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Jack Wilkins: Playing What He's Preaching

by Rob Rosenblum
December 29, 2016

Some time in 1975 a box of records from the Mainstream label was dropped by my front door. I picked it up and began to open it with a mix of excitement and dread of having to face writing more record reviews. I saw an LP titled Windows with an unfamiliar cast of characters and put ...

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Open Up

By Jeff Barone

Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2008
Track listing: Duban's Groove; New Samba; If You Go Away; Open Up; Jenna's Song; Falling in Love with Love; Here's That Rainy Day; I Hear Music; My Funny Valentine; Toys; Quiet Now; Falling in Love with Love (Alternate Take).

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Article: Album Review

Jeff Barone: Open Up

by John Barron
December 2, 2008

With ample chops and a firm grasp on tradition, New York-based jazz guitarist Jeff Barone proves a capable leader, bringing fresh ideas to the straight-ahead realm. Open Up showcases the Syracuse native's relaxed approach on a hard-swinging set of standards and originals. Barone displays strong compositional skills on the up-tempo modal opener “Duban's Groove," the Brazilian ...

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Jeff Barone: Open Up

Read "Open Up" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 22, 2008

New York first-call guitarist Jeff Barone's Open Up creates a platform that covers a range of song types for the leader/composer and his colleagues--all aces--to work both as a terrific team and highly inventive soloists. There's everything here from Barone's beautiful solo strums to hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz. Barone's “Duban's Groove," written for alto saxophonist Mike Dubaniewicz, ...

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Crazy Talk

By Jeff Barone

Label: String Jazz Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: Resa

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Jeff Barone: Crazy Talk

Read "Crazy Talk" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
April 6, 2004

A New Orleans shuffle and plenty of traditional swing bring Jeff Barone’s debut CD into focus as a jazz guitar celebration. Echoes of Wes Montgomery and Grant Green reverberate in quartet format, as Barone works with piano, bass and drums to interpret classic tunes and several original compositions. The session starts off with ...