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Jackie McLean: Nature Boy

by Mark Corroto
March 1, 2000

The best analogy I could use to describe alto saxophonist Jackie McLean’s sound is that of a boxer. Maybe Rocky Graziano or Jake LaMotta, scratching, clawing and always coming at you with everything he’s got. McLean, a childhood friend of Sonny Rollins, studied with Bud Powell and eventually Charlie Parker. His musical bloodline runs directly from ...

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Lan Xang: Hidden Gardens

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

Their 1997 debut on saxophonist David Binney’s “Mythology Label” marked a high point for jazz, as “Lan Xang” pursued modern jazz with crushing penetration and an edge rarely witnessed in small acoustic ensembles. On Hidden Gardens the band continue their conviction, while augmenting the group sound and overall sonic appearance with ethnocentric horns, percussion and Binney’s ...

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Lan Xang: Hidden Gardens

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

Their 1997 debut on saxophonist David Binney’s “Mythology Label” marked a high point for jazz, as “Lan Xang” pursued modern jazz with crushing penetration and an edge rarely witnessed in small acoustic ensembles. On Hidden Gardens the musicians continue their conviction, while augmenting the group sound and overall sonic appearance with ethnocentric horns, percussion and Binney’s ...

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Lan Xang: Hidden Gardens

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 2000

Donny Again--Only Different. Hidden Gardens is the third Naxos Jazz release on which West Coast tenorist Donny McCaslin appears. He led his group on Exile and Discovery (Naxos Jazz 86014) and soloed with the Ken Schaphorst Big Band on Purple (Naxos Jazz 86030), both released in 1998. Here he appears with his sometimes group Lan Xang ...

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Jackie McLean: Nature Boy

by Jim Santella
January 1, 2000

At 67, Jackie McLean sounds better than ever. Highly recommended, his latest album surrounds that distinctive alto saxophone tone with a seasoned trio, presenting classic songs – the kinds of songs that got us interested in jazz in the first place. “Nature Boy" swings lightly with a loose bebop flavor after McLean first offers the melody ...

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Which?

By Jackie Allen

Label: Naxos Jazz
Released: 1999

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Double Triangle

By Ron McClure

Label: Naxos Jazz
Released: 1999
Track listing: In Flight; Night Bird; Con Alma; Thunder; More Than A Notion; Let Freedom Ring; Minor Spree; Maya; April In Nimes; We'll Be Together Again;

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Pekka's Tube Factory

By Pekka Pylkkänen

Label: Naxos Jazz
Released: 1999

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Jackie Allen: Which?

Read "Which?" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 1999

Integration. Jackie Allen’s Which? is the second vocal release from Naxos Jazz. The budget label broke the ice with Gail Wynters’ 1998 release My Shining Hour (86027-2). Allen’s breathy sensuousness is a good label foil for Wynters’ earthy purring. Both vocalists hold the impeccable Bill Cunliffe on piano, Allen also having him as band leader, arranger, ...

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