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Article: Album Review

Miles Davis Quintet: 2nd Session 1956 Revisited

Read "2nd Session 1956 Revisited" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Rough round the edges some of the performances might be, but that is part of their real-time, first-take charm. The twelve tracks collected on 2nd Session 1956 Revisited are, nonetheless, arguably the most perfect Miles Davis ever recorded. Over the years they have been issued and reissued, anthologised and repackaged, almost as often as Louis Armstrong's ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New music from Carlos Jimenez, Nino Josele with Chick Corea plus Herbie Hancock

Read "New music from Carlos Jimenez, Nino Josele with Chick Corea plus Herbie Hancock" reviewed by Len Davis

by Len Davis

New music from flautist Carlos Jimenez, Nino Josele with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock with Hits and Rarities, Miles Davis from What it Is: Montreal 1983 and Melbourne guitarist Jack Pantazis with Because of Her. Playlist Carlos Jimenez “Dreams of Brazil" from Woods (CJMartinete Musicl) 00:00 {Nino Josele-Chick Corea “Galaxias" from Galaxias (Beatclap) 05:45 Herbie ...

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Theo Croker: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII: Sketches of Miles

Read "Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII:  Sketches of Miles" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan

Let us just cut to the chase and say this is a terrific collection of live concert interpretations and arrangements of acoustic Miles Davis music, drawing from recordings originally released between 1956 and 1968. This period arguably includes his most beloved output, with a place in the hearts of most jazz fans. The first disc in ...

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Edrix Puzzle: Coming Of The Moon Dogs

Read "Coming Of The Moon Dogs" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

There are precious few records out there that one feels confident in recommending to connoisseurs of cosmic jazz-rockers The Comet Is Coming, but Coming Of The Moon Dogs is one of them. The disc is the first full-length album from Edrix Puzzle, another British band who are stretching the definition of jazz while being audibly across ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Richness of Reich's Repetition

Read "The Richness of Reich's Repetition" reviewed by Scott Gudell

by Scott Gudell

Almost as in deference to the minimalist approach of composer Steve Reich, these two discs distill their titles down to simply Reich / Richter on one and Steve Reich on the other. It's a hint on what's about to come. Reich/Richter Ensemble Intercontemporain Nonesuch Records 2022 Steve Reich, ...

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Apparitions: Eyes Like Predatory Wealth

Read "Eyes Like Predatory Wealth" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Eyes Like Predatory Wealth by the trio Apparitions is an ambient drone-heavy metal recording and a sound collage, à la Teo Macero and his mad scientist Miles Davis mixes. For their debut recording, guitarist Andrew Dugas and drummer Grant Martin invited Igor Imbu (Wøunds) to add his synthesizer to this geographically diverse collaboration. Meaning: each musician ...

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Article: Album Review

Club d'Elf: You Never Know

Read "You Never Know" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

You Never Know is the Club d'Elf studio album that captures the whirling, overlapping orbits of acoustic, electric and exotic sounds of the floating improvisational collective, which has recorded and performed together for more than two decades, with crisp studio clarity. But more importantly, You Never Know celebrates light born from darkness. Bassist and ...

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Article: In Pictures

Buster Willams' Quartet at the Perry Pavilion

Read "Buster Willams' Quartet at the Perry Pavilion" reviewed by Mark Robbins

by Mark Robbins

Bassist Buster Williams decided after 30 years as a side man to the greats to step up and present his own music and his own musical ideas. In 1990 he formed Something More and has traveled the world and the United States numerous times including the first international jazz festival in Moscow. The Virginia Arts Festival ...

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Article: Interview

Jamie Krents: Hardcore Jazz Fan And New President Of Impulse!

Read "Jamie Krents: Hardcore Jazz Fan And New President Of Impulse!" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

For jazz lovers in general, and Impulse! devotees in particular, the future just got brighter, more orange and more black. Jamie Krents, a longtime Impulse! aficionado, has been appointed the label's president. In his previous role as executive vice president, Krents played a determining role in recent signings such as The Comet Is Coming (pictured), The ...

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Article: Album Review

Giuseppe Paradiso: Parallel Dimensions

Read "Parallel Dimensions" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

Parallel Dimensions steers the listener's imagination through a luxurious multicultural tapestry woven in music by drummer, vocalist, composer, arranger and producer Giuseppe Paradiso and his sextet. It explores broad musical horizons that can sound radiantly bright or dark, often features several instrumental or melodic voices at the same time, and is strongly colored and shaped by ...


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