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Winard Harper Sextet: Make It Happen

Read "Make It Happen" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Veteran drummer Winard Harper (who has played with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Betty Carter, Ray Bryant, Abdullah Ibrahim, Pharoah Sanders, Clifford Jordan and others) gives us two albums in one on Make It Happen. The first is percussion-heavy. The opening tracks, for example, present an approach to ensemble sound that recalls Mosaic-era Jazz Messengers (carefully arranged ...

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Charnett Moffett: Internet

Read "Internet" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Sono trascorsi nove anni dall’esordio discografico di Charnett Moffett, successivamente distintosi nel ruolo di valente contrabbassista di Ornette Coleman e McCoy Tyner. Per quel che riguarda il suo nono CD da leader, due distinte chiavi di lettura si impongono all’attenzione del recensore, chiamato a valutare sia la brillantezza espressiva dei musicisti che la bontà del progetto. ...

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Charnett Moffett: Internet

Read "Internet" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes


Every now and then a bassist emerges as a front man and the instrument takes a whole new personality. Such is the case on Internet, where Charnett Moffett wrote every tune but one, an effects-laden take on “The Star Spangled Banner" obviously inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Moffett uses acoustic, electric, fretless and piccolo basses (often more ...

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Eternity

Label: Piadrum Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Spring Is Here; Shaw 'Nuff; A Night in Tunisia; Joshua's Blues; 'Round Midnight; I Hear Music; Someone to Watch Over Me; I'll Keep Loving You; Idaho Stone; Blues for Bouff

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Bud Powell: Eternity

Read "Eternity" reviewed by AAJ Staff


The great Bud Powell casts a very long shadow over all jazz piano players, not to mention most melodic/harmonic improvisers, regardless of instrument. His best recordings are simply indispensable. However, it is also known to jazz fans that Powell's life “unraveled, after what today would be called a hate crime brought on a crescendo of mental ...

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Eternity

Label: Piadrum Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Spring is Here; Shaw 'Nuff; A Night in Tunisia; Joshua's Blues; 'Round Midnight; I Hear Music; Someone to Watch Over Me; I'll Keep Loving You; Idaho; Blues for Bouff

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For The Love Of Peace

Label: Piadrum Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: In the Beginning; I Love the Lord; Numbers; Free Spirit; Go Placidly; The Calling; The Shepherd; Forgiven; Who Took My Shopping Cart; Prayer; Spirit of Blues; Mercy and Grace; The Movement of Freedom; For the Love of Peace.

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Bud Powell: Eternity

Read "Eternity" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Let me begin by saying that I'm no Bud Powell aficionado. I understand there were undoubtedly times when he played far better than this, and times when he may have played even worse. All I can say with assurance is that had I not seen Powell's name and picture on this album, I never would have ...

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Bud Powell: Eternity

Read "Eternity" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


It is common knowledge that Bud Powell recorded several tunes while he lived in the house of Francis Paudras in Paris. Paudras sheltered these recordings, but he left the archives in the care of Celia Powell, Bud's daughter. The tracks were selected in conjunction with Jessica Shih of Piadrum Records. Paudras had a piano ...

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Charnett Moffett: For the Love of Peace

Read "For the Love of Peace" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


Bassist extraordinaire Charnett Moffett has mined all his musical and familial influences in his latest release, For the Love of Peace, which enjoyed an official and successful CD release event at Jazz Standard a few months back. Joining him on the disc is the Moffett Family Band featuring brothers Codaryl Cody Moffett (drums/percussion) and Mondre Moffett ...


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