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Dave Holland: A Weekend of Bass

by Dave Roberts
May 1, 2001

There may be no instrument that is more vital yet less heralded in a jazz group than the bass. The bass provides much of the rhythmic and harmonic foundation as well as outlining the form. If the bassist is solid, locking in with the drums and piano, everyone else in the group can relax. And often, ...

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Miles Davis: The Essential Miles Davis

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by Jim Santella
May 1, 2001

A seminal figure in the growth and development of jazz, Miles Davis helped move the genre from bebop to smooth jazz. Sony Music arranges the phases of Davis' achievements into five major periods: 1955-1961 Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Kind Of Blue 1957-1968 Miles Davis, Gil Evans: their collaborations 1965-1968 Miles Davis ...

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David Hazeltine: Milwaukee's Best Becomes One of New York's Finest

by C. Andrew Hovan
April 1, 2001

“Writing is not an easy thing for me. I spend a lot of time getting it exactly how I want it."New York is a tough town. To be seen and heard among the scores of would-be jazz musicians you have to possess talent that is beyond the everyday and a voice that sets you ...

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Miles Davis: Milestones

by Jim Santella
April 1, 2001

The calibre of personnel Miles Davis enlisted for his Sextet was the very best. Davis knew he couldn't keep this unit together for long. It was obvious to him that each was developing into a sensation. This was 1958, and history was being made with the emergence of Davis' modal sound. His sweet, open trumpet tone ...

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Carla Cook: Just a Swingin' and a Groovin'

by Mathew Bahl
March 1, 2001

On the question of categories, Carla Cook will say this much: “I'm definitely a jazz singer in that I like to improvise and I like to swing." Beyond that, the subject doesn't interest her. “I don't spend a lot of time haggling with the word “jazz,?" she explains. “I let the “Jazz Police" handle that. I ...

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Miles Davis: Jazz At The Plaza

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by Jim Santella
February 1, 2001

From a live 1958 session at the Persian Room of New York’s swanky Plaza Hotel, this reissue reminds us that Miles Davis’ sextet was one of the greatest in jazz. Originally issued in 1973, the LP contained liner note errors regarding time and place of performance as well as one incorrect song title and one incorrect ...

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Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool

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by Jim Santella
February 1, 2001

The improved sound quality of this classic recording is immediately perceptible. Without that clear tuba and baritone saxophone bottom, Miles Davis' open trumpet would seem to be wandering in a different phase of his career. A valuable asset such as the first half of “Moon Dreams," which blends Gunther Schuller's French horn harmony and two distinct ...

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Anthony Ortega

by Robert Spencer
January 10, 2001

Here is a man who has played with Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Paul Bley, Quincy Jones, Don Ellis, Dinah Washington, and {{Ella Fitzgerald. Here is a man whose alto saxophone playing has been compared to Charlie Parker's and Ornette Coleman's--both with just cause. Here is a man whose Sixties sessions, long out of print ...

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