Parker brings the audience to its feet on the first weekend, Sunday 1 ...

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Article: Album Review

Mindi Abair: In Hi-Fi Stereo

Read "In Hi-Fi Stereo" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

Sometimes, trends are a good thing. A number of recording artists have dipped back into old-school sounds--not necessarily remaking hits, but making new music using older styles. Saxophonist Mindi Abair follows suit with In Hi-Fi Stereo, a set of mostly original music. Abair was surrounded by musicians as a child, with a grandmother singing ...

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Article: Film Review

Free: Free Forever

Read "Free: Free Forever" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

Free Free Forever Eagle Vision 2010 (2006) Free was one of the most distinctive bands to emerge from the British blues-rock boom of the late 1960s, albeit a one-hit wonder to the audience that enjoyed its biggest mainstream success, “All Right Now." The full-length version of that single appeared on ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The State of Organ Jazz 2010 (Part 2): Stanton Moore and Organissimo

Read "The State of Organ Jazz 2010 (Part 2): Stanton Moore and Organissimo" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

The State of Organ Jazz 2010, Part I: Wayne Escoffery, Dan Pratt and Matthew Kaminski dealt with some very fine organ-based jazz, that, for the most part, colored within the lines. This second installment focuses on the organ, guitar and drums trio and is devoted to two artists who definitely got their nuclear funk on: drummer ...

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Article: Album Review

Reptet: Chicken or Beef?

Read "Chicken or Beef?" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon

Remember in the high school band room, how the horn section would goof around like they were part of Parliament Funkadelic or James Brown or the Mothers of Invention? The super cool Mothers, with Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax, flute and vocals. And then the drums, all of them, would join in. Think if that horn ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Tedesco: Living the Dream

Read "Living the Dream" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello

In Living the Dream Los Angeles-based trumpeter/contractor/producer Chris Tedesco proves that he is a consummate multi-tasker. He leads his L.A. Jazz Big Band and Orchestra admirably, contracted the sessions, arranged a selection, composed four originals, engineered, edited, and produced the CD. The result of this array of endeavors is a slick, swinging, throwback salute to hip, ...

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Article: Live Review

Maceo Parker in Denver

Read "Maceo Parker in Denver" reviewed by Geoff Anderson

by Geoff Anderson

Maceo Parker Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver March 12, 2010 Maceo Parker doesn't just play funk. He IS funk. He's one of the innovators, being there not just for its conception and birth, but for the child-rearing, shaping and development of the musical form. After extended stints with James Brown starting ...

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Article: Live Review

Eli "Paperboy" Reed at Joe's Pub, March 31, 2010

Read "Eli "Paperboy" Reed at Joe's Pub, March 31, 2010" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes

Eli “Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves Joe's Pub March 31, 2010 New York, NY Playing before a nearly sold-out crowd, the seven-piece True Loves (Freddy DeBoe: Baritone Sax; Mike Brooks: Tenor Sax; Patriq Moody: Trumpet; Jerrell Clopton: Drums; Michael Montgomery: Bass; Ryan Spraker: Guitar; J.B. ...


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