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Hendrik Meurkens: New York Nights

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2001

What is it about jazz harmonica that makes you feel so good inside? Carrying this straight-ahead, New York themed program as featured melody maker, Hendrik Meurkens warms the heart with his lyrical exposition. Maybe it's the primitive nature of the instrument. Most cultures have instruments similar to Meurkens' chosen medium somewhere, back in their earliest historical ...

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Chucho Vald: Solo: Live In New York

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2001

Recorded in 1998 at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York, Chucho Valdés' solo piano album brings familiar melodies to the audience with his personal zeal for powerful rhythms ingrained. Zestful ideas and constant shifts characterize his approach. Opening with a heartfelt ballad and including such familiar melodies as “Bésame Mucho" and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow," ...

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Steve Slagle: New New York

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2001

Veteran saxophonist, group leader and much in demand session ace Steve Slagle, derives inspiration from the City that he inhabits on New New York. Throughout this record, Slagle exhibits a breezy tone as an alto saxophonist who also incorporates a gritty edge amid an often-angular attack brimming with serpentine lines and lofty thematic inventions. Here, the ...

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George Garzone: The Fringe In New York

Read "The Fringe In New York" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 1, 2000

Sometime after the death of John Coltrane and before the rise of the conservative button-down star as repertoire performer, the influence that Trane had over jazz waned. It’s not that he was forgotten, but that his music required such a commitment from a musician that it must have scared away most by sheer intimidation. Within the ...

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Lemuel West: In Good Company - The New York Sessions

by Dave Nathan
October 1, 2000

Another entrant for the “let's find some more good male jazz singers" sweepstakes comes in the person of Lemuel West, and his chances are promising. With a play list of eleven familiar tunes this maiden album gets West off in the right direction. He uses the excellent instrumental backing to his advantage by allowing it to ...

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Hugh Ragin: An Afternoon in Harlem

Read "An Afternoon in Harlem" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2000

Trumpeter Hugh Ragin made this recording in late '98 in a (mostly) quartet format featuring pianist Craig Taborn, bassist Jaribu Shahid, and drummer Bruce Cox. The tunes, all Ragin originals, range from the sauntering bluesy strut of the title track to fast bebop to free jazz, concluding with a Sun Ra-inspired avant garde accompaniment to poetry ...

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Ruby Braff: Ruby Braff With Strings: In the Wee Small Hours in New York and London

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 2000

The Night Watchman. Ruby Braff may very well be the conscience of jazz. He has been performing for fifty years, always at a high level. His style is of an earlier time as is his instrument. He performs on the instrument of Joe King Oliver and stays mostly in the lower register. His performance is timeless. ...

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Uri Caine Ensemble: The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley

Read "The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 2000

Archival Impressionism. Pianist Uri Caine is quickly joining Ry Cooder, Don Byron, and to a lesser extent, Wynton Marsalis as an archivist of American popular music. Ry Cooder's 1978 recording Jazz (Warner Brothers 3197) deftly captured jazz for the '10s and '20s. Marsalis solemnly documents the '20s through the '50s (at one time ...

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Foreign Exchange: Made in New York

by David Adler
March 1, 2000

When listeners hear the first tune on Made In New York, they might well think they popped in the wrong CD. “Recontre," a breezy Brazilian number, features flute and vocals. But there is no flute or vocal credit given on the CD sleeve. In the case of the vocals, the omission might stem from a well-justified ...

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John Swana/Joe Magnarelli: Philly-New York Junction

Read "Philly-New York Junction" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 1, 2000

Trumpeters John Swana and Joe Magnarelli are of a new generation of players who aren't as well known as a Roy Hargrove or Nicholas Payton but who nonetheless have much to say in terms of advancing the role of the trumpet in jazz. Swana, hails from Philadelphia and has been a Criss Cross veteran for the ...