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Jacky Terrasson: Push
by George Kanzler
Since winning the Thelonious Monk Piano Competition 17 years ago, Jacky Terrasson has ranged far and wide from his original, striking early trio (with minimalist drummer/percussionist Leon Parker), exploring formats from solo and various duos to larger ensembles. For this, his first album for a new label, he returns with a new trio, featuring recent Monk ...
Cameron Brown: Here and How! Volume 2!
by Florence Wetzel
Bassist Cameron Brown has had a long and illustrious career as a sideman. He has appeared on around 100 recordings, providing an anchor for luminaries such as Archie Shepp, Roswell Rudd and Beaver Harris, as well as the celebrated Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet. In 2003 Brown stepped out as a leader with Here and How!, culled ...
Sam Newsome & Global Unity
By Sam Newsome
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: It's Not The Size Of The Horn, It's How You Swing It!;
Birdies From Bayside;
Caravan;
Didactical Dewey;
Go Down Moses;
A Swedish Massage In A Turkish Bath;
Afro Blue;
I Be Hooked On Ebonics;
Crystal Silence.
Leon Parker: Belief
by Wayne Zade
In 1966, the superb drummer Ed Thigpen ("Mr. Taste") stepped out of his role as percussionist of the cohesive and long-lived Oscar Peterson trio to record an album under his own name for Verve, Out of the Storm, a nearly forgotten classic now. Thigpen brought in the youthful Herbie Hancock and the more seasoned Ron Carter ...