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In the Wind: The Woodwind Quartets

Label: Passin' Thru Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Peas 'n' Rice; Home; Charshee; Black Sugar Cane; Chitlins & Cavyah; Mambooga; Blanche; Puunti; Chasing the Sun; Eileen; Amy.

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Makanda Ken McIntyre: In The Wind: The Woodwind Quartets

Read "In The Wind: The Woodwind Quartets" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Makanda Ken McIntyre left behind a wealth of music, some of which appears on this recording. He was an innovator and, if memory need be jogged, this release serves to accomplish that in no uncertain terms. Recorded in 1995 and 1996, McIntyre transformed the music here by overdubbing instruments. That in itself may not mean much, ...

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Makanda Ken McIntyre: In the Wind: The Woodwind Quartets

Read "In the Wind: The Woodwind Quartets" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Multi-intrumentalist Makanda Ken McIntyre seems to have invested as much of himself into education as performance, which is one reason he didn't accumulate more than a dozen records under his own name during his lifetime (1931-2001). But his work on these titles (from 1960's Stone Blues and Looking Ahead through 2001's A New Beginning ), as ...

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A New Beginning

Label: Passin' Thru Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Black Sugar Cane; Evolvement; Breadfruit; Witch's Brew; Another Look; Monk & Trane; Toy Rugs; Joyous Remembrance; Smile; Sonny; Tomorrow? Tonight!; A New Beginning.

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Makanda Ken McIntyre: A New Beginning

Read "A New Beginning" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Saxophonist Ken McIntyre always had a thing about vision. His early records Looking Ahead, Open Horizon, and Chasing the Sun made explicit reference to his fascination with perspective, and his music has likewise reflected this focus. The ironically-titled A New Beginning marks McIntyre's last work as a leader--he died in July, 2001--and it's a logical step ...

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Makanda Ken McIntyre: A New Beginning

Read "A New Beginning" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Saxophonist Ken McIntyre always had a thing about vision. His early records Looking Ahead, Open Horizon, and Chasing the Sun made explicit reference to his fascination with perspective, and his music has likewise reflected this focus. The ironically-titled A New Beginning marks McIntyre's last work as a leader--he died in July, 2001--and it's a logical step ...


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