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Madeleine Peyroux: Bare Bones

Read "Bare Bones" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
April 8, 2010

Bare Bones, is vocalist Madeleine Peyroux's third in the last four years and most personal, since she was involved in the writing of all 11 tracks and providing lyrics that are highly introspective. Peyroux also accompanies herself on acoustic guitar throughout. Her core band is Jim Beard (piano and Wurlitzer), Dean Parks (electric guitar), Larry Klein ...

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Article: Interview

John Geggie: Unexpected Conversations

by John Kelman
January 26, 2010

Most cities have them: musicians who act like a lightning rod, focusing and driving their jazz scenes. In Ottawa, Canada, bassist John Geggie has been one of those significant focal points for two decades, but in particular over the past ten years. He's one of the founding organizers and faculty members of Jazzworks which, amongst other ...

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Guitar Stars: Jack Wilkins & Mike Stern

by Tom Greenland
August 2, 2009

Jack Wilkins Until It's Time MaxJazz 2009 Mike Stern Big Neighborhood Heads Up 2009 Jack Wilkins and Mike Stern are guitar stars of the first magnitude: both ...

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Jim Beard: Revolutions

Read "Revolutions" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 27, 2009

Few big band music is as exiting and swings with such abandon as the music played by the various incarnations of ensembles that gather together in the name of Charles Mingus, and that played by bands sometimes assembled by Carla Bley and, of course, the music directed by the one and only Maria Schneider. And then ...

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Revolutions

By Jim Beard

Label: Intuition
Released: 2008
Track listing: Holiday For Pete & Gladys; Hope; Diana; Lost at The Carnival; Holodeck Waltz; Princess; In All Her Finery; Parsley Trees; Trip; Crossing Troll Bridge.

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Jim Beard: Revolutions

Read "Revolutions" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
August 4, 2008

Jim Beard might just be one the best modern jazz composers; correction, music composers, you've never heard of. Since the mid 1980s he's either, performed, produced or written compositions for the likes of Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker and Pat Metheny, and recently can be heard providing his wares on Walter Becker's (of Steely Dan) recording, Circus ...

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Touch

By Bill Evans - Saxophone

Label: Zebra Records
Released: 1999

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Truly...

By Jim Beard

Label: Telarc
Released: 1997

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Lost At The Carnival

By Jim Beard

Label: Lipstick Records
Released: 1995
Track listing: Step Inside; Chunks And Chairknobs; Pumpkin Fat; Holiday (For Pete And Sladys); Lost At The Carnival; Jigamarie; Grace In The Bubble; Michigan Roll; Poke.

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