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Article: Hardly Strictly Jazz

Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams For Beginners

by Skip Heller
November 4, 2012

Fifty years after his death, Ernie Kovacs is de rigueur. Mainstream, even. His angular, imaginative approach to humor was impossible to imitate, but his influence on television-specifically television comedy-is intractable. He's the Thelonious Monk of the small screen. And just trying to play in a Monkish style always points out that Monk is Monk and nobody ...

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Steve Horowitz: New Monsters

Read "New Monsters" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 31, 2012

Old monsters? They were frightening, gargantuan, mythical beasts: fire-breathing, blood-lusting and not at all willing to put together anything close to a danceable riff. New Monsters, at least as envisioned by bassist Steve Horowitz on this Posi-Tone album, are a much more engaging bunch. There's still some fire-breathing in evidence, but the blood lust is kept ...

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The Claudia Quintet: What Is the Beautiful?

Read "What Is the Beautiful?" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 10, 2011

American poet Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) has been a favorite of musicians for over half a century, from composer John Cage to saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and bassist William Parker. This everyman writer, considered to be the “father of the Beats," is their direct link to Walt Whitman and William Blake.Before Jack Kerouac performed his poems ...

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Zeno de Rossi / Shtik: The Manne I Love! (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2)

Read "The Manne I Love! (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2)" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 21, 2010

Drummer Zeno De Rossi's tribute to the late Shelly Manne covers the valiant west coast drummer's contributions from swing to bebop, and from soundtracks to Frank Zappa. Recorded over a two-year period, this double-disc set incorporates varying ensembles and diverse styles into an inexhaustible homage to a neglected jazz hero. Shtik'sprevious release--Me'or 'Einayim (El ...

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Jamie Begian Big Band: Big Fat Grin

Read "Big Fat Grin" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 2, 2010

Who wants to take on the task of turning 17 individual musicians into a jazz big band? Very few people would attempt it, and fewer would succeed. Guitarist Jamie Begian did it in 1998 and the Jamie Begian Big Band now celebrates its 12th year with the release of its second album, Big Fat Grin. Begian ...

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