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Article: Album Review

Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy

Read "Live in Italy" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

Born in London, England and reared in Vancouver, Canada, saxophonist Seamus Blake has established himself as both a leader and an effective sideman. He brings those leadership skills to the two-disc Live in Italy.Blake has gained recognition from Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and he finished first in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International ...

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Article: Album Review

Diego Barber: Calima

Read "Calima" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

Calima conveys the idea of observing a breathtaking peninsula. Its impressions of expanse, tranquility and scenery are musically presented by Diego Barber, a gifted classically trained jazz guitarist who draws inspiration from both Bach and Miles Davis, but whose music contains visions that are uniquely his own. Barber's exquisite playing has the refinement ...

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Article: Interview

Oscar Penas: From Barcelona to Brooklyn

Read "Oscar Penas: From Barcelona to Brooklyn" reviewed by Tomas Pena

by Tomas Pena

Oscar Peñas belongs to a generation of artists who believe there is more to being a musician than being technically proficient. Like his peers--many of whom are emerging, independent musicians--his music reflects his roots, his impressive credentials and his openness to new ideas and concepts. Oscar is part of a flourishing new music scene in Brooklyn ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Edward Simon Quartet Coming to the Village Vanguard

Edward Simon Quartet Coming to the Village Vanguard

Pianist, Composer, & Bandleader Edward Simon will be performing with his Quartet (featuring Ben Street on bass, Adam Cruz on drums & Mark Turner on Saxophone) at The Village Vanguard in NYC from Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 thru Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Edward Simon Quartet: Edward Simon - Piano Ben Street - ...

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Article: Album Review

Samo Salamon & Aljosa Jeric Quartet: Mamasaal feat. Mark Turner

Read "Mamasaal feat. Mark Turner" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall

Don't expect to have your bones rattled by Samo Salamon & Aljosa Jeric Quartet's Mamasaal feat. Mark Turner. It's a subtle, contemplative work, passing with the warm glow of an evening lost to conversation and intoxicants in the likes of the album cover's ornate parlor. At times, Salamon's guitar is breezy, providing ...

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Enrico Rava: New York Days

Read "New York Days" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

In assessing Enrico Rava's lengthy career, while it is clear that he is still reaching for the unattainable, in recent years the Italian trumpeter's context has been considerably more centrist. Easy Living (ECM, 2004) and The Words and the Days (ECM, 2007) were undeniably mainstream, albeit with an unmistakable European and, at times, Mediterranean bent. New ...

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Pearl River

By Jakob Bro

Label: Loveland Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Verse; Pearl River; Elephant; Black Is All Colors At Once; Red Hook Railway; Welcome; Mosquito Dance; Chinatown; 3X3.

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Dharma Days

By Mark Turner

Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Iverson's Odyssey 2. Deserted Floor 3. Myron's World 4. We Three 5. Jacky's Place 6. Casa Oscura 7. Zurich 8. Dharma Days 9. Seven Points

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Mark Turner: Dharma Days

Read "Dharma Days" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

Jazz has its share of famous duos; names that just seem to go together. For example, let’s consider Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Johnny Griffin, Elvin Jones and John Coltrane, and the list goes on and on. Now we can add to this unofficial inventory the names ...

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Mark Turner: Dharma Days

Read "Dharma Days" reviewed by David Adler

by David Adler

It took four Warner Bros. albums for Mark Turner to nail down his prodigiously advanced concept and find a dream band to help him do it. Dharma Days is the studio debut of Turner’s regular working quartet, with Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar, Reid Anderson on bass, and Nasheet Waits on drums. This is a live band ...


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