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Article: Multiple Reviews

Louis Hayes: The Time Keeper & Off The Cuff

by Graham L. Flanagan
July 11, 2009

Louis HayesThe Timekeeper18th & Vine2009 Rick GermansonOff the CuffOwl Studios2009 Louis Hayes still ranks among the few hard bop legends that emerged during the '50s and '60s who still contribute ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Globe Unity - Italy: Gianni Basso/Renato Sellani, Norberto Tamburrino & Giorgio Gaslini

by Fred Bouchard
July 11, 2009

Gianni Basso/Renato SellaniBody and SoulVenus2008 Norberto TamburrinoReflection(s) On Monk Philology2009 Giorgio GasliniFonte Funda Suite--La Notte Black Saint2009 After World War II's wave ...

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Article: Album Review

Lee Konitz / Martial Solal: Star Eyes

Read "Star Eyes" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller
July 11, 2009

Lee Konitz and Martial Solal were in the 15th year of their recorded relationship in the fall of 1983 and their easy rapport is evident within the first notes of “Just Friends," the breezy opener of Star Eyes. After a cursory harmonic introduction by Konitz, Solal enters with a characteristically buoyant counterpoint that sends the altoist ...

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Article: Album Review

Nathan Eklund: Trip to the Casbah

Read "Trip to the Casbah" reviewed by David Adler

by David Adler
July 11, 2009

Trumpeter Nathan Eklund's first two CDs as a leader, The View from Afar and The Crooked Line, both featured pianist Joe Elefante as the harmonic anchor. Eklund's newest, Trip to the Casbah, finds guitarist John Hart playing that role, giving the music a bit more of an economical, riff-oriented flavor. The all-original program also includes Donny ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Tito Puente: The Complete 78's Volumes 1 - 3, Dance Mania, Jazz & Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival

by Russ Musto
July 11, 2009

Tito Puente The Complete 78's Volumes 1--3 Fania 2009 Tito Puente Dancemania: Legacy Edition 2-CD Set RCA-Legacy 2009 Tito Puente Jazz Fania2009 Tito Puente ...

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Article: Album Review

Chip White: More Dedications (Vol. II)

Read "More Dedications (Vol. II)" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler
July 11, 2009

A versatile drummer busy on the Chip White has published a book of his poems about jazz musicians, I'm Just the Drummer in the Band. Each is a concise, rhymed bio-celebration of the jazz musician, a poetic jazz encyclopedia entry if you will, often incorporating album titles and/or prominent stylistic characteristics of the musician. More Dedications ...

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News: Radio

New Podcast! - Stage Door Johnny: John Miller Takes On Broadway

July 10, 2009

Celebrate John Millers's breakout debut CD “STAGE DOOR JOHNNY" with this podcast series including fascinating insights into his influences and his role in shaping the sound of the Great White Way for the last thirty years. LISTEN HERE “Stage Door Johnny: John Miller Takes on Broadway" is a ...

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Article: Album Review

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band: Mosaic Select

Read "Mosaic Select" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden
July 10, 2009

Pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi overcame numerous challenges during her long career, immigrating to a new country, establishing herself as both a top bandleader and composer/arranger, in addition to the difficulties of maintaining a large jazz ensemble. Her husband, tenor saxophonist and flutist Lew Tabackin, was a star soloist in her big band and he helped her recruit ...

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Article: Album Review

Eyran Katsenelenbogen: 88 Fingers

Read "88 Fingers" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
July 10, 2009

With the release of 88 Fingers, add the name Eyran Katsenelenbogen to the expanding roster of exciting pianists on the scene today. Katsenelenbogen draws from jazz, classical and the Great American Songbook for tunes that allow him to show off his amazing sound and bold-faced technique. Throughout 88 Fingers, Katsenelenbogen plays with confidence ...

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Article: Album Review

Khan Jamal: Cool

by Francis Lo Kee
July 10, 2009

Always interesting and quite different from one to the next, vibraphonist Khan Jamal's recordings have charted a unique course through the world of improvisational music, from trio recordings with bass and drums or guitar and drums to sessions with great horn players (eg. Grachan Moncur III, Byard Lancaster, Charles Tyler, et. al.) to the somewhat psychedelic ...