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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
by Ken Dryden
Billie Holiday Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday Naxos 2009 Billie Holiday has long been acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time. With her extensive catalogue of recordings for several labels, Holiday's music has been readily accessible though relatively little live footage with audio ...
Larry Johnson: Circles
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Circles are infinitely symbolic in their geometric design and interpretation--no beginning and no end, directionally ambiguous, enclosing an extended infinite inner dimensional space. In Circles, his first CD as a leader, tenor saxophonist Larry Johnson steps up to deliver a dozen fine selections displaying that he's definitely no musical square. He sounds as if he knows ...
Masters of American Music Series: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
The Story of Jazz Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk: American Composer The Many Faces of Billie Holiday Naxos 2010 These four DVDs--separate broadcasts of the Masters of American Music TV series, originally released in eighties--seem by today's standards, like some ...
Marc Copland: Alone
by Edward Blanco
Pianist Marc Copland goes it Alone with his first solo album on the German Pirouet label and the follow-up to his highly regarded Hatology solo disc, Time Within Time (2005). Alone follows the last of his New York Trio recordings Night Whispers (2009), where the pianist was joined by bassist Drew Gress and drummer Bill Stewart; ...
Gato Barbieri: In Search of the Mystery
by Lyn Horton
Argentinean reed man Gato Barbieri began his career in the 1960s, looking to establish a voice that separated him from his native musical language. Having recorded twice in bands led by his mentor, trumpeter Don Cherry, in Paris and with Italian pianist Giorgio Gaslini's large ensemble in Milan prior to this recording, Barbieri decided to go ...
Silence
By Mal Waldron
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Free For C.T. (Waldron/Roach); 02. Silence (Murray); 03. Hurray for Herbie (Waldron); 04. I Should Care (Cahn/Stordhal/Weston); 05. Jean-Pierre (Davis); 06. All Too
Soon (Ellington/Sigman); 07. Soul Eyes (Waldron/Wolfe).
Marc Copland: Alone
by Dan McClenaghan
With solo piano, the pure essence of the musician's artistry is revealed. In the case of Marc Copland's Alone, that revelation is enthralling.Copland has risen to the lightly populated top tier of jazz pianists on the strength of his three profile-boosting New York Trio albums, with shifting line-ups including bassists Gary Peacock and Drew ...
Henry Grimes, Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille: The Profound Sound Trio at the Vortex, London
by John Sharpe
The Profound Sound Trio: Henry Grimes, Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille The Vortex London, England November 23, 2009 A buzz of anticipation gripped a full house at the Vortex for the London debut of the Profound Sound Trio--a collective of British reedman Paul Dunmall and a heavyweight rhythm ...
David S. Ware Quartet: Live in Vilnius
by Clifford Allen
David S. Ware Live in Vilnius No Business 2009 The year 2009 could be a rather big year for tenor saxophonist and improvising composer David S. Ware, and that's saying a lot. After all, Ware has long been one of the most celebrated figures in free jazz, owing not only ...
John Coltrane: Side Steps
by Chris May
John Coltrane Side Steps Prestige Records 2009 The 5-CD Side Steps follows two other Prestige box sets--the 6-CD Fearless Leader (2006) and 5-CD Interplay (2007)--which together catalogue saxophonist John Coltrane's recordings for the label 1956-58. The three boxes, each packed with extraordinary music, chronicle on parallel paths ...
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