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Orchestre National de Jazz: Close to Heaven
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Orchestre National de Jazz Close to Heaven Le Chant Du Monde Harmonia Mundi ---> 2006 Some readers might recall, fondly or otherwise, Dread Zeppelin, a band with at least one too many gimmicks: fronted by an Elvis impersonator, they performed reggae versions of Led Zeppelin songs (in place of the ...
Anouar Brahem Trio: Le Voyage de Sahar
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Tunisian master Anouar Brahem plays the oud, an eleven or twelve-string lute at the center of small-group Arabic classical music; he has impressive credentials in the jazz domain, having recorded with Jan Garbarek, John Surman and David Holland. Le Voyage de Sahar is Brahem's eighth original ECM release as a leader, and his second with a ...
Erroll Garner: 1953
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Listening to an Erroll Garner record is, for me, a little like the first time I drank mezcal, a distilled liquor made from the agave plant--with a worm in the bottle--in Oaxaca, Mexico. An initial sharp and soaring euphoria, unique among the alcoholic beverages, immediately followed by an equally sharp, crushing headache accompanied by nausea. The ...
Chet
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Alain GerberChetÉditions Fayard, Paris630 pagesISBN: 22136163532003 Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to piece together a documentary film about the life of jazz trumpet player Chet Baker? You say there's already a film about Chet? OK, but what if this film were to ...
