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Ken Vandermark: A Discontinuous Line, Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3&4, Ideas, Montage

by Jeff Stockton
February 3, 2007

Vandermark 5 A Discontinuous Line Atavistic 2006 Vandermark 5 Free Jazz Classics, Vol. 3&4 Atavistic 2006 Ken Vandermark Ideas Not Two 2006 FME

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Monked Up: Memories of T & Monk's Bones

by Francis Lo Kee
February 3, 2007

Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet Memories of T Concord 2006 Monk's Music Trio Monk's Bones CMB Records 2006 Here are two CDs that pay homage to the ...

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Loren Stillman: Brothers' Breakfast & Trio Alto Volume One

by Budd Kopman
February 1, 2007

When he finally hit the limelight, saxophonist Loren Stillman seemed to come out of nowhere, fully formed--or at least with a clear composing technique and playing style, both of them distinctive and recognizable. However, an “overnight sensation" is rarely that and How Sweet It Is (Nagel Heyer, 2003), the album that signaled the arrival of a ...

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Jeff Beck: Live, Remastered And Expanded

by Doug Collette
January 27, 2007

Jeff Beck is the most explosive guitarist of his generation. Since he first stepped into the spotlight as a replacement for Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds, he has played with an impulsive, unorthodox logic all his own. It's an approach he has continued to hone through pioneering forays in the realm of jazz-rock fusion, as presented ...

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Nguyen Le: Miracles & Zanzibar

by John Kelman
January 26, 2007

It's all too rare that an artist appears, seemingly out of nowhere, fully matured and with a distinctively personal musical conception. While guitarist Nguyên Lê--Parisian born of Vietnamese parents--might argue that his true voice didn't emerge until he released the seminal Tales From Vietnam (ACT, 1996), the recent remastered reissue of his first two albums as ...

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Minium, novità dalla Francia / René Utreger: Tentatives - Bruno Angelini: Never Alone - Giovanni Mirabassi: Cantopiano

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 23, 2007

La nuova etichetta francese Minium, che si ripropone di dare spazio a talenti sottovalutati e a nomi nuovi del jazz contemporaneo, ha intitolato un’intera sezione di nuove uscite “Standard Visit”. Una collana dedicata a pianisti più e meno giovani chiamati, come dice il titolo, a rileggere gli evergreen del jazz. René Utreger Tentatives Minium (2006) Valutazione: ...

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Yurdal Tokcan & Ahenk: Turkish Delights

by Elliott Simon
January 21, 2007

Middle Eastern instrumentation, modes and rhythms have long served as source material for jazz musicians wishing to extend their musical boundaries. In the early days of jazz, an “oriental tinge was often used to add an air of exotica to a performance piece. Later, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and others would use these same ...

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Jerry Garcia: Renaissance Musician

by Doug Collette
January 20, 2007

Two recently released albums reaffirm much about the solo career of the late, titular leader of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia. The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia brings practically nothing new to the marketplace, unless you know very little about Garcia's activities outside the Dead itself. As an introduction to the varied and diverse projects the ...

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Solo Guitar/Joe Diorio Trio: Live

by Tom Greenland
January 14, 2007

Joe Diorio Solo Guitar Art of Life 2006 Joe Diorio Joe Diorio Trio: Live Mel Bay 2006 To call Joe Diorio a guitarist's guitarist is almost a ...

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Genesis: The Peter Gabriel Years: 1967-1975

by Trevor MacLaren
January 14, 2007

During the last thirty years the world has been stuck in the syrupy sludge of the Phil Collins era of Genesis, when it was impossible to distinguish a solo Collins record from a Genesis one. Fans of the original group have long been dismayed by the acquired, gargantuan pop overtones of a band which was one ...