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Ras Moshe: Transcendence

Read "Transcendence" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

by Robert Iannapollo
June 4, 2007

Saxophonist Ras Moshe has been gradually making a name for himself as one of the best of the fiery saxophonists of the New York underground. He's released a series of limited edition live recordings on the Utech label that have impressed those who have heard them (unfortunately a small number of people). Now comes Transcendence on ...

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Andrew Rathbun: Shadow Forms

Read "Shadow Forms" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden
June 4, 2007

Canadian jazz musicians are frequently overlooked by American jazz fans unless they record for a US-based label, but ignore Andrew Rathbun at your own risk. There is a lot to like about Shadow Forms, as there are plenty of surprising twists within these intimate performances. This talented multi-instrumentalist, primarily heard on tenor sax, ...

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Steve Kuhn Solo Piano at the Fazioli Salon, NYC

by Ralph A. Miriello
June 3, 2007

Steve Kuhn: Solo Piano Fazioli Salon New York City May 26, 2007 It was an almost balmy night in New York to start off this Memorial Day weekend as we strolled leisurely past Carnegie Hall and made our way to a small piano salon just down the street from ...

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27th Cape May Jazz Festival

by Ken Franckling
June 3, 2007

Cape May Jazz FestivalCape May, NJApril 20, 2007Pat Martino was the natural choice to lead the weekend's jazz guitar brigade when the 27th edition of the semi-annual Cape May Jazz Festival focused on the jazz guitar legacy with a tribute to Wes Montgomery. Guitarists featured in Cape May for the weekend included Teddy ...

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Francesco Cafiso: Happy Time & Jazz Italiano Live 2006

by Ken Dryden
June 3, 2007

Veteran jazz writer Ira Gitler recognized the immense talent of a then 13-year-old alto saxophonist named Francesco Cafiso upon hearing him at the 2002 Pescara Jazz Festival, writing a glowing article for the Jazz Journalist Association newsletter. Cafiso attended the 2004 International Association for Jazz Education conference in New York, jamming nightly with pianist James Williams, ...

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Omer Avital Group: Room to Grow

Read "Room to Grow" reviewed by Tom Greenland

by Tom Greenland
June 3, 2007

Opening with the soul-full call of the acoustic bass, Omer Avital's Room to Grow speaks from and to the heart with the very first note. Recorded live in early 1997, the album is the second in a series on Smalls Records documenting the bassist's growth as an instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. Like its predecessor, Asking ...

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Michael Marcus: Duology & The Magic Door

by Jeff Stockton
June 3, 2007

Michael Marcus and Ted Daniel Duology Boxholder 2007 Michael Marcus The Magic Door Not Two 2007 Michael Marcus comes from the Rahsaan Roland Kirk school of multi-instrumentalism ...

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Jimmy Giuffre: The Life of a Trio: Saturday & Sunday

Read "The Life of a Trio: Saturday & Sunday" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller
June 3, 2007

Jimmy Giuffre made waves in 1961-62 with the release of Fusion (Verve, 1961), Thesis (Verve, 1961) and Free Fall (Columbia, 1962). With pianist Paul Bley and a 20-year-old Steve Swallow on upright bass, the Third Stream innovator created the best music of his career--telepathic performances that continue to astound and inspire more than four decades later. ...

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William Parker & Hamid Drake: First Communion/Piercing the Veil and Summer Snow

by Jeff Stockton
June 3, 2007

William Parker and Hamid Drake First Communion and Piercing the Veil: Volume 1 Complete Aum Fidelity 2007 William Parker and Hamid Drake Summer Snow: Volume 2 Aum Fidelity 2007 ...

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Waverly Seven: Yo Bobby!

Read "Yo Bobby!" reviewed by Brandt Reiter

by Brandt Reiter
June 3, 2007

Yo Bobby!, the debut recording of the downtown New York jazz septet Waverly Seven, is a two-disc tribute to Bobby Darin, its twenty-four instrumental tracks all recorded by the late singer sometime during his career. Fueled by some of the best young players in town, the record is essentially a joyous, high-powered swing date, no more ...