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Jazzkaar Journal: Dianne Reeves, George Duke and Tallinn Shine

Read "Jazzkaar  Journal: Dianne Reeves, George Duke and Tallinn Shine" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


Jazzkaar 2010 Tallinn, Estonia April 28-30, 2010 Baltic Background A pair of cousins from the USA, Dianne Reeves and George Duke, provided the biggest fireworks during an inspired festival that included many highlights from many regions. Tallinn is a charming city of approximately 400,000 of whom each seemed to show some beautiful ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

A Cool World Christmas: Carla Bley, Trio West and Wynton Marsalis

Read "A Cool World Christmas: Carla Bley, Trio West and Wynton Marsalis" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


It is easy to be cynical about holiday music. On the mainstream popular music front, these releases are often nakedly commercial, marketed with a fixed (and very large) target population in mind. And a good many of such recordings are truly bad. In the run up to Christmas 2009, the marketplace is clotted with a legion ...

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Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 7-10, October 26-29, 2009

Read "Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 7-10, October 26-29, 2009" reviewed by John Kelman


Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 The main purpose of visiting the Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen region may be for the music, but during the day there's plenty to see and do. Wandering around the old part of Heidelberg, it's difficult not to be moved by the profound sense of age, especially coming ...

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Cassandra Wilson: Closer to You: The Pop Side

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Any vocalist who can take an old chestnut like “St. James Infirmary" and make it swing and crackle like never before, as Cassandra Wilson did on the wonderful Loverly(Blue Note, 2008), is surely something a bit special. Wilson's ability to make old material sound freshly minted is nothing new however, and Closer to You: The Pop ...

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Branford & Ellis Marsalis: The Dawn of Marsalis Music

Read "Branford & Ellis Marsalis: The Dawn of Marsalis Music" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The first family of jazz, the Marsalis of New Orleans, have seemingly been in the eye of a musical hurricane for the past twenty years. With the news that Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis had severed their ties with Sony music, comes the announcement that they have formed the independent label Marsalis Music. ...

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Something Unexpected

Label: MAXJAZZ
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Unusual Suspects 2. La Pregunta 3. The Queen 4. Attestation 5. Triste 6. Corcovado 7. Dr. Jackle 8. Lovely One 9. Lotus Blossom 10. I Wish.


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