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Dexter Gordon: Take the "A" Train
by James Nichols
4.25 out of 5 Stars. Very worthy album. Nothing too unusual here. During his lifetime, Dexter Gordon played thousands of outstanding small group bop dates. This CD documents one of them. Gordon recorded this set during a two-day period (July 20-21, 1967) of his self -imposed European exile at Copenhagen’s Montmarte Club. That two-day stand also ...
Dexter Gordon: Take the "A" Train
by James Nichols
During his lifetime, Dexter Gordon played thousands of outstanding small group bop dates. This CD documents one of them. Gordon recorded this set during a two-day period (July 20-21, 1967) of his self -imposed European exile at Copenhagen’s Montmarte Club. That two-day stand also yielded the albums Both Sides of Midnight and Body and Soul. The ...
Joe Lovano: Flights of Fancy
by James Nichols
Joe Lovano’s most recent release finds the talented saxophonist stretching out in four different trio combinations. Just as Sonny Rollins discovered in his immortal piano-less Village Vanguard performances, a trio allows more freedom than the conventional saxophone settings of a quartet or quintet. The music breathes easily, flirting with both silence and sound. The horns stroll ...
Various: Calle 54
by James Nichols
Every once in a while an “exotic" world album garners national attention and sparks the imagination of American pop music fans. Some past examples include Getz/Gilberto, Irakere, the Chieftains, Bob Marley, and most recently Buena Vista Social Club. The CD reviewed below accompanies the documentary touted as the first full-length film dedicated to Latin jazz, Calle ...
