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George Duke: Faces in Reflection

Read "Faces in Reflection" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 19, 2008

Keyboardist George Duke's career may have swerved towards pop and smooth jazz in recent years, but his mid-1960s emergence suggested a future as bright as contemporaries including Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Seminal work with renegade guitarist/composer Frank Zappa in the mid-1970s further cemented a reputation built on earlier recordings with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, saxophonist Cannonball ...

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Charlie Mariano: Helen 12 Trees

Read "Helen 12 Trees" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 18, 2008

Of labels awaiting first-time release on CD, Germany's MPS is the undisputed holy grail. With plans to release fifteen of its 400+ titles in carefully remastered and beautifully designed mini-LP sleeve packages each year, Promising Music is righting a wrong in the best possible way. Always eclectic, MPS ran the gamut from free jazz to fusion ...