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John McNeil's Backbone

by Ben Waltzer
March 8, 2011

Like many trumpeters, John McNeil has a unique brand above his upper lip where flesh meets metal. It looks like a setting sun, and was visible from up close, as he removed his instrument from his mouth, rose steadily from his stool, and grasped the microphone. “This is the part of any jazz ...

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Will Vinson: The World (Through My Shoes)

Read "The World (Through My Shoes)" reviewed by David Lighton

by David Lighton
December 13, 2010

Recorded at Freddy's Back Room in Brooklyn, The World (Through My Shoes) marks alto saxophonist Will Vinson's first live release. The music, documented over two nights, offers a genuine portrait of a working band creating distinctive contemporary music. The core of the program is comprised of Vinson originals. His writing and arranging display ...

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John McNeil and Bill McHenry: Chill Morn He Climb Jenny

Read "Chill Morn He Climb Jenny" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
December 3, 2010

Navigating the wide avenue of American Song can be boring, because the same charts appear on album after album; but when musicians either pick little-known charts of the celebrated composers of the American Songbook, or add little-known composers to that musical tome, things get quirky, but utterly refreshing. This is exactly the case in point regarding ...

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Marc Copland Trio: Haunted Heart

Read "Haunted Heart" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 10, 2010

Originally released in 2001, Marc Copland's Haunted Heart deserves re-examination and re-evaluation, as hatOLOGY brings one of the perennially undervalued pianist's most sublime trio recordings back into print. With the original subtitle--And Other Ballads--removed, those familiar with Copland's intimate approach will already know what to expect, especially with a trio that, in the early part of ...

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Craig Taborn: A Study in Contrasts

by Tom Greenland
February 6, 2010

Jonathon Haffner Life On Wednesday Cachuma Records 2009 Lotte Anker Floating Islands ILK 2009 Craig Taborn's seemingly innocuous musings have a way of sneaking up on you, ...

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Ben Monder On the Side: Brian Charette & Mika Pohjola

by Laurel Gross
January 17, 2010

Brian CharetteUpsideSteepleChase2009 Mika PohjolaNorthern SunriseBlueMusicGroup2009 There's a reason why, at Ben Monder performances, the guitar geeks sit in the first row. He is an outstanding soloist, inventive improviser and ...

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Coptic Dub

By Matt Penman

Label: Nonplace
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Sierra Alone; 02. Interlude; 03. Iboga Dreamtime; 04. Dagaz Eterna; 05. Polar Sexus; 06. Albino Maori Dub; 07. Desdemona Breathes; 08. Big Amen. Tutte le composizioni sono di Hayden Chisolm tranne la #2,6,7 di Chisolm/Friedman.

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Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Randy Ingram & Rob Garcia

by Terrell Kent Holmes
November 7, 2009

Randy IngramThe Road AheadBrooklyn Jazz Underground Records2009 Ron GarciaPerennialBrooklyn Jazz Underground Records2009 Pianist Randy Ingram's fine new recording, The Road Ahead, exemplifies smooth jazz, though thankfully not in the sense ...

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Jonathon Haffner: Life on Wednesday

Read "Life on Wednesday" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 15, 2009

Alto saxophonist Jonathon Haffner's band on Life on Wednesday puts up a united front, sounding as integrated as the internal workings of a utilitarian, high horsepower industrial machine. But that machine has some grit in its innards on the set's opener, “Time Time," with a rasp of Wayne Krantz' metallic guitar paired with Craig Taborn's Wurlitzer ...

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Sam Yahel: Hometown

by J Hunter
June 18, 2009

Sam Yahel has made the grade. His signature Hammond B3 sound--appearing on both his own work and on recordings by Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, and Norah Jones--has identified him as one of the players that will take Jimmy Smith's favorite instrument deep into the 21st century. So what does Yahel do on Hometown, his fifth disc ...