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Michael Moore: Floater & White Widow

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 18, 2004

Jewels and Binoculars Floater Ramboy 2004 (2000) With a reputation as a brilliant songwriter who can't sing, Bob Dylan is no doubt up there with Cole Porter and the Gershwin brothers as the most oft interpreted pop bards of the 20th century. The Byrds and Joan Baez owe their careers ...

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Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners & Monk 'Round the World

by Riel Lazarus
December 18, 2004

The path by which legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk rose to infamy was a long and trying one. So unique and progressive were Monk's gifts that it took the jazz community what now seems like an eternity to catch on to his brilliance. But all that's history, leaving us now to ruminate upon each of ...

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Susie Ibarra and Mephista: Folkloriko & Entomological Reflections

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
December 18, 2004

As a composer, improviser, bandleader or member, drummer-percussionist Susie Ibarra displays a holistic approach to music, playing her parts to support the larger musical vision. Two recent and divergent recordings showcase her broad musical palate. Susie Ibarra Folkloriko Tzadik 2004 Folkloriko , Ibarra's latest as a leader, opens with “Anitos," ...

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Silvano and Breyer-Grell Reinterpret Standards

by Elliott Simon
December 18, 2004

In the fluid landscape of female jazz vocalists where divas flow between jazz and pop, new releases from both Melody Breyer-Grell and Judi Silvano are all about jazz. Both are well known to NYC club goers, Breyer-Grell for her association with the late vocal jazz mecca Chez Suzette and more recently with Triad; Silvano for diverse ...

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Paul Dunmall Times Three

by A. Henkin
December 18, 2004

Paul Dunmall is the typical British musician: eclectic, capable on several instruments and full of wonder for the improvised form. In one crucial way he is different from Brits who preceded him: he refuses to be underrecorded and releases records at a frightening pace and on different labels with different projects. All feature ...

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Warren Vach

by Celeste Sunderland
December 18, 2004

Warren Vaché Dream Dancing Arbors Jazz 2004 Cornetist Warren Vaché brought two pals along on his fancy night out on the town, or in other words his new album Dream Dancing. Pianist Bill Charlap and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen join Vaché's trio rounded out by Dennis Irwin on ...

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Peter Br

by Clifford Allen
December 18, 2004

Peter Brötzmann is probably more famous (or infamous) for his lung power and ability to break a rib blowing a bass saxophone than for his ability to direct a truly cooperative group and extend a multitude of concepts over several bands. A contemporary of and heir to Frank Wright, power is not out of the question ...

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Kalaparush and The Light: Morning Song & The Moment

by Clifford Allen
December 18, 2004

With this latest incarnation of The Light, the moniker bestowed on most of reedman Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre's ensembles over the years, the sparse moodiness of AACM “little instruments" and side-long suites has been replaced by a more ebullient and lyrical spirituality contained in a crack tenor-tuba-drums trio. This particular version of The Light was formed as ...

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Article: Live From New York

December 2004

by AAJ Staff
December 16, 2004

It was hard to find an empty seat on closing night of the fifth annual Django Reinhardt Festival at Birdland (Nov. 14th). The week had seen guest appearances by Harry Allen, Paquito D'Rivera, James Carter, Gil Goldstein and Joel Frahm. But on Sunday Dave Samuels (vibes) and Peter Beets (piano) of Holland joined the drummerless house ...

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Duke Ellington: The Centennial Collection & The Jaywalker

by Joel Roberts
December 16, 2004

Five years after the widely fêted Duke Ellington centennial, record companies are finding--or at least finding ways to remarket--still more treasure from the seemingly endless trove of Ellingtonia. Duke Ellington Centennial Collection Bluebird 2004 Bluebird's latest, a 2-disc CD/DVD/audio/video collection, offers a fine overview of the 1927-1942 Ellington Orchestra, a ...