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Michael Dease: Grace

Read "Grace" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Michael Dease is to the trombone what Harry Allen is to the tenor saxophone. Lyrical, traditional, well-studied and broad based, both artists can equally get their freak on when necessary. Dease's trombone style contains many influences, but like many conservatory-trained musicians, Dease has had the time and practice to develop is own potent voice.

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Benny Green: Source

Read "Source" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Pianist Benny Green has not been in the studio leading a recording date since his collaboration with Russell Malone, Bluebird (Telarc, 2004). Far from stagnating, Green has most recently been found providing support on recordings like Hilary Kole's You Are There (Justin Time, 2010), Kenny Burrell's Be Yourself (HighNote , 2010) and Anat Cohen's Clarinetworks: Live ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Dease: Grace

Read "Grace" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


È facile scrivere e fare una sintesi di quello che si ascolta su questa nuova produzione di John Lee per la sua Jazz Legacy Productions: un mainstream di alto livello interpretato da uno dei migliori trombonisti americani (che su “Four" di Miles Davis si diverte a suonare il sax tenore). Michael Dease è un musicista di ...

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Monty Alexander: Uplift

Read "Uplift" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger


Virtually everyone who plays with pianist Monty Alexander loves the challenge of keeping up with his mischievous music-making and sudden changes in direction. Then there are those quotes--splashes of everything from bugle calls and nursery rhymes to Duke Ellington and “Meet the Flintstones"--that challenge the listeners' repertoire, as well as adding delight and surprise to each ...

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Journeys

Label: Jazz Legacy Productions
Released: 2010
Track listing: Smitty's Joint; Lover; Eyes of An Angel; Little Jon; New Light; Journeys; The Flowers On The Terrace; Yu's Blues; In The Still Hours; Goliath.

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Grace

Label: Jazz Legacy Productions
Released: 2010
Track listing: Discussao; Blues On The Corner; In A Mist; I Talk To The Trees; Four; Tippin'; Setembro; 26-2; Toys; Love Dance; Grace; Salt Song.

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Incorrigible

Label: Jazz Legacy Productions
Released: 2010
Track listing: Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered; Petite Ange; Voice; Incorrigible; Blues for Jose; Spirit Waltz; Back to Back; So Soon.

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Cyrus Chestnut Trio: Journeys

Read "Journeys" reviewed by Larry Taylor


During a career spanning 20 years, Cyrus Chestnut has risen to be one of the most esteemed and productive of jazz pianists. Journeys makes 16 recordings under his name. He regularly performs with his trio and is the go-to guy on numerous recording dates and gigs. Having apprenticed with the incomparable vocalist Betty ...

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Michael Dease: Grace

Read "Grace" reviewed by Larry Taylor


This could be the break-out album for trombonist Michael Dease, his music and style putting him in the company of trombone legends including Jack Teagarden, J.J. Johnson,. Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller. On Grace, Dease is anchored by a very able rhythm crew, including pianist Cyrus Chestnut, bassist Rufus Reid, and drummer Gene ...

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One for All: Incorrigible

Read "One for All: Incorrigible" reviewed by Sean Coughlin


One for All Incorrigible Jazz Legacy Productions 2010 One for All's Incorrigible showcases some of the best original writing the group has had in its 14 releases. It no longer sounds like a bunch of “young lions" thrown together in a recording studio. Cohesive and interdependent, these musicians ...


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