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Anthony Braxton & Andrew Cyrille: Duo Palindrome 2002

by Jeff Stockton
December 18, 2004

Anthony Braxton/Andrew Cyrille Duo Palindrome 2002, Vol. 1 & 2 Intakt Records 2004 Even before he started wearing baggy corduroys, sensible shoes, and sweaters with elbow patches, Anthony Braxton's image was one of the enigmatic intellectual. You had to expect his playing to be more geometric than gutbucket. ...

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David Haney: Volume One, Two and Three

by AAJ Staff
December 18, 2004

David Haney Volume One (solos) Volume Two (duets) Volume Three (trios) CIMP Records 2004 Originally from Canada, the Portland, Oregon-based pianist and composer David Haney seems to garner more attention each year, though many ears have yet to be exposed to the music and sounds created ...

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Steve Lehman: Artificial Light & Interface

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 18, 2004

Conventional wisdom dictates that playing jazz comes at least as much from life experience as it does the conservatory, a tenet so associated with jazz that misguided young players in the '50s began taking heroin to simulate Charlie Parker's experience. The drugs-give-you-soul days have more or less passed, but the mystery of what connects heart to ...

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Michael Moore: Floater & White Widow

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 18, 2004

Jewels and Binoculars Floater Ramboy 2004 (2000) With a reputation as a brilliant songwriter who can't sing, Bob Dylan is no doubt up there with Cole Porter and the Gershwin brothers as the most oft interpreted pop bards of the 20th century. The Byrds and Joan Baez owe their careers ...

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Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners & Monk 'Round the World

by Riel Lazarus
December 18, 2004

The path by which legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk rose to infamy was a long and trying one. So unique and progressive were Monk's gifts that it took the jazz community what now seems like an eternity to catch on to his brilliance. But all that's history, leaving us now to ruminate upon each of ...

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Susie Ibarra and Mephista: Folkloriko & Entomological Reflections

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
December 18, 2004

As a composer, improviser, bandleader or member, drummer-percussionist Susie Ibarra displays a holistic approach to music, playing her parts to support the larger musical vision. Two recent and divergent recordings showcase her broad musical palate. Susie Ibarra Folkloriko Tzadik 2004 Folkloriko , Ibarra's latest as a leader, opens with “Anitos," ...

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Silvano and Breyer-Grell Reinterpret Standards

by Elliott Simon
December 18, 2004

In the fluid landscape of female jazz vocalists where divas flow between jazz and pop, new releases from both Melody Breyer-Grell and Judi Silvano are all about jazz. Both are well known to NYC club goers, Breyer-Grell for her association with the late vocal jazz mecca Chez Suzette and more recently with Triad; Silvano for diverse ...

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Paul Dunmall Times Three

by A. Henkin
December 18, 2004

Paul Dunmall is the typical British musician: eclectic, capable on several instruments and full of wonder for the improvised form. In one crucial way he is different from Brits who preceded him: he refuses to be underrecorded and releases records at a frightening pace and on different labels with different projects. All feature ...

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Warren Vach

by Celeste Sunderland
December 18, 2004

Warren Vaché Dream Dancing Arbors Jazz 2004 Cornetist Warren Vaché brought two pals along on his fancy night out on the town, or in other words his new album Dream Dancing. Pianist Bill Charlap and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen join Vaché's trio rounded out by Dennis Irwin on ...

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Peter Br

by Clifford Allen
December 18, 2004

Peter Brötzmann is probably more famous (or infamous) for his lung power and ability to break a rib blowing a bass saxophone than for his ability to direct a truly cooperative group and extend a multitude of concepts over several bands. A contemporary of and heir to Frank Wright, power is not out of the question ...