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Michael Jefry Stevens: What About...?; Memphis; A Scent in Motion; Remembering the Future

Read "Michael Jefry Stevens: What About...?; Memphis; A Scent in Motion; Remembering the Future" reviewed by Clifford Allen


Conference CallWhat About...?Not Two2010 Fonda/Stevens GroupMemphisPlayscape2009 Harvey Sorgen-Steve Rust-Michael Jefry StevensA Scent in MotionKonnex2009 Jon HemmersamRemembering the FutureJSH Music

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Michael Musillami: Old Tea

Read "Old Tea" reviewed by Lyn Horton


Guitarist Michael Musillami has seized onto the meaning of irreplaceable moments with Old Tea, dedicated to his 29-year-old son, who took his own life on March 10, 2009. In an extraordinarily touching story, Musillami's liner notes say what cannot be said musically. But the music, executed by his outstanding regular trio, expresses more than can be ...

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Michael Musillami Trio: Old Tea

Read "Old Tea" reviewed by Nic Jones


Guitarist Michael Musillami composed the music for this program in the wake of his son Evan's death. The fact that it's measured and profoundly beautiful is testament to what music can do, and the fact that it's so superbly realized comes down to the fact that this trio is supremely empathetic. Five recordings to date are ...

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Michael Musillami: Old Tea

Read "Old Tea" reviewed by Troy Collins


In March 2009, guitarist Michael Musillami's son, Evan, took his own life at the age of 29. During the months that followed, Musillami composed a book of tunes inspired by and dedicated to Evan, which make up Old Tea, the fifth release from his veteran trio. Named after Lao Cha, a rare form of Taiwanese Oolong, ...

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Trumpet tripleplay: Symphony for Old and New Dimensions; Live aux Instants Chavires, 2009; and Do I The In?

Read "Trumpet tripleplay: Symphony for Old and New Dimensions; Live aux Instants Chavires, 2009; and Do I The In?" reviewed by John Sharpe


Nuts Symphony for Old and New Dimensions Ayler Records 2009 Joelle Leandre & Jean Luc Cappozzo Live aux Instants Chavires, 2009 Kadima Collective 2009 MusiConspiracy Do I The In?

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Memphis

Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. In The Whitecage (5:49); 2. For My Brother (6:33); 3. Looking For The Lake (5:40); 4. Changing Tides (6:34); 5. The Path (5:09); 6. Yes This is It! (4:14); 7. There Is a Very Fine Line Between Your Life and Mine (9:26); 8. Whale Majesty (5:10); 9. Memphis Ramble (8:05); 10. Break Song (5:03).

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Lower East Side Blues

Label: Porter Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Lower Eastside Blues; In A Whitecage - The Path; Connecticut Solution; The Last Of The Beboppers; Heavenly Ascending; Avanti Galoppi; Like Sonny.

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The Fonda - Stevens Group: Memphis

Read "Memphis" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Artisticamente insieme da più di un ventennio, il bassista Joe Fonda e il pianista Michael Stevens danno alle stampe Memphis, un album che richiede una buona dose d'attenzione, viste le diverse soluzioni compositive intraprese e le relative complicazioni estetiche. Dalla penna dei due prendono vita i dieci originali proposti, cinque a testa, che si evolvono in ...

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The Fonda/Stevens Group: Memphis

Read "Memphis" reviewed by John Sharpe


Eighteen years and eleven albums is not bad going for a band roaming that precarious borderline between the mainstream and the avant-garde. And it has been achieved with the same core line-up of the two principal composers, bassist Joe Fonda and pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, together with drummer Harvey Sorgen and trumpeter Herb Robertson. That this ...

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The Fonda/Stevens Group: Memphis

Read "Memphis" reviewed by Troy Collins


The 11th album of their storied 18 year career, Memphis is only the fourth studio recording of the venerable Fonda/Stevens Group, making this release a delightful surprise. Co-led by bassist Joe Fonda and pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, the veteran quartet is rounded out by trumpeter Herb Robertson and drummer Harvey Sorgen. Boasting a collective resume that ...


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