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Article: Live From New York

March 2010

by AAJ Staff
February 28, 2010

Gerald Clayton Village VanguardNew York, NY February 11, 2010To start, pianist Gerald Clayton ought to have won that Grammy for his solo on “All of You," from his debut Two-Shade, a burning 2009 trio album that was picked up by Emarcy (from ArtistShare) for wider release in 2010. Along with ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Randy Ingram & Rob Garcia

by Terrell Kent Holmes
November 7, 2009

Randy IngramThe Road AheadBrooklyn Jazz Underground Records2009 Ron GarciaPerennialBrooklyn Jazz Underground Records2009 Pianist Randy Ingram's fine new recording, The Road Ahead, exemplifies smooth jazz, though thankfully not in the sense ...

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Article: Live From New York

October 2009

by AAJ Staff
October 3, 2009

Gordon GrdinaBar 4Brooklyn, NY September 7, 2009There were other things in the music Gordon Grdina played at Bar 4, bits of McLaughlin, Santana, Sharrock, but for the first few minutes of his trio's Sep. 7th set it was hard to hear anything other than how together they were. From the ...

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Heart's Fire

By Rob Garcia

Label: Connection Works Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Beginnings; Is It Me; It's Ruby; Heart's Fire; Coming Home; Sangha; Be A Lover; Fresh; Thank You.

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Article: Album Review

Rob Garcia's Sangha: Heart's Fire

Read "Heart's Fire" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
November 28, 2007

Drummer/percussionist/bandleader Rob Garcia's Heart's Fire, with his group Sangha, may initially be reminiscent of the music of Black Jazz Records, a 1970s-era label that focused on original soul-jazz, but further listens reveal something more. The word “Sangha" is a Buddhist term that comes from the Three Treasures roughly translating to “the community ...

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Place Of Resonance

By Rob Garcia

Label: CAP
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. My Cats Are Gone 2.(A Jump in) Quicksand 3. Blackcabbage 4. Hop-A-Long 5. Resonance 6. Dibs 7. Chick Peas 8. Somewhere Along the Path 9. Rem 10.Fleurette African

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Rob Garcia: Place Of Resonance

by Mark F. Turner
February 1, 2002

Drummers have produced some of the more dynamic jazz recordings of late. Jason Marsalis’ Music in Motion ; Brian Blade’s Perceptual ; Ginger Baker’s Coward of the County ; and Jeff Tain Watt’s Citizen Tain, are just a few that have showcased rhythm masters who display pinache and deep skill in their trade. Add another one ...