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Benny Reid: Escaping Shadows
by Woodrow Wilkins
To listen to Benny Reid's music is to hear a strong Pat Metheny influence. That's not a bad thing, but it is something the 28-year-old aims to move away from with Escaping Shadows, his second release as a leader. Reid graduated from the music program at Indiana University. In addition to Metheny, his influences ...
Russ Freeman in Canada
To those who who knew Russ Freeman or his work it was a source of frustration that he elected during his final years not to play the piano. Freeman died in 2002 at the age of 76. He was part of the west coast jazz scene before it was called that. He worked in Los Angeles ...
Gregg Karukas: GK
by Jeff Winbush
It's not smooth jazz musicians that deserve the disrespect they often receive from fans and critics. Smooth jazz is not the enemy. It's smooth jazz radio programmers who clown their own formats by sticking in records by pop and rock artists like John Legend, Michael McDonald and Steely Dan, and expect the listener to think it's ...
Jeff Kashiwa: Back In the Day
by Jeff Winbush
Few artists are true trailblazers; most others merely follow in their wake. On Back in the Day, Jeff Kashiwa follows the same contemporary and smooth jazz path taken by many technically competent, but minimally adventurous saxophonists.That may sound like a negative criticism, but it's really not. There have always been jazz musicians whose metier ...
The Rippingtons to Release New Album on Peak Records
Smooth Jazz pioneers The Rippingtons will release their latest album, Modern Art, on March 10th via Peak Records (Concord Music Group). The Rippingtons 18th release features an explosive lineup lead by founder Russ Freeman with special guests including smooth Jazz trumpet icon Rick Braun. The Rippingtons, whose first lineup included future contemporary Jazz superstars Dave Koz, ...
Pretty / Groovy
By Chet Baker
Label: Pacific Jazz Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Look for the Silver Lining;
Time After Time;
Travelin' Light;
My Funny Valentine;
There Will Never Be Another You;
The Thrill Is Gone;
But Not for Me
Band Aid
The Lamp Is Low;
Carson City Stage;
Long Ago (and Far Away);
Easy to Love;
Winter Wonderland;
Batter Up.
One on One
By Russ Freeman
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Getting Sentimental over You; How about That; I'm Old Fashioned; Green Dolphin Street; Take the "A" Train; Prime Time; Loose as a Goose; Lullaby of the Leaves; Blue Monk; One on One; Name that Tune; Blue Monk (alternate); Loose as a Goose (alternate); Green Dolphin Street (alternate); Lullaby of the Leaves (alternate).
Russ Freeman/Shellly Manne: One on One
by Craig Jolley
Pianist Russ Freeman made his name on the 1950's California scene with trumpeter Chet Baker's quartet and in Shelly Manne's quintet. He moved to the studios begininng in the early 1960's, occasionally taking time out to play real music such as this 1982 duet with drummer Shelly Manne. This record is a follow-up to a 1954 ...
