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Article: Album Review

Ron Jackson: Flubby Dubby

Read "Flubby Dubby" reviewed by Edward Blanco


New York-based urban guitarist Ron Jackson blends his soulful jazz sound with elements of R&B, funk and even a touch of the Caribbean mood on Flubby Dubby, his sixth album as leader. Leading his classic organ trio, also featuring organist Kyle Koeler and drummer Otis Brown III, the album was recorded live at Cecil's Jazz Club ...

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Joe Lovano Us Five - Taking Bird to New Heights

CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO Live sessions in the KPLU Performance Studio are always fun. However, when saxophonist, Joe Lovano, stopped by with his group, Us Five, it was more than fun. It was also an honor. New York Times jazz critic, Ben Ratliff, put it very succinctly: “It's fair to say that (Lovano's) one of the ...

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Joe Lovano: Joe Lovano - Bird Songs

Read "Joe Lovano - Bird Songs" reviewed by Jonathan Wertheim


Joe Lovano's Us Five debut, Folk Art (Blue Note, 2009), was a triumphantly energetic outing, filled with the sound of two drummers and running through a program of Lovano's originals. It was a highly personal and emphatic debut, and a great one too, but Bird Songs is important in completing the portrait of this ensemble.

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Joe Lovano / Us Five: Bird Songs

Read "Bird Songs" reviewed by Troy Collins


An inquisitive musician with a reverence for tradition, Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano has recorded a number of unique tributes to artists who have inspired him, including Enrico Caruso and Frank Sinatra. But none of his previous homages, not even 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note, 2000), his love letter to the bebop era, are as relevant to ...

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Joe Lovano / Us Five: Bird Songs

Read "Bird Songs" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut


Sax giant Joe Lovano has blown next to a bevy of jazz greats, and been applauded as soloist and leader throughout his nearly 40-year career. While it might seem surprising that audiences had to wait until his 22nd album for a tribute to Charlie Parker, Bird Songs demonstrates, once again, that Lovano does things his own ...

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Julien Lourau: Quartet Saigon

Read "Quartet Saigon" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Marseilles-based saxophonist Julien Lourau brought Quartet Saigon together in 2007, and both the group and album are named for the city where they made their debut performance: Saigon, Vietnam. Quartet Saigon is an inventive and intelligent album and shows that a classic four-piece with talent and imagination can still create original tunes. The ...

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Article: Live Review

52nd Monterey Jazz Festival Presents Best of Old and New

Read "52nd Monterey Jazz Festival Presents Best of Old and New" reviewed by Larry Taylor


52nd Annual Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey FairgroundsMonterey, CaliforniaSeptember 18-20, 2009 Three Generations of Pianists, a celebration of piano jazz, spotlighting a family of greats from Jason Moran through Dave Brubeck, highlighted the 2009 Monterey Jazz Festival at Monterey County Fairgrounds in Northern California. And surprisingly, celebrated folk legend Pete Seeger got ...

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George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 a Triumph

Read "George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 a Triumph" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


There seemed to be a distinct feeling in the air at this year's jazz festival in Newport, R.I. It would be easy to imagine that there was something in the air, because the festival that was started by impresario George Wein way back in 1954 and became the model for all to follow had suffered an ...

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Esperanza

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Ponta de Areia; 02. I Know You; 03. Fall In; 04. I Adore You; 05. Cuerpo Y Alma (Body & Soul); 06. She Got To You; 07. Precious; 08. Mela; 09. Love in Time; 10. Espera; 11. If That’s True; 12. Samba em Preludio.


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