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Thank You, Joe! Arkadia Jazz Presents: Our Tribute To Joe Henderson

By Carl Allen

Label: Arkadia Jazz
Released: 2000
Track listing: Mamacita; Isfahan; Gazelle ; The Kicker ; Ask Me Now; Recorda Me ; Isotope ; Inner Urge; Granted;

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Javon Jackson, et al. / Joanne Brackeen: Thank You, Joe! / Popsicle Illusion

Read "Thank You, Joe! / Popsicle Illusion" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Several Arkadia discs have made their way to my desk and two releases have finally floated to the top for my attention. Two very fine releases, I might add. Joe Henderson. Continuing their Grammy(r)-nominated Thank You... series, Arkadia serves up a tribute to the very much alive and recording Joe Henderson. Past Thank You... recordings have ...

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Pleasant Valley

By Javon Jackson

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1999

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Javon Jackson: Pleasant Valley

Read "Pleasant Valley" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Having been tutored in Art Blakey's school of hard bop, it comes as no surprise that Javon Jackson's first albums as a leader were steeped in that idiom. Pleasant Valley, his fifth effort for Blue Note, departs slightly from the hard bop genre and heads into “grooveland." Working with guitarist Dave Stryker, organist Larry Goldings and ...

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Javon Jackson: Pleasant Valley

Read "Pleasant Valley" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella

A solid, dependable and mild-mannered saxophonist, Javon Jackson studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston for several years before joining Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. The saxophonist’s niche in today’s jazz world is filled with solid mainstream vibrations and a caressing respect for the instrument. Jackson’s approach is a bit laid-back, his tone is true, ...

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Javon Jackson: Pleasant Valley

Read "Pleasant Valley" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Javon Jackson’s mission is to make a popular record. Imagine that, a non-smooth jazz release that’s hip enough for dad (a sixties guy), yet catchy enough for radio! Jackson, an Art Blakey and Elvin Jones graduate has a pedigree and a sound on the tenor saxophone that’s somewhere between Gene Ammons and Joe Henderson. At 33, ...

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Good People

By Javon Jackson

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1997

Album

A Look Within

By Javon Jackson

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1996


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