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Article: Album Review

Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2

Read "Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2" reviewed by Johanna McKenna


Multitalented drummer, keyboardist, composer, and arranger Gary Husband continues to raise the bar with each successive release, and 2012's Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 is no exception. Volume 2's collection of originals and fusion classics follows Dirty & Beautiful Volume 1 (Abstract Logix, 2010), featuring many of the same collaborators, but with some additional powerhouse guitarists ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Stanley Clarke: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection

Read "Stanley Clarke: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection" reviewed by John Kelman


Legacy Recordings' recent spate of Complete Albums Collection box sets have righted a whole slew of wrongs by bringing long out-of-print recordings back in a reasonably priced and tidily collected series. They may be relatively light on production values--simple clamshell-style boxes, mini-LP cardboard sleeves, and booklets whose information, beyond detailed track and personnel listings, is largely ...

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News: Recording

John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Mike Stern and others on the New Gary Husband Album

John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Mike Stern and others on the New Gary Husband Album

Multi-dimensional drummer, keyboardist, composer and arranger Gary Husband hits his stride with Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2, his latest release on Abstract Logix Records. Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 features an explosive all-star line-up of guest musicians such as John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Jan Hammer, Robin Trower, Jimmy Herring, Wayne Krantz, Mark King, Alex Machacek and ...

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Take Five With Dave Bryant

Read "Take Five With Dave Bryant" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Dave Bryant: Keyboardist and composer, Dave Bryant is best known for his work as a member of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time group. Bryant's addition to the group marked Coleman's first extended work with a keyboard instrument in decades.Instrument(s): Keyboards.Teachers and/or influences? I went through a ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The New Universe Music Festival 2010 - Abstract Logix Live!

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For those who like their jazz hard, loud, filled with killer chops and intricate writing, the 2010 New Universe Music Festival was like manna from heaven. Amidst seven groups including two fusion deities, guitarist John McLaughlin and drummer Lenny White, it was an exhilarating experience for the few hundred people in attendance--some coming from hundreds of ...

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Article: Live Review

Jeff Beck: Denver, April 15, 2011

Read "Jeff Beck: Denver, April 15, 2011" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Jeff BeckParamount TheatreDenver, ColoradoApril 15, 2011 Jazz-rock fusion originally came from the jazz side,Miles Davis and his sidemen-turned-leaders--Weather Report, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra--but a few practitioners came at it from the rock side, emphasizing the rock angle a little more than the jazz guys. Jeff Beck is one of ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Matt Haimovitz/Uccello: Meeting of the Spirits

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Matt Haimovitz/Uccello Meeting of the Spirits Oxingale Records 2010 That the classical music world should visit jazz repertory is not without precedent. As the saying goes, there's nothing new under the sun. However, the spirits summoned here belong to that of visionary musician and internationally renowned cellist Matt ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Neil Alexander

Read "Take Five With Neil Alexander" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Neil Alexander: Jazz musician Neil Alexander was performing, composing and arranging by age 14. In 2007 he released Tugging At The Infinite, his fourth CD with his contemporary electric/acoustic jazz ensemble NAIL. As well as managing his own electric and acoustic ensembles, he does sessions as both player and programmer, and works ...

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Article: Album Review

Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume One

Read "Dirty & Beautiful Volume One" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It's almost a shame that Gary Husband's follow-up to the excellent Hotwired (Abstract Logix, 2009) did not take that exciting young ensemble to the next stage, were it not for the fact that Dirty & Beautiful brings together an exceptional line-up of some of the most innovative and influential musicians of the last forty years. Although ...

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Article: Live Review

New Universe Music Festival: Day 2, November 21, 2010

Read "New Universe Music Festival: Day 2, November 21, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman


Day 1 | Day 2 The New Universe Music FestivalRaleigh, North CarolinaNovember 20-21, 2010 It's no small challenge to make a new festival viable, especially when it represents something of a niche within a niche. The attendance at the first day of the New Universe Music Festival was impressive enough, but ...


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