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Sombras De Noite (Night Shadows)

July 11, 2010

Album: Secrets from the Jazz Ghetto
By George Kahn
Label: Playing Records
Released: 2010
Duration: 4:47

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George Kahn: Secrets from the Jazz Ghetto

Read "Secrets from the Jazz Ghetto" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
June 16, 2010

West Coast jazz pianist George Kahn revisits past successes on Secrets From The Jazz Ghetto selecting some of his best compositions from five of his previous six albums for this compilation recording. This seventh outing contains 26 pieces covering a range of styles from contemporary to bebop, and from Bossa Nova to Latin and Cool jazz. ...

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Cover Up!

By George Kahn

Label: Playing Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Sunshine of Your Love; Wes' Coast; Mr. K.V.; Use Me; Eleanor Rigby; Mitchell's Blues; Cover Up!; Yesterday/Yesterdays; Comfortably Numb; Waiting On The World To Change; My Favorite Things.

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George Kahn: Cover Up!

Read "Cover Up!" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
April 11, 2009

West Coast jazz pianist George Kahn presents fresh new arrangements to pop and rock tunes associated with such groups as Cream, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bill Withers and John Mayer, in a sense redefining or adding to the controversy, or, as the title of his album would suggest, the Cover Up! of what truly defines the ...

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George Kahn: Cover Up!

Read "Cover Up!" reviewed by Jay Deshpande

by Jay Deshpande
February 26, 2009

In the liner notes to Cover Up!, George Kahn discusses his goal of drawing upon the heritage of west coast jazz. For most people, this brings to mind Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, or the Lighthouse All Stars. For Kahn, though, it means a particular way of portraying the popular songs of his youth--tunes ...

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Wes' Coast

July 18, 2008

Album: Cover Up!
By George Kahn
Label: Playing Records
Released: 2009
Duration: 5:00

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Gnome Sayin'

January 1, 2006

Album: ...Compared to What?
By George Kahn
Label: Playing Records
Released: 2004
Duration: 05:59

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...Compared to What?

By George Kahn

Label: Playing Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: On Green Dolphin Street, Mercedes for the Lady, Compared to What, 5 to Get Ready 10 to Go, Too Much Sax, Woodstock, Soul Sauce, Gnomesyain', Alice in Wonderland, The Hero's Journey

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George Kahn: ...Compared to What?

Read "...Compared to What?" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 11, 2004

This crisp, well-crafted, straight-ahead (mostly) set opens auspiciously, with tenor saxophonist Justo Almario wandering into the studio blowing solo, wailing, strolling around seemingly aimlessly; but you can feel there's a method to his melodic madness. About a minute later the bass throbs in behind him with repeated two note statements, followed by the drums, and finally ...