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Soulive: Doin' Something
by Michael Fortuna
It may not be intentional, but if you say jazz-soul-funk trio Soulive's name slow enough, it succinctly describes their new album Doin' Something :So alive.The Boston trio -- Alan Evans on drums, his brother Neal on Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer and piano, and Eric Krasno on guitars -- combines the improvisations of ...
Miles Davis: The Essential Miles Davis
by Michael Fortuna
It is possible to boil a musician's extensive career down into two CDs.This year, in honor of what would have been trumpeter Miles Davis' 75th birthday, Columbia/Legacy Recordings has compiled The Essential Miles Davis, a collection that spans nearly four decades of Davis' eclectic career.From “So What" to “Miles Runs the Voodoo ...
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
by Michael Fortuna
As jazz's bebop movement flourished during the late 1940s with its fast-paced rhythms from virtuosos like trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Charlie Parker, trumpeter Miles Davis headed off in a new direction. Taking cues from the innovations learned in Parker's group, Davis, along with his nonet, recorded 12 songs in a two-year span that, ...
Buddy Rich: Keep the Customer Satisfied
by Michael Fortuna
Traps the Drum Wonder stayed true to this album title.The recent reissue of Pacific Jazz's Keep the Customer Satisfied collects Buddy Rich and his big band's three-night stint at Las Vegas' Tropicana Hotel in 1970.Six of the 13 tracks didn't make the album the first time around, but now they've been polished ...
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