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Wynton Marsalis on Satellite Radio
by Nick Catalano
As the evolution in technology accelerates exponentially these days, it becomes difficult to decide which gadgets are necessary for meaningful aesthetic participation and which are simply an attempt by corporate America to filch more money from our dwindling resources. I recently purchased a car and it came with a 3-month trial subscription to XM ...
Avishai Cohen: Sketch of Tel Aviv & After The Big Rain
by Jeff Stockton
Third World LoveSketches of Tel AvivSmalls2007 Avishai CohenAfter the Big RainAnzic2007 Smalls in the late '90s was one of those magical places where talented musicians were given an opportunity to ...
Arturo Sandoval: His Group & Rumba Palace
by Ernest Barteldes
Arturo Sandoval & His Group Arturo Sandoval & His Group Malanga Music 2007 Arturo Sandoval Rumba Palace Telarc 2007 Arturo Sandoval's career, from his early days in ...
James Spauding: The Spoiler & The Right Touch
by Francis Lo Kee
Stanley Turrentine The Spoiler Blue Note-RVG 2007 Duke Pearson The Right Touch Blue Note-RVG 2007 Alto saxophonist and flutist James Spaulding has been an important contributor to ...
Alexis Cole: Zingaro
by Ernest Barteldes
On this Toronto-based (but New York-born) vocalist's second release, she takes on several familiar standards with a personal signature, enhanced by a sparse instrumentation: here, she is accompanied solely by guitarist Ron Affif and bassist Jeffry Eckels, who play on all the tracks but the two Cole originals, the upbeat “Walkin' and “Morning With You, both ...
Louis Hayes: Maximum Firepower and The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
by Ken Dryden
Louis Hayes spent six productive years as the drummer for Cannonball Adderley, appearing on around two dozen albums with the alto saxophonist between 1959 and 1965. Hayes' first record date with Adderley was The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco and the drummer has since recorded extensively as a leader, particularly over the last decade. In ...
Lennie Tristano: Jazz Visions & Lennie Tristano: His Life in Music
by Francis Lo Kee
In 1949 Lennie Tristano (1919-78) recorded “Intuition and “Digression , two of the earliest examples of freely improvised jazz. Though the approaches and content differ greatly, authors Peter Ind and Eunmi Shim agree on the following: Tristano best represents how a non-commercial artist can be “air-brushed out of jazz history as an extremely influential teacher.
Hod O'Brien: Live at Blues Alley - Third Set, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, I Hear a Rhapsody and Yardbird Suite
by Ken Dryden
Hod O'Brien has more than paid his dues during a long jazz career that began during the height of the bop era in the '50s; He has been praised by fellow pianist Barry Harris (with whom he recorded a duo piano concert CD issued by Spice of Life) as “one of the pure bop pianists . ...
Ayana Lowe's Jazz Combo Saturday, August 4th at 55 Bar
Ayana Lowe's Jazz Combo Ayana Lowe - vocals, Patrizia Scascitelli - piano, Bob Bowman- bass, Luca Santanelli- drums special guest Meilana Gillard - sax SATURDAY, AUGUST 4th 55 BAR - 55 Christopher Street, West Village (between 6th & 7th Aves--take 1/9 train to Christopher) 212 929-9883 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. (2 sets 6:00 and ...
Francesco Cafiso: New York Lullaby
by Samuel Chell
Yes, he is that good. Or was, on the occasion of this 2005 session, which features the fifteen-year-old native Sicilian saxophonist making his American recording debut accompanied by a crack New York rhythm section. Although it's common to hear rueful expressions about what a Charlie Parker or Clifford Brown might have accomplished had they lived longer, ...
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