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Take A Bow: String Jazz

by David Rickert
July 9, 2004

Cat On a Hot Fiddle Stuff Smith 1959 Back in the thirties Stuff Smith entertained crowds at the Onyx Club with a blend of artistry, entertainment, and goofy facial expressions, all this on an instrument whose jazz credentials have always been suspect. Fortunately, he was able to bring the same degree of ...

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Recordings by John McLaughlin

by Walter Kolosky
July 8, 2004

Noted jazz critic Leonard Feather once called the English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin a chameleon. He did not mean it as a compliment. He believed that McLaughlin never developed a real musical identity, because he kept jumping into too many different musical worlds. Indeed, McLaughlin had written and played ragtime, rock, free jazz, modern jazz, fusion, ...

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Two From RED Records: Pino and Vito Di Modugno

by C. Michael Bailey
July 4, 2004

Il Modugno Della Famiglia The Hammond B3 Organ and the accordion are distantly related kinfolk. However, this distance is shortened dramatically when accordionist father Pino Di Modugno and organist son Vito Di Modugno join each other on their respective recordings Bedouin and Organ Grooves. Both recordings employ the same personnel, save for the trumpet chair, which ...

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Introducing the Clean Feed Label

by Mark Corroto
July 3, 2004

Clean Feed records label is as eclectic a label as it is an authentic jazz voice. Based in Lisbon Portugal, yes you heard me Lisbon, Clean Feed presents American, European, and world jazz voices separately and, many times, in collaboration. Below is a taste of their latest offerings. Bernardo Sassetti Indigo Clean Feed 029

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RVG Editions: Spring 2004 Part 2-2

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 30, 2004

Part 1 | Part 2 Well it looks like Blue Note is having a good run with its Rudy Van Gelder editions of Blue Note classics as they just seem to keep coming. While a good deal of the catalog has been available for some time in Japan, this reviewer never thought that the U.S. market ...

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RVG Editions: Spring 2004 Part 1-2

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 29, 2004

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A Pair of Triplets: Piano Trio Summit

by Peter Aaron
June 28, 2004

Bet it's being done right now, near you. In an intimate, upscale restaurant, a piano trio, led by the tired cat on the bench, is trying really hard to fuel the “ambiance." And, given this is the domain generally reserved for hacks, odds are it's failing miserably. Not that many of the patrons ...

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Toucan Play That Jazz Game

by Eric J. Iannelli
June 9, 2004

Regardless of your specific musical preferences, the birth of a new record label is always a heartening event. It means some brave entrepreneur has decided to go up against the pentalith of Sony, Universal, EMI, BMG and Warner, creating the opportunity for new artists--or even an entire genre--to take root and flourish. The majors have made ...

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Five New Impulse Reissues

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 4, 2004

When it comes to classic record labels of the ‘60s, the Impulse imprimatur is an icon of diversity and quality. From tenor icon Ben Webster to vocalist and future pop star Freda Payne, the Impulse catalog cut a wide swathe during its heydays and while many think of John Coltrane when they ponder the successes of ...

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Shawn Lane with Jonas Hellborg: Issues and Reissues

by John Kelman
June 1, 2004

While he was far from a household name when he passed away in September, 2003 at the tender age of forty, guitarist Shawn Lane was considered something of a god within fusion circles. Starting out professionally at the age of fifteen in the unlikely context of the '70s Southern Rock outfit Black Oak Arkansas, he quickly ...