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Article: Multiple Reviews

Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues

Read "Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


Blue Note. Verve. Impulse! Prestige. Just saying the name of such storied jazz record labels immediately conjures up each one's distinct aesthetic, from the music to the cover art. Over the past half century, the German ECM label has earned its place in this pantheon by steadfastly following its own vision, perhaps best summed up by ...

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Article: History of Jazz

Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon

Read "Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon" reviewed by Arthur R George


Long Tall Dexter; swinger, bebopper, saxophone balladeer; acting the dissipated genius expatriate who was not unlike himself in the movie Round Midnight; his dressed-up persona “Society Red;" the laconic elder statesman of his later years. Dexter Gordon is all those things, but more than a kaleidoscope of caricatures. Those who trace their lineages through ...

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Article: Album Review

McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson: Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'

Read "Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


How does one go about nominating Zev Feldman for a Nobel Peace Prize? Time and again, the intrepid “Jazz Detective" tracks down unknown, unheard, un-even-hoped-for sonic artifacts, painstakingly brushes away the audio dust and grime, and puts us front and center at events that rewrite the history of jazz. Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' another ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Brilliant ECM Luminessence Series Shines New Light On Classic Vinyl

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Blue Note. Verve. Impulse! ESP-Disk. Just saying the name of such storied jazz record labels immediately conjures up each one's distinct aesthetic, from the music to the cover art. By the close of the 1960s, jazz was undergoing a period of intense change, with an unprecedented mixing and matching of styles and influences--both musical and political--that ...

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Article: The Vinyl Post

Summer Solstice

Read "Summer Solstice" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock, the Prestige label was home to some of the best hard bop, swing, and blues music of the '50s and '60s. The diversity of the catalog through subsidiary labels such as Swingville and Bluesville was nothing short of extraordinary. Be it spoken word albums, Southern blues, or the folk strains ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

New and Notable Releases

Read "New and Notable Releases" reviewed by Phil Barnes


Sometimes in summertime the living isn't quite so easy and life contrives to get in the way of finding and celebrating the great music that is out there waiting for us. This article is an attempt to distill personal favourites from the many releases that have crossed my path in the last few months--had time been ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mickey Bass Manhattan Burn Unit

Mickey Bass Manhattan Burn Unit

Legendary Bassist & Bandleader Mickey Bass is a Hard-bop veteran. As a “Jazz Messenger” he Recorded, Composed & Arranged for Art Blakey. Also worked as a Bassist with Billy Eckstine, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard and Sonny Rollins, to name but a few, and Gloria Lynne, for whom he also served as Musical Director. Recordings include stints ...

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When Dreams Come True

Label: Prestige
Released: 2013

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USA

Label: Prestige
Released: 2013

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Let's Go Out Tonight

Label: Prestige
Released: 2012


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