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Blaise Siwula / Adam Lane: Big Hearts, 11, Music Degree Zero

by Jeff Stockton
July 15, 2006

Blaise Siwula / Katsuyuki Itakura Big Hearts Cadence Jazz 2006 Blaise Siwula / Mike Khoury 11 Detroit Improvisation 2006 Adam Lane Trio Music Degree Zero CIMP ...

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For Sale: Five Million Cash & The Music

by Florence Wetzel
July 15, 2006

David Haney & Julian Priester For Sale: Five Million Cash Cadence Jazz Records 2006 David Haney Trio The Music CIMP 2006 Two new releases feature the inspired ...

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Michael Marcus: Zetrons and Soulifications

by Jeff Stockton
July 15, 2006

The Cosmosamatics Zetrons Not Two 2006 Michael Marcus Trio Soulifications Black Saint 2006 Against all odds and likely thanks to the good taste of European jazz fans (these live tracks are taken from performances in Krakow, Amsterdam and Vienna), veteran altoist Sonny ...

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Piano Duets: Raw Materials, Critical Mass, Crevulations

by Jeff Stockton
July 15, 2006

Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa Raw Materials Savoy Jazz 2006 Agusti Fernandez & Mats Gustafsson Critical Mass Psi 2005 Stan Tracey & Evan Parker Crevulations Psi ...

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Steve Kuhn: Qui

by Ken Dryden
July 15, 2006

Steve Kuhn Quiéreme Mucho Sunnyside Records 2005 Steve Kuhn Trance ECM Records 2006 Pianist Steve Kuhn has never been the type of musician to stand still by sticking to one approach to his instrument, ...

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Mambo Maniacs: Live in Buenos Aires, The Bible, Brazil

by Florence Wetzel
July 15, 2006

Stone Alliance Live in Buenos Aires Mambo Maniacs 2006 Stone Alliance The Bible Mambo Maniacs 2006 Marcio Montarroyos Featuring Stone Alliance Brazil Mambo Maniacs 2006

News: Event

Midsummer Mardi Gras Madness July 25 at the Cajun Restaurant, NYC

July 14, 2006

Tuesday, July 25, 2006, from 7:30 until 11:30PM the Cajun Restaurant (129 Eighth Avenua at 16th Street, New York) will present a gala night featuring the tastes and sounds of New Orleans. Great Dixieland Music will be provided by Stanley's Washboard Kings with performances by our favorite musicians. The evening will feature our chef's Mardi Gras ...

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Bill Evans and Lee Konitz: Play the Arrangements of Jimmy Giuffre

Read "Play the Arrangements of Jimmy Giuffre" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller
July 14, 2006

Merged from two brilliant 1959 studio sessions, this disc is, just as the title and artist credits suggest, a showcase for three immense talents. Those expecting to hear the snap-crackle of Roy Haynes' snare or Bob Brookmeyer's punctuated counterpoints after reading the all-star lineup may be surprised to hear them relegated to the background, but any ...

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Marc Mommaas/Nikolaj Hess: Balance

Read "Balance" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
July 14, 2006

Any kind of duet, whether jazz, classical or rock, presents its own particular set of challenges. It's paramount that the playrs involved come equipped with some kind of simpatico, or build it up quickly. Tenor player Marc Mommaas and pianist Nikolaj Hess tackle this task on Balance. “Funny Bones Jones begins slowly, then ...

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Tiziano Tononi: Peace Warriors

Read "Peace Warriors" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton
July 14, 2006

It's unfathomable that when Ornette Coleman came on the scene, his music was flat-out incomprehensible to a significant number of jazz fans. And what's worse, the man himself was thought to be a heretic. But with Coleman's headlining of the JVC Jazz Festival in 2006, there is no doubt that he is one of the few ...