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Article: Album Review

Manu Codjia: Manu Codjia

Read "Manu Codjia" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Manu Codjia is among the most active sidemen on the French jazz scene and one of the most original guitarists playing jazz anywhere. His playing--clearly indebted to Bill Frisell, but also to Allan Holdsworth, Tommy Bolin on Billy Cobham's Spectrum (Atlantic, 1973), and a host of other influences--constantly generates new ideas on several levels at once: ...

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Article: Profile

The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out

Read "The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Nathan Davis: The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76

Read "Nathan Davis: The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76" reviewed by Clifford Allen

by Clifford Allen

Nathan Davis The Best of Nathan Davis '65-'76 Jazzman 2009 The concept of a “Best Of" album seems like it should be set aside for those musicians who have entered the popular consciousness to the degree that a sampler disc would be an easy sell. In jazz, canonical ...

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Article: Album Review

Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Trane Ear

Read "Trane Ear" reviewed by Anthony Shaw

by Anthony Shaw

This is an album with origins deep in the heart of the Finnish nu-jazz fraternity, featuring three alumni of the Folk and Jazz Department of the national Sibelius Academy. However Jaska Lukkarinen has learned more than just percussion and drums, having spent a season at the Manhattan School of Drumming, where the concept of a drum-led ...

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Article: Album Review

Rob Thorsen: Lasting Impression

Read "Lasting Impression" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

Bassist Rob Thorsen became interested in jazz when he heard Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderley and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The acoustic bass, which he discovered when he was in his twenties, became his instrument of choice as he began his career as a performer on a cruise ship. On Lasting Impression, his fourth CD as leader, Thorsen ...

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Article: Album Review

J. D. Allen Trio: Shine

Read "Shine" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

It's impossible to be an impostor at the gambit in which J.D. Allen's trio is participating. His jukebox length compositions either hit or have the possibility to miss badly. Luckily, he has released a second trio album of all bull's-eyes. Shine! follows the pattern established on I AM I AM (Sunnyside, 2008). ...

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Article: Album Review

IDST: Seven Dials

Read "Seven Dials" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

As the youthful sextet IDST demonstrates, exciting developments in British jazz are not confined to London, nor do all British jazz musicians succumb to the lure of the capital (or not immediately anyway). IDST was formed in 2007 in the Yorkshire city of Leeds in northern England, where it continues to be based, and its players ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Rashied Ali: Meditations, Live in Europe and Art-Work

Read "Rashied Ali: Meditations, Live in Europe and Art-Work" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk

John Coltrane Meditations Impulse! 2009 Rashied Ali Live in Europe Survival Records 2009 Hal Galper Art-Work Origin Records 2009 The eight years ...

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Article: Album Review

Lucky Thompson: New York City (1964-65)

Read "New York City (1964-65)" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler

Eli “Lucky" Thompson should be remembered as one of the premier tenor saxophonists of the bebop/hard bop era, right along with Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Before Rollins, he had recorded with piano-less trios; before Coltrane he had taken up, and mastered, the soprano sax. And he appeared on one of Miles Davis' most influential record ...

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Article: Album Review

Denman Maroney Quintet: Udentity

Read "Udentity" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

In this fascinating 2009 release, leader Denman Maroney morphs the avant-garde implications of hyperpiano fare into a semi-structured progressive jazz endeavor with tunes that are largely melodic and uncannily attainable. The artist derives influence from avant-garde composers John Cage and Henry Cowell, who used nuts, bolts and other implements to perform on the piano via unconventional ...


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