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Longtime Masters Showcase Exclusive Digitial Release at New Online Store
by Mark Sabbatini
Guitarist Frank Vignola has never downloaded an MP3, but that isn't stopping him from launching a new online store featuring unique albums with some of his favorite players. VMdownloads.com by Venture Music, launched with an initial collection of eleven albums and more scheduled for release soon, features a number of just-recorded projects by Vignola, ...
Various Artists: Swedish Songbirds
by Mark Sabbatini
Full-price sampler albums tend to be unsatisfying, sort of like paying for a catalogue. Too many labels sell them at deep discounts, give them away with other CDs, and/or offer comparable collections on the web. The song selection is also usually less than spectacular, designed to appeal to as many potential customers--and offend as few--as possible. ...
Nils Lindberg: Timeless (Seven Dalecarlian Paintings)
by Mark Sabbatini
Nils Lindberg has apparently spent his lengthy career recording some pretty good jazz-meets-ancient-folk which you've never heard. His 2003 Christmas album hit the market in January of 2004 and is now out of print. Some of his used albums sell for more than $100 each, though a few more reasonably priced releases are available on the ...
John Ellis Quartet: Live At Yoshi's - July 18, 2005
by Mark Sabbatini
Saxophonist John Ellis' new album By A Thread is “an early runner for one of the best albums of 2006,"according to one AAJ review. Thanks to his free, two-set live performance available free at his Web site, he's got his hat in the download category as well. This 2.5 hour session is first-rate in ...
Bulent Altinbas: The Song
by Mark Sabbatini
Never mind the bad first impression. It's having two or three in a row that really kills you. Turkish clarinetist Bülent AltinbaÅŸ has assembled an intriguing collection of ethnic jazz in The Song, but listeners have to get past three opening techno/ambient songs of dubious value to get there. The initial tracks are so ...
Our Theory: Our Theory
by Mark Sabbatini
Two days of jamming. Two years of splicing the results into an album. Those seemingly opposite concepts of music are the foundation for Our Theory, an electronic jazz album which was born when Turkish saxophonist Ilhan Ersahin encountered French trumpet player Erik Truffaz at a jam. They decided to bring in a trio of ...
BarT: BarT Featuring Jim Beard
by Mark Sabbatini
Sweden has always seemed like the mellow sibling of Scandinavia. Nestled between the fjords of Norway, party-hearty Denmark and the Soviet/European culture clash of Finland, Swedes maintain a squeaky clean country while talking in a soft language featuring lots of “mmm," “rrr" and other smooth sounds. So perhaps it's not surprising the Göteborg trio ...
Anna Einarsson: Anagram
by Mark Sabbatini
Before Starbucks and venti candy bars-in-a-cup, there were college-town hangouts like Tony's Coffee selling lattes blasted with enough exotic spices to rest assertively on bar tops in the Old West. Ask them to replace the grunge and acid folk with Diana Krall and you'd be mockingly shot, so to speak. But with this disc, you might ...
Free "Professor of Sax" Collection Merits a Gold Star
by Mark Sabbatini
As trash-talking goes, getting schooled by the “Professor Of Saxophone" is of questionable caliber. But Miles Osland is in no danger of losing face if words fail him--he wields a horn capable of bludgeoning even the most forward-thinking rebel punk in the classroom. Some professors put students to sleep lecturing from the book, while ...
Nelson Rangell: Soul To Souls
by Mark Sabbatini
If you've never heard saxophonist Nelson Rangell, you may find Soul To Souls a pleasant step beyond typical smooth radio fodder. Listeners familiar with his work will find it, for better or worse, a return to safety. Rangell put out unpolished fusion albums with scattered moments of innovation during his early years, hit a ...
