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The Roberto Magris Trio: An Evening with Herb Geller: Live in Europe 2009

Read "An Evening with Herb Geller: Live in Europe 2009" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

To followers of jazz in general and West Coast jazz in particular, the late alto saxophonist Herb Geller should need no introduction. Geller, a master of his horn, was a fixture on the West Coast scene and elsewhere in the States until he moved to Germany in 1962 and spent the last half-century of his life ...

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One Night In With Hope And More… Vol. 2

By Roberto Magris

Label: JMood Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Third World; Young and Foolish; Sendai; Dianne; Mal Waldron’s Dreams; Little Susan; Theme From “The Odd Couple;” Burbank Turnaround; I Can’t Give You Anything But Love; Whatever Possessed Me; Audio Notebook.

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Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 2

By Roberto Magris

Label: JMood Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Disc 1 — A Bid for Sid; Exotique; Blue Lace; Cunning Lee; The Sixth Sense; Soft Touch; Gary’s Notebook. Disc 2 — Speedball; Libreville; Get Yo’ Self Together; A Summer’s Kiss; Zambia; Helen’s Ritual; Audio Notebook.

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Drago Gajo: Jazz Internationalist

Read "Drago Gajo: Jazz Internationalist" reviewed by Fred W. Gretsch

by Fred W. Gretsch

It's said that music is the universal language. And even though it's considered an American creation, jazz music in particular is performed and enjoyed all over the world--including in the central European nation of Slovenia. For anyone who might be unfamiliar with Slovenia, it's one of the countries formed after the dissolution of the ...

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Roberto Magris Septet: Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 2

Read "Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 2" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Not only is Italian pianist / composer Roberto Magris conversant with jazz history and tradition, he honors it, as he has done in a series of albums devoted to the music of pianist Elmo Hope, alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball" Adderley and trumpeter Lee Morgan who is saluted here in a second two-disc volume. Whereas young lion ...

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Roberto Magris Septet: Morgan Rewind: A Tribute To Lee Morgan Vol. 2

Read "Morgan Rewind: A Tribute To Lee Morgan Vol. 2" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Italian-born pianist Roberto Magris gets deep into the music of his influences. He recorded two volumes of the music written by or associated with the somewhat overlooked bop pianist Elmo Hope, and in 2011 he released Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 1 (JMood Records) , an exuberant nod to the hard bop trumpeter ...

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Roberto Magris Trio: One Night In With Hope And More… Vol. 2

Read "One Night In With Hope And More… Vol. 2" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Italian pianist Roberto Magris has always had an affinity for the classic jazz trio format and the bebop sound which, he documents so well on the previous One Night In With Hope and More...Vol. 1 (J-Mood Records, 2012), the first session of an originally planned two-set project. The eagerly anticipated follow up part-two, comes to light ...

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Roberto Magris: Ready for Reed

Read "Ready for Reed" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Alto saxophonist Sam Reed is legend in the Philadelphia jazz scene who was leader of the 1950s band, Sam Reed and the All-Stars, worked uptown theatre for a while, performed with pop and R&B stars and served as the musical director for Teddy Pendergrass just to mention a few highlights from his long musical resume . ...

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Roberto Magris Trio: One Night In With Hope And More…vol. 2

Read "One Night In With Hope And More…vol. 2" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Italian pianist and composer Roberto Magris continues his pilgrimage to the heart of hard bop with the release of his second volume of One Night In With Hope And More.... Volume 1 was critically well considered, focusing on the music of Elmo Hope, Andrew Hill, and Barry Harris. Magris' journey began several years earlier with the ...

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Cannonball Funk 'n Friends

By Roberto Magris

Label: JMood Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Cannonball Funk ‘n Friends — Jeannine; Blue Daniel; Sticks; Saudade; Bohemia After Dark; Keep Headed in the Right Direction; Arriving Soon; Outback Special; Audio Notebook. One Night with Hope — Third World; Young and Foolish; Makanda; Dianna; Mal Waldron’s Dreams; Little Susan; Theme from The Odd Couple; Burbank Turnaround; I Can’t Give You Anything But Love; Possessed Me (bonus track); Audio Notebook.


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