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Article: Multiple Reviews

Cooper-Moore & Assif Tsahar: Tells Untold; Assif Tsahar: Fragments

by Jeff Stockton
October 9, 2005

Cooper-Moore & Assif Tsahar Tells Untold Hopscotch 2005 Cooper-Moore doesn't limit himself to the usual range of instruments. When he hears a sound in his head, he invents a device to reproduce it, surrounding himself with a mysterious aura, a shamanistic charisma that creates the sense that he's ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Roni Ben-Hur: Signature; Bob Ward: The Persuader

by AAJ Staff
October 9, 2005

By P. Christopher Dowd Two recent releases from maestros Roni Ben-Hur and Bob Ward, each with their own style and approach, showcase the wide range of jazz guitar. Ben-Hur, the critically acclaimed worldly guitarist and Ward, the understated, veteran picker, are mapping out territory and mining tradition as players and composers with their respective discs. Roni ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Ximo Tebar: Goes Blue; Lou Donaldson: Say It Loud!

by Donald Elfman
October 9, 2005

The organ combo in jazz has, in recent times, experienced a resurgence in interest. Young and old players alike continue to be fascinated by the power and expressive capability of the Hammond B3. Two albums, recorded over 35 years apart, share not only the classic sound but also two musicians! Ximo Tebar Goes Blue ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Roz Corral: Telling Tales; Rene Marie: Serene Renegade

by Donald Elfman
October 9, 2005

Sure there have been more discs from female jazz singers now than at almost any other time, but they've enabled us to find women whom we might not have had the good fortune to find before -women who understand the tradition, choose their material carefully and care about telling a story. Roz Corral ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Taso Music

by Elliott Simon
October 8, 2005

The globalization of jazz has long been a reality and its subsequent contact with ethnically diverse folk idioms has often produced exciting and creative music. This special synergy is no better showcased than on recent offerings from Taso Music. A Germany- based label, Taso has at the heart of its releases Polish born bassist Vitold Rek's ...

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Article: Live Review

2005 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

by Ken Franckling
October 8, 2005

The Berkshire Hills come alive with the sound of jazz over Labor Day weekend, as the Tanglewood Jazz Festival has become a summer's end arts and culture fixture for western Massachusetts. While it doesn't fit the format of what many of us consider a jazz festival, along the lines of Newport or Saratoga, with ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Cal Tjader: Best of Concord Years / Sextet; Charlie Byrd: Homage to Jobim

by Francis Lo Kee
October 8, 2005

Here are three sets of music by musicians associated under the expansive banner of Latin jazz. Stan Getz is usually credited with starting the fusion of Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. However, classically trained guitarist Charlie Byrd (and his sideman, perhaps most importantly the drummer Buddy Deppenschmidt) was among the first to go on a South ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Gebhard Ullman: The Big Band Project / Desert Songs and Other Landscapes / Spirals

by Kurt Gottschalk
October 8, 2005

Gebhard Ullmann The Big Band Project Soul Note 2005 In 2001, German saxophonist Gebhard Ullmann had the opportunity to record with the 20-piece NDR (North German Radio) Big Band, a project which he - a confessed non-fan of big band music - was hesitant to take on. It turns out ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Dave Liebman: Picture Show / Different but the Same

by Donald Elfman
October 8, 2005

Dave Liebman, on two very different recordings, shows himself to be both a master of his instruments and a sonic explorer of the deepest intensity. Of course, this is no new revelation--from his work with Miles Davis and Elvin Jones to his own often brilliant recordings, he has played with expanding the role of the reed ...

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Nate Wooley: Wrong Shape to be a Story Teller: Blue Collar; Lovely Hazel

by Ty Cumbie
October 8, 2005

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has, in these very pages, called into question the legitimacy of jazz criticism, suggesting this line of work is merely an excercise in egocentric exhibitionism and control freakishness. Well, he may have a point, but not every jazz critic is charged with the formidable task of absorbing and attempting to come up with ...