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ECM's New :Rarums, Part 2: The Drummers

by AAJ Staff
April 3, 2004

This, the second of three installments on the subject of ECM Records' latest set of Rarum artist collections, focuses on the drummers. The three represented here include Jack DeJohnette and Paul Motian, two players who have shared the same company at critical junctures (eg. Bill Evans; Keith Jarrett) but share very little in common in terms ...

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The :Rarum Series: New Artist Compilations from ECM Records

by AAJ Staff
March 25, 2004

Artist compilations are as old as recording technology itself. They have proven themselves reliable as a way for listeners to collect hits without collecting records, and for record labels to cash in on their big stars. (The greatest selling record of all time, interestingly enough, is a greatest hits release from The Eagles.) ECM ...

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ECM's New :Rarums, Part 1: The Bassists

by AAJ Staff
March 25, 2004

After almost two years, ECM Records has returned to its :Rarum series with twelve new compilations. The ideas that have distinguished the series are threefold:give the artist total freedom to select every track on each compilation present extended notes and performance photographs as fresh documentation remaster the recordings for clearer ...

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Brass Extravaganza: The Latest LPR Reissues for 2004

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 18, 2004

With a wealth of activity that is commensurate with the considerable amount of catalog material at their disposal, the Verve Music Group has continued to reissue a dazzling array of titles from the Verve, Argo, A&M, and Mercury catalogs over the past year. Their series of facsimile digi-pak reissues holds a special appeal for those of ...

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Island Music from the Caribbean

by AAJ Staff
March 17, 2004

We're almost forty releases down the road in Nonesuch's Explorer reissue series, devoted to traditional and folk music from around the globe. Africa, Indonesia, and Latin America have seen broad coverage; much still lies ahead. But each record is a living document of musical tradition and culture that are sometimes millennia old. Field recordings are rarely ...

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Two Concord Two-fers: Charlie Byrd and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

by Charlie B. Dahan
March 14, 2004

Concord has released a couple of “two for one" packages from two of jazz's great instrumentalists and leaders. Charlie Byrd’s pair brings together his live Sugarloaf Suite and studio Brazilville on one combined release entitled Byrd & Brazil. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers appear on In this Korner and Straight Ahead , together entitled Blakey’s ...

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Nifty Fifties: Basie and Washington

by David Rickert
February 27, 2004

Count Basie at Newport Count Basie 1957 Those who already own April in Paris and The Atomic Mr. Basie already have the best of the fifties Basie band. However, a live Newport set has a large amount of appeal no matter who the artist is, since most recordings from the various festivals ...

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Unsung Recordings by Hank Mobley

by Robert Spencer
February 22, 2004

Our “Unsung Recordings" section is designed to give you a sense of some of the best recordings of an “Unsung Hero." Here are two of Hank Mobley's greatest - and one of his most intriguing: Soul Station (Blue Note RVG Edition 7243 4 95343 2 2) Rudy Van Gelder made it sound ...

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Music for Guitar: Ken Hatfield & Bill McCormick

by Terrell Kent Holmes
February 20, 2004

Ken HatfieldThe Surrealist Table Arthur Circle Music Ken Hatfield is among the few jazz guitarists who ply their trade via the nylon string acoustic guitar. His latest release, The Surrealist Table , is an allusive collection of original compositions that showcases his proficiency both at writing interesting material and applying ...

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band

by Florence Wetzel
February 20, 2004

The New Orleans club Preservation Hall is one of the most respected jazz institutions in this country, and quite possibly the world. Founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe, the club provided a much needed niche for first generation jazz musicians who had difficulty finding sympathetic venues. Since then Preservation Hall has become synonymous with ...