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Article: Live Review

James Taylor and His Legendary Band

Read "James Taylor and His Legendary Band" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


James Taylor and His Legendary BandVerizon Arena TheaterNorth Little Rock, ArkansasApril 29, 2001 Sentiment and nostalgia are potent motivators for the Baby Boom generation. This explains why musical acts like the Rolling Stones and Eagles remain not only viable, but certain moneymakers--bands which came of age with the post-World War ...

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Article: Interview

Rusty Taylor: Jazz + Country = Southern Comfort

Read "Rusty Taylor: Jazz + Country = Southern Comfort" reviewed by Guy Zinger


Rusty Allen Taylor is an engaging example of a new a new country-jazz, male vocalist. With his touch of country zing, he creates a mix of sweetness and mellowness, on the one hand, and speckles it with dirt, on the other. This bittersweet mix is a parallel to his life and generates a truly unique sound. ...

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Article: Interview

David Caceres: Double Threat Coming Forward

Read "David Caceres: Double Threat Coming Forward" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


The singer/instrumentalist in jazz has a long and honorable tradition. Many of those, though certainly not all, are more known for their singing than playing, especially in the last 20 years or so. But almost universally, they're enjoyed for what they can do, breathing a certain joie de vivre into songs by expressing the lyrics, then ...

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News: Recording

Jazz Song for Japan by Martin Taylor

Jazz Song for Japan by Martin Taylor

The massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan on March 11th has caused widespread destruction and suffering, relayed on television screens around the world. Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor regularly tours Japan and is due to play in Tokyo on the 4th and 5th April with fellow guitarist Ulf Wakenius. In order to help raise money ...

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Article: Album Review

Shawn Costantino: Waltz for Anne

Read "Waltz for Anne" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Finally! A collection of Adult Contemporary jazz that has something to say and knows how to say it. Nothing signals oncoming Muzak more than jazz propelled by electric bass, guitar, and piano. Fortunately, multi-reedist Shawn Costantino slays those dragons of jazz prejudice early in his self-produced Waltz for Anne, with an incendiary cover of The Beatles' ...

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News: Recording

USPS & Concord's Valentines Day CD 'Love Notes'

USPS & Concord's Valentines Day CD 'Love Notes'

US Postal Service® & Concord Music Group Celebrate Valentine's Day with Holiday-themed CD Love Notes Includes classic love ballads by Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole, James Taylor duet with Carole King and more! CD available now at select U.S. post offices throughout the country Los Angeles, CA: Concord Music Group is ...

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Article: Interview

Conference Call: Evolution of a Burning Bush

Read "Conference Call: Evolution of a Burning Bush" reviewed by Gordon Marshall


Conference Call can be as balanced and beautiful as an intricate organism, and just as soon rage with holy fire. The quartet--consisting of saxophonist Gebhard Ullman, bassist Joe Fonda, drummer George Schuller and pianist Michael Jefry Stevens--perpetually weaves in all three dimensions, as well as in time--its own, and music history's. Together since ...

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Steve Gadd's "Live at Voce" (Deluxe Edition)

Steve Gadd's "Live at Voce" (Deluxe Edition)

One of the most recorded drummers of all time, Steve Gadd has worked with everyone from Chick Corea to Paul Simon, Maynard Ferguson to Eric Clapton. When it comes to his own projects, Gadd loves to play good-time groove music that has the danceable qualities and bluesiness of the best R&B along with the adventurous solos ...

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Article: Interview

Christian Howes: Blues for the Blues Violin

Read "Christian Howes: Blues for the Blues Violin" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It's not difficult to think of great blues artists--there's a roll call of honor as long as that of great jazz artists--and every sizeable town in the world has a blues band or two. So where is the violin? Great blues guitarists and vocalists have never been in short supply, but the great blues violinist, once ...


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