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Article: Film Review

Bucky Pizzarelli: Favorite Solos... Featuring Frank Vignola

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Bucky Pizzarelli Favorite Solos... Featuring Frank Vignola Mel Bay 2005 Bucky Pizzarelli, a first call guitarist for decades, meets the young, versatile guitarist Frank Vignola on this studio session made for DVD. The veteran 7-string player, who previously recorded a duo session with Vignola for Hyena (Moonglow), has ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Arbors Records: Retromania-At the Jazz Bakery, Easy As It Gets

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Dave Frishberg Retromania: At the Jazz Bakery Arbors Records 2006 John Sheridan's Dream Band Easy As It Gets Arbors Records 2005 The Arbors label has picked up ...

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Article: Album Review

Alan Broadbent: 'Round Midnight

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Alan Broadbent is well known for his work as an arranger and accompanist, though the pianist's recordings as a leader best showcase his immense talent. He now lives in Southern California and plays on occasion in Los Angeles. Broadbent's first studio date for Artistry Music, with strong support from bassist Brian Bromberg and ...

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Article: Album Review

Eric Reed: Here

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Throughout this studio session, Eric Reed shows why many critics consider him to be one of the top pianists of his generation. Well-accompanied by bassist Rodney Whitaker and drummer Willie Jones III, Reed kicks off with a lively interpretation of Benny Golson's jazz standard “Stablemates, on which the shadings and pulse of the rhythm section complement ...

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Rale Micic: Serbia

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Although a relative newcomer as a bandleader, guitarist Rale Micic's studies with the likes of Mick Goodrick, Bob Brookmeyer, Hal Crook and others obviously have enhanced his gifts as a player and composer. His soft, lyrical style of playing complements his superb band, featuring the masterful trumpeter and flugelhornist Tom Harrell, tenor saxophonist Bob Reynolds, bassist ...

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Lew Tabackin: Tanuki's Night Out

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Lew Tabackin is in terrific form throughout this November 2001 trio concert from Studio F in Kasahara in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan, a recurring fall concert for the saxophonist/flutist since 1996. Joined by bassist Boris Kozlov and drummer Mark Taylor, Tabackin begins on flute with a decidedly Far Eastern approach to John ...

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Steve Kuhn: Qui

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Steve Kuhn Quiéreme Mucho Sunnyside Records 2005 Steve Kuhn Trance ECM Records 2006 Pianist Steve Kuhn has never been the type of musician to stand still by sticking to one approach to his instrument, ...

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New Sound Quartet: Summertime and Summer Knows

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New Sound Quartet Summertime Eighty-Eights 2005 New Sound Quartet Summer Knows Eighty-Eights 2005 During the '90s, both Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer saw their careers take off ...

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Article: Book Review

Jumptown: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz 1941-1957

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Jumptown: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz 1942-1957 Robert Dietsche Softcover; 288 pages ISBN: 0870711148 Oregon State University Press 2005 Portland, Oregon isn't one of the cities that first pops into one's mind as a major jazz center, but author Robert Dietsche makes a ...

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Article: Album Review

Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli: Just Friends

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Guitarist Rick Haydon, a veteran jazz educator, is not widely known to most jazz fans. On the other hand, John Pizzarelli has established himself by leading his own trio (and appearing in many Foxwoods Casino ads). Following a concert together in 2004, Haydon achieved his goal of recording a tribute to greats of the instrument with ...


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