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Rory Gallagher: Against The Grain and Calling Card Reissues

by Doug Collette
October 15, 2011

Guitarist Rory Gallagher produced (literally in most cases) a string of remarkably consistent studio albums during the course of a career that stretched from the early 1970s through to the 1990s. Eagle Records has reissued them all on compact disc and, though it's not wholly clear if the titles have been remastered again, and the pre-existing ...

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Joe McPhee: A Band Apart

by Clifford Allen
October 13, 2011

You might expect a musician who has been a steady figure on the creative improvising scene for nearly 45 years to have some variance in their discography and a diverse range of projects and band concepts. Reedman (and sometime pocket trumpeter) Joe McPhee's vast number of recordings and ensembles speak to that impulse, but the curious ...

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Derek Bailey: Concert in Milwaukee and Scrutables

by John Eyles
October 10, 2011

Remarkably, over five years after his death on Christmas Day 2005, these two recordings by guitarist Derek Bailey--one dating from 1983, the other from 2000--have never before been properly released. In a 2001 interview, Bailey spoke in typically jocular fashion about the number of neglected tapes that were about in his house in Hackney, London. Of ...

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Da Cartagena a Ebo Taylor: la parola d’ordine è multietnico!

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 28, 2011

AA.VV. Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962 - 1972 Soundway - distr. Audioglobe Valutazione: 4 stelle Travolgente la raccolta che l'etichetta Soundway [deliziosamente oscillante tra Africa e America Latina] dedica alle produzioni di Curro, il più giovane dei fratelli Fuentes che fondarono l'etichetta colombiana Discos Fuentes. Mentre i ...

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Jimi Hendrix: More to Experience

by Doug Collette
September 17, 2011

In the near half-century since Jimi Hendrix's death, the passion the late guitarist's music elicits includes deep feelings about how his art has been presented posthumously. Accordingly, the reaction to the release of the four-CD Winterland box set, in combination with an expanded edition of one the earliest (and most sought after out-of-circulation) posthumous ...

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Gerry Mulligan / J.J. Johnson / Sarah Vaughan / Misha Mengelberg & Piet Noordijk: Live At Concertgebouw

by David Rickert
September 15, 2011

The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam was a stop for quite a few notable jazz musicians during the 1950s and '60s, and for the past few years the Dutch Jazz Archive has released a concert from their archive at the rate of one per year. Judging by what has been released, it seems that many of these musicians ...

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Satoko Fujii's Triple Whammy

by Hrayr Attarian
August 11, 2011

The year 2011 is proving to be a fruitful one for Japanese composer and improviser Satoko Fujii. In addition to a world tour, she has released three albums (all on June 21) on her own Libra record label, each in a different setting and in the company of different musicians. Her only constant companion, through all ...

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Cuong Vu: Cooking in Seattle

by Ian Patterson
August 8, 2011

Returning to home town Seattle after 15 years on the east coast has been a good move for trumpeter Cuong Vu judging by the outstanding music on these three CDs and the movement he has largely inspired in Seattle's young creative musicians. Bassist Luke Bergman is a constant on these recordings, adding new depth to Vu's ...

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KOH: Poetic Songs

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 30, 2011

KOH (Koh Othera) began her musical career with the help of composer and pianist Satoko Fujii, who produced and played on the Japanese vocalist, pianist and composer's spare and promising debut, Yamabuki (Libra, 2005). A unique vocalist and pianist, with a rare sensitivity to poetic texts that are the basis for her playful compositions, KOH proves--six ...

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Ray Charles: Rare Genius

by Chris May
July 25, 2011

Concord's reissue of vocalist and keyboardist Ray Charles' albums for ABC-Paramount, the label he moved to from Atlantic in 1959, is a mixed bag. It includes two winners, The Genius Hits The Road (1960) and Modern Sounds In Country Music Vols. 1 & 2 (1962), a so-so concept album, A Message From The People (1973)--and, in ...