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Tucker Antell: Grime Scene

Read "Grime Scene" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 20, 2018

Tucker Antell knows how to make an entrance. The two-minute solo stand that opens Grime Scene finds his stentorian saxophone blowing brusque and fluid across a wide swath. It plays like a strong man's lament-cum-catharsis, but what follows on the same track is something else: a bluesy shuffle with foot tap-inducing properties. This marks the first ...

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Grime Scene

June 18, 2018

Album: Grime Scene
By Tucker Antell
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 8:44

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Basement Reality

June 14, 2018

Album: New Spaces
By Jarod Bufe
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 5:44

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Maxwell's House

May 18, 2018

Album: Music in My Mind
By Shawn Maxwell
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 4:01

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Time Lapse To Fall

April 24, 2018

Album: One Day It Will
By Danny Green
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 5:58

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Danny Green Trio Plus Strings: One Day It Will

Read "One Day It Will" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 7, 2018

Charlie Parker, alto saxophonist/bebop pioneer, got the ball rolling on the adding of strings to jazz. This went down in the late 1947 through 1950, on a pair of releases on Mercury Records introducing the sound of the Yardbird backed by a symphony orchestra. These sets were later compiled by Verve Records and issued in 1995 ...

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Electric Squeezebox Orchestra: The Falling Dream

Read "The Falling Dream" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 2, 2018

No, the San Francisco-based Electric Squeezebox Orchestra does not come with accordions attached. It does, however, come with a well-developed eye for harmony and rhythm, an inflexible group dynamic and a number of perceptive soloists, all of which serve to make the ensemble's second album, The Falling Dream, a pleasure to hear. The ...