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Roni Ben-Hur: Fortuna

by Andrew Velez
January 18, 2010

This is a worthy follow-up to Roni Ben-Hur's Smile (Motema, 2009), on which he was memorably paired with fellow guitarist Gene Bertoncini. The Israeli-born composer and arranger is teamed here with three stalwarts, the late pianist Ronnie Mathews, percussionist Steve Kroon and drummer Lewis Nash. This is the same rhythm section Ben-Hur used for the album ...

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Antonio Ciacca: Rush Life

Read "Rush Life" reviewed by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
January 12, 2010

Antonio Ciacca Quintet's Rush Life is a welcome and valuable addition to the contemporary jazz catalogue, where it will rest easy, knowing its place. There are bits and pieces throughout the nine tracks that serve as hopeful reminders that the album could have been more provocative than it is. What it lacks is not skill, but ...

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Ithamara Koorax: Bim Bom - The Complete Joao Gilberto Songbook

by Raul d'Gama Rose
January 5, 2010

Ithamara Koorax Bim Bom: The Complete João Gilberto Songbook Motema Records 2009 Jo&#227o Gilberto did not just epitomize bossa nova, “The New Thing" that he virtually invented, but he also brought his new, laconic vocal style to Brazilian music. So deeply passionate and idiosyncratic was his pronounciation ...

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Tessa Souter: Obsession

Read "Obsession" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
January 1, 2010

Tessa Souter is a consummate and dedicated vocalist who is deservedly on the rise in the New York jazz scene and elsewhere. A contralto who sings with both precision and emotion, her impressionist and minimalist interpretations bring out the meanings of her songs while remaining true to their melodic lines. Following Listen Love (Nara Music, 2004) ...

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The Turning Gate

By David Weiss

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Turning Gate; New (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego); David and Goliath; Once; Bad Alchemy; The Faith Suite (In the Beginning; Twilight; The Doubtful; Panic); Onward.

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Fortuna

By Roni Ben-Hur

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Fortuna; I Get Lost in His Arms; Guess Who; Modinha; The Intimacy of The Blues; Were Thine that Special Face; A Sleepin' Bee; Granada; You Are There; So Tinha de Ser Com Voce.

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The Art of Improvisation

By Charnett Moffett

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: We Pray; Moses; The Story; Dreams; Elements of Life; Call for Peace; The Awakening; Swing Rock; Enlightenment Part l; Enlightenment ll; The Art of Improvisation; Star Spangled Banner.

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Kelenia

By Oran Etkin

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Yekeke; Nina; Kelenia; Not A Waltz; Nama; Lacy; Brink; New Dwelling; It Don't Mean A Thing; Damonzon; Kelenia Remembered.

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Rush Life

By Antonio Ciacca

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Squazin; Chipewha; I Remember Clifford; Flat 5 Flat 9; On Green Dolphin Street; Rush Life; Riverdale; Prince of Newark; Without a Song.

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Obsession

By Tessa Souter

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Eleanor Rigby; Riverman; Obsession; White Room; Afro Blue/Footprints; Make This City Ours Tonight; Crystal Rain—Sunshower; Empty Faces - Vera Cruz; Now and Then; Nara's Song—Little Sunflower; Love Them from Spartacus; Usha's Wedding.