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Big Band Bonanza: Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, George Gruntz, Barbara Lea

Read "Big Band Bonanza: Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, George Gruntz, Barbara Lea" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

It is nearly impossible for most big bands to stick together for very long these days, due to the lack of touring opportunities or even regular local performances, to say nothing of participants' scheduling conflicts. But big band CDs keep appearing and each of the following four titles has merit. Jimmy Heath Big ...

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Jazz Organ Then & Now: Honeydripper & The Messenger

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by Tom Greenland

Jack McDuff The Honeydripper Prestige-Concord 2007 Nick Moran Trio The Messenger CAP 2007 Hammond B3 organ-driven combos have been a staple of hard bop and soul jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Warren Vache and Jazz Band Classic Perform the Trumpet Blues at Symphony Space on March 14, 2007

Warren Vache and Jazz Band Classic Perform the Trumpet Blues at Symphony Space on March 14, 2007

JAZZ BAND CLASSIC Warren Vache and Jazz Band Classic Perform the Trumpet Blues Jazz Band Classic and Warren Vache, legendary cornetist of the Rosemary Clooney and Annie Ross ensembles, perform “Trumpet Blues: A Salute to the Great Trumpet-Playing Bandleaders" under the leadership of director Chris Winans. Now in its fifth season, the 16-member ensemble, specializing in ...

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Blue Note: Dippin' & The Gigolo

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by Russ Musto

Hank Mobley Dippin' Blue Note 2006 Lee Morgan The Gigolo Blue Note 2006 Lee Morgan's The Gigolo (with Wayne Shorter) and Hank Mobley's Dippin' (on which Morgan's ...

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Stephen Gauci: Wisps Of An Unknown Face & The First Third

Read "Stephen Gauci: Wisps Of An Unknown Face & The First Third" reviewed by Marc Medwin

by Marc Medwin

Stephen Gauci Wisps of an Unknown Face CIMP 2007 Stephen Gauci/Reuben Radding/Todd Capp The First Third 577 Records 2006 Little playing heard these days is as enigmatic ...

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Solponticello: Jeremiah Cymerman & Killick Erik Hinds

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by Kurt Gottschalk

Jeremiah Cymerman Big Exploitation Solponticello 2007 Killick Erik Hinds/Dennis Palmer/Bob Stagner A.S.A.P. Wings Solponticello 2007 The world of conducted improvisation is still small enough that it's a ...

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Article: Album Review

What We Live: Soundcatcher

Read "Soundcatcher" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon

Creative music is called such because, regardless of instrumentation, it tests boundaries, develops new approaches and fosters originality. In addition, by serving as a stimulus, it engenders creative listening. Saxophonist Lawrence Ochs, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Don Robinson are collectively known as What We Live, a trio whose works meet these criteria on all counts. ...

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Eric Zinman: Ensemble & The Great Divide

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by Elliott Simon

Eric Zinman EnsembleEric Zinman EnsembleCadence Jazz2006 The Great DivideThe Great DivideStudio 2342006 Pianist Eric Zinman works in the creative music genre that keeps alive the flames of those heady days ...

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Steve Swell: Double Diploid & Live at the Bowery Poetry Club

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by Jim Santella

Steve Swell · David Taylor Quartet Double Diploid CIMP 2007 Steve Swell's Nation of We Live at the Bowery Poetry Club Ayler Records 2007 Steve Swell exhibits the unique ...

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William Parker: The Other Side, Palm of Soul & Astrogeny Quartet

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by Tom Greenland

Frode Gjerstad Trio The Other Side Ayler 2006 Kidd Jordan/Hamid Drake/William Parker Palm of Soul Aum Fidelity 2006 John Blum Astrogeny Quartet John Blum Astrogeny Quartet Eremite


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