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Life

By Robert Jukic

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2013

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Life

By David "Fathead" Newman

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Girl Talk; Life; Alfie; I Can't Get Started; Old Folks; Autumn in New York; Come Sunday; What a Wonderful World; Naima.

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David "Fathead" Newman: Life

Read "Life" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes

Even after decades in the music business, it's clear that David “Fathead Newman still has many, many notes left to play. Toward that end Life is a handful of chestnuts on which he displays his formidable triple-threat skills on tenor sax, alto sax and flute. Newman's sultry tenor on “Girl Talk speaks volumes ...

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David "Fathead" Newman: Life

Read "Life" reviewed by Erik R. Quick

by Erik R. Quick

Even the most intrepid and adventuresome listener, seeking revolution at the turn of every phrase, may eventually return to the familiar. A new release by saxophonist David “Fathead Newman is to be anticipated and celebrated for the sheer exuberance in the joy of playing beautifully. His tone, nurtured for fifty years and throughout forty albums as ...

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Life

By Doug Ellington

Label: Llama Productions
Released: 2006
Track listing: Xenophobia; Song A; Anti-Trust; Looking Forward To Summer/Jeanne Louise; Billy

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Doug Ellington & New Urban Groove: Life

Read "Life" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins

by Todd S. Jenkins

Trumpeter Doug Ellington's new release conveys some interesting ideas with generally solid musicianship. As they are described in the liner notes, some of Ellington's notions are overly clever and border on pretentious, but all in all this is a very enjoyable effort. The opening “Xenophobia begins with a vibrant bass vamp that soon supports a bustling ...

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Doug Ellington & the New Urban Groove: Life

Read "Life" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

The musical bar is set pretty high when the artist's last name is Ellington. Trumpeter/composer Doug Ellington is, for the record, Duke Ellington's grand nephew; and with music pulsing through his bloodstream, Life, with his band the New Urban Groove, gets deep into jazz improvisation, and also deep into the groove.The ensemble thrives on ...

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Life

By Doug Ellington

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2005
Track listing: Xenophobia; Song A; Anti Trust; Looking Forward to Summertime/Jeanne Louise; Billy's Dead; Raga Raspberry Shizzol; Pop; Life.

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Life

By Stephan Micus

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Narration One and the Master's Question; The Temple; Narration Two; The Monk's Answer; Narration Three; The Master's Anger; Narration Four; The Monk's Question; The Sky; The Master's Answer.

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Stephan Micus: Life

Read "Life" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

German composer Stephan Micus has spent decades traveling the world in search of new music, as much figuratively as literally, and the results of his very serious globe-trotting experiences have been documented on sixteen ECM albums, the latest being Life. He brings together a large collection of instruments from Africa, Asia, and Europe for this particular ...


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