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Article: Extended Analysis

Caym: The Book Of Angels Vol. 17

Read "Caym: The Book Of Angels Vol. 17" reviewed by Warren Allen

by Warren Allen

CaymThe Book of Angels Vol .17Tzadik2011 Brazilian master percussionist Cyro Baptista first encountered composer John Zorn back in the early 1980s. Baptista, who has since gone on to work with everyone from singer Paul Simon to cellist Yo Yo Ma, at the time was only recently arrived ...

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Article: Album Review

Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What

Read "So Beautiful or So What" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

After successful run at self-producing, yielding hits like Graceland (Warner Bros., 1986) and The Rhythm of the Saints (Warner Bros., 1990), Paul Simon reunites with Phil Ramone for So Beautiful or So What, the singer/songwriter's first album since the largely overlooked Surprise (Warner Bros., 2006). Ramone last worked with the singer/songwriter on One Trick Pony (Warner ...

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News: Recording

Paul Simon - So Beautiful or so What (2011)

Paul Simon - So Beautiful or so What (2011)

By Nick DeRiso Paul Simon's new record, his first since 2006's dense Brian Eno-collaboration Surprise, is a career-spanning, sometimes duskily ruminative, quirk-splashed triumph—simultaneously bold in its constructions and timeless in its themes. There's a freedom, perhaps, that comes from going it alone: After 30 years with Warner Bros., Simon paid for the lengthy sessions that eventually ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Buckwheat Zydeco to Perform in Sellersville (PA) & Bordentown (NJ)

Buckwheat Zydeco to Perform in Sellersville (PA) & Bordentown (NJ)

"Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural leads one of the best bands in America. A down-home and high-powered celebration, meaty and muscular with a fine-tuned sense of dynamics...propulsive rhythms, incendiary performances."—The New York Times Grammy Award-winning American musical legend Stanley “Buckwheat" Dural Jr.—along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco—is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. Buckwheat Zydeco is on ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Paul Simon Adds Club Dates

Paul Simon Adds Club Dates

HOW THE AUDIENCE APPROACHES WHAT IT YEARNS Paul Simon has added club dates in select cities to his recently announced, largely sold-out spring theater tour. The added shows offer fans a chance to see the iconic artist and his stellar band in more intimate, personal settings. “I'm going to play 3,000 seat theaters and also clubs," ...

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News: Recording

Paul Simon - The Essential Paul Simon (2007)

Paul Simon - The Essential Paul Simon (2007)

By Mark Saleski Paul Simon's career has something that is becoming quite rare in the entertainment world: longevity. Yes, the songs on this collection span over three decades. During that time period our culture, the music biz, and Simon himself have seen great changes. So has every one of us. For instance, at the beginning of ...

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Article: Interview

Jim Hart: The Art of Juggling

Read "Jim Hart: The Art of Juggling" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

Jim Hart is one of the hottest young musicians on the U.K. jazz scene. His impressive skills are matched by a level of experience and maturity that belie his age. His musicianship elicited this praise from vibes heavyweight Joe Locke: “Some of the best music I've heard in a long time. Definitely the best vibes playing ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Paul Simon: U.S. Tour

Paul Simon: U.S. Tour

TOUR STARTS APRIL 15 IN SEATTLE, WA; JIMMY FALLON PERFORMANCES APRIL 6- 7 To celebrate the release of his first new record in five years, legendary artist Paul Simon has announced a very special North American tour beginning Friday, April 15 in Seattle, Washington. Included in the set will be songs from So Beautiful or So ...

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News: Recording

Listen up Preview: Paul Simon, "The Afterlife" (2011)

Listen up Preview: Paul Simon, "The Afterlife" (2011)

By Nick DeRiso “The Afterlife," featured on Paul Simon's forthcoming album So Beautiful or So What, is pulsing and sinewy—almost like a lost track from Graceland. Not that there's anything wrong with that. See, Simon has said the premise of this new recording was to get away from the rhythmic focus he'd had since that late ...

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Article: Profile

Phil DeGreg: Cincinnati Jazz Heavyweight

Read "Phil DeGreg: Cincinnati Jazz Heavyweight" reviewed by Michael Shults

by Michael Shults

Cincinnati-based pianist Phil DeGreg has made his mark in the jazz world over the past three decades as a recording artist, composer, and pedagogue. An alumnus of the Woody Herman band, DeGreg boasts ten recordings as a leader, and has appeared alongside J.J. Johnson on the legendary trombonist's video Live in Concert (City Hall, 2007). Since ...


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