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Article: Album Review

Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana: Climbing the Banyan Tree

by Jochem van Dijk
November 21, 2004

Drummer-led albums can be somewhat pale affairs. After all, the ability to swing hard and play various grooves does in itself not necessarily suffice to create well-rounded, highly personal pieces of music. Climbing the Banyan Tree, though, is different. It is all about melody, the central element in bandleader Momin's approach to drums. ...

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Article: Album Review

Carol Mennie: I'm Not a Sometime Thing

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by Jochem van Dijk
November 9, 2004

In the jazz scene there's a lot of complaining about the current state of affairs in the vocal department, where the risk-free, nap-inducing Great American Songbook collections come rolling down the jazz volcano in thick, ubiquitous lava-waves. So, to paraphrase the tune “Who Needs You" from Carol Mennie's debut recording, I'm Not a Sometime Thing : ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Dom Minasi: Quick Response

by Jochem van Dijk
November 5, 2004

Dom Minasi Quick Response CDM Records 2004 Wow. Dom Minasi, the guitar meister famous (amongst others) for enthusiastically ripping to shreds various Duke tunes, made a straight-ahead record. With a Hammond B-3, no less. Or didn't he? Well, yes and no. Yes, on the ...

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Article: Profile

Marc Mommaas: On the Fringes of Jazz and Beyond

by Jochem van Dijk
October 25, 2004

When Marc Mommaas graduated as a Communications Major from his hometown university in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, he rewarded himself with a trip to New York and took his tenor saxophone with him. He hung around for a few months, and knew that his life had changed forever: “While I was doing nice enough in Holland, I ...