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Khan Jamal: Cool

by Francis Lo Kee
July 10, 2009

Always interesting and quite different from one to the next, vibraphonist Khan Jamal's recordings have charted a unique course through the world of improvisational music, from trio recordings with bass and drums or guitar and drums to sessions with great horn players (eg. Grachan Moncur III, Byard Lancaster, Charles Tyler, et. al.) to the somewhat psychedelic ...

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Tom Warner: Honoring the Legacy

by Victor L. Schermer
May 6, 2009

Tom Warner recently replaced Mervon Mehta as vice-president of programming for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, when the latter took the head position at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Among his eclectic musical tastes, the accessible, warm and articulate Warner has a strong interest in jazz.

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Fire & Water

By Khan Jamal

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Bessie's Blues (John Coltrane) - 4:30; 02. Global Warming (Khan Jamal) - 2:42; 03. Bohemia After Dark - take 4 (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:16; 04. Whisper Sweet (Khan Jamal) - 6:28; 05. Your Guest is as Good as Mine (Tyrone Hill) - 3:57; 06. The African American (Khan Jamal/Dylan Taylor) - 4:19; 07. Bells of Copenhagen (Khan Jamal) - 3:46; 08. Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) - 6:03; 09. How Low Can You Go (Khan Jamal) - 10:09; 10. Bohemia After Dark - take 5 (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:42; 11. Return from Exile (Khan Jamal) - 5:33; 12. The Phone Blues (Khan Jamal) - 4:03; 13. Equinox (John Coltrane) - 7:21.

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Khan Jamal - Dylan Taylor: Fire & Water

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 18, 2008

Ecco una di quelle incisioni che sulla carta sembrerebbe destinata agli addetti ai lavori, e che invece ha tanti spunti interessanti anche per chi vuole lasciarsi affascindare dalle atmosfere coinvolgenti di un duo insolito: violoncello (ed a volte contrabbasso) e vibrafono (qua e là rimpiazzato dalla marimba e dal balafon). Khan Jamal è da lungo tempo ...

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Drumdance to the Motherland

By Khan Jamal

Label: Eremite Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Cosmic Echoes; Drum Dance; Inner Peace; Breath of Life.

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Khan Jamal - Human Arts Ensemble: Drumdance to the Motherland

Read "Drumdance to the Motherland" reviewed by Francis Lo Kee

by Francis Lo Kee
March 28, 2007

This is a re-release of a record that came out on the independent Philadelphia-based record label, Dogtown (slang for the Germantown section of Philadelphia where many of the city's musicians lived). It is a unique a view into an under-recognized musician and an important period in creative music. Besides being a composer and ...

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Returm From Exile

By Khan Jamal

Label: Antilles
Released: 2005

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Peace Warrior

By Khan Jamal

Label: Random Chance Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Don't Take No!; Scandinavian Dawn; Peaceful Warrior; One for Hamp; Three For All; Hip Out; Body and Soul; Nubian Queen; Lovely Afternoon; Angry Young Man.

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Black Awareness

By Khan Jamal

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: One Comes First; Riff Raff; Believe; Black Awareness; Nubian Queen; Bloom; Sonny

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Khan Jamal Quintet: Black Awareness

Read "Black Awareness" reviewed by Rex Butters

by Rex Butters
November 16, 2005

Vibraphonist Khan Jamal's fourth session for CIMP finds the veteran in the company of old friends for a relaxed atmosphere in which to blow. Longtime collaborator Byard Lancaster plays a sweetly inflected alto that's also capable of a bite. Trombonist Grachan Moncur III stays low-key, most times preferring understatement. Bassist Dylan Taylor and drummer Dwight James ...