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Miles Davis: In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete, Volume II

Read "In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete, Volume II" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
May 6, 2003

The four sets that grace this 2-CD volume were recorded on April 22, 1961 in San Francisco. Miles Davis was in his prime, and his rhythm section knew the tunes well. Each of the sets appears here in its original performance order. Since nine of the tracks have never been issued before, this 24-bit Super Bit ...

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Ginsberg's 'America' and Jazz

by AAJ Staff
April 8, 2003

Current events, such as they are, prompted me to go back and re-read Allen Ginsberg's poem “ America ." There is much good literature on the relation between the Beat movement and jazz, I'll not try and revisit that topic here. I will however dwell on one characteristic all great jazz players' posses and which this ...

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Bart Hofnagel: Ode to Myself

Read "Ode to Myself" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
April 1, 2003

It's amazing that the brilliant Bart Hofnagel dropped a new CD so soon after his brilliant solo set, The Ages of Man: Evolution in Music. While the usual clueless critics didn't get the point of its nine brilliant blank tracks--hello, didn't they teach you that evolution is a slow process?--his many fans instantly downloaded the whole ...

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Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess

Read "Porgy and Bess" reviewed by Robert Gilbert

by Robert Gilbert
February 1, 2003

In jazz, only a handful of albums never lose their lustre. Each listening is a magical experience, no matter how familiar the material has become. The second collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Porgy and Bess, is one such distinctive recording. Davis and Evans’ recasting of the George Gershwin opera was their followup ...

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Miles Davis: Love Songs

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

Throughout his long, varied and storied career, Miles Davis was known for many things. As the father/godfather/originator/pioneer of bop, hard bop, fusion and other styles, Miles’s 40+ albums revealed a diverse array of styles and sounds. Through it all, however, Miles maintained his trademark poise and lyricism, often best expressed through his ballads. On this collection, ...

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