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New Time New Tet

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2008
Track listing: Grove's Groove; Airegin; Dream to Dream; Whisper Not; Epistrophy; L'Adieu; Love Me in a Special Way; Gypsy Jungle; Verdi's Voice; Uptown Afterburn.

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Mike LeDonne: FiveLive

Read "FiveLive" reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan

by Graham L. Flanagan
September 19, 2008

Man, where the heck was I on Oct. 19th-20th 2007? I can't recall offhand my exact whereabouts, but it doesn't matter because I certainly wasn't present at the popular Upper West Side jazz haunt Smoke to experience the excellent sets that resulted in pianist Mike LeDonne's new live release FiveLive. LeDonne, who holds down ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mike Ledonne Quintet Live at the Jazz Standard in New York

August 13, 2008

Pianist/Composer Mike LeDonne will be performing with his Quintet at The Jazz Standard in NYC on Tuesday September 16th, 2008 and Wednesday September 17th, 2008 Set Times: 7:30pm and 9:30pm Mike LeDonne Quintet: Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone Jeremy Pelt - trumpet Mike LeDonne - piano John Webber ...

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On Fire

By Mike LeDonne

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Could It Be I'm Falling in Love; Spinky; Idle Moments; At Long Last Love; Prayer for Mary; Bones; In the Bag.

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Mike LeDonne: On Fire

by CJ Shearn
January 14, 2007

The organ combo, a time-tested format, can stick to your ribs like a good meal. Organist Mike LeDonne, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Joe Farnsworth together are a tight working band, displaying all the qualities that make this formation classic and still relevant on their second Savant release, On Fire.

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Ellington Boulevard

By Greg Skaff

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Baku; Rambler; Super 80; Blues for Mr. T; Delphia; Inception; Poundcake; Isfahan; Highway 54.

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Bags Groove

By Mike LeDonne

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. The Prophet; 2. Compassion; 3. Reunion; 4. Namesake; 5. The Harem; 6. Little Girl Blue; 7. Sava Bella; 8. Bags Groove.

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Bags Groove (A Tribute to Milt Jackson)

By Mike LeDonne

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: The Prophet; Compassion; Reunion; Namesake; The Harem; Little Girl Blue; Sava Bella; Bags Groove. (Total Time: 60:06).

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Mike LeDonne: Bags Groove (A Tribute to Milt Jackson)

Read "Bags Groove (A Tribute to Milt Jackson)" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 12, 2002

Bags...in all his glory... Intermediate-sized jazz bands have always been interesting. Miles Davis' 1949 Birth of the Cool Nonette set the stage for all “little-big" bands. Pianist Mike LeDonne's tribute to Milt Jackson, Bags Groove, is performed in this same vein. Ledonne assembles a swinging little octet that effectively takes Jackson's better known compositions and pieces ...

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Mike LeDonne: Bags Groove

by David A. Orthmann
January 1, 2002

The survival of jazz as a living art form depends on the transmission of essential performance elements from one generation to the next, with the proviso that youth eventually contribute something new to the tradition rather than simply stay in place. Heeding all aspects of this process,Bags Groove, Mike LeDonne’s homage to the late Milt Jackson, ...