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Scott LaFaro

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Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut short in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 near Geneva, New York, his home town. Although he performed for only six years (1955-1961), his innovative approach to the bass astounded his contemporaries, and to this day his recorded performances continue to surprise and delight. Those who have found the Bill Evans Jazz Resource on the Internet know of the profound interplay among Paul Motian, Scott LaFaro and Bill Evans in a jazz trio that for many musicians to this day remains a model of sonority, complexity, and swing

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Explorations

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Israel; Haunted Heart; Beautiful Love" [Take 2]; Elsa; Nardis; How Deep Is the Ocean?; I Wish I Knew; Sweet and Lovely.

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Article: Album Review

Jim Witzel Quartet: Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)

Read "Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)" reviewed by Troy Dostert


While tributes to pianist Bill Evans have certainly not been in short supply over the years, he has unsurprisingly been given far more attention by pianists than from other instrumentalists. Efforts from guitarists have been particularly rare. There are some noteworthy exceptions: John McLaughlin took a stab at it in 1993 with Time Remembered (Verve) alongside ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Song Poetry of Torhild Ostad and Kazzrie Jaxen

Read "The Song Poetry of Torhild Ostad and Kazzrie Jaxen" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


While many singers interpret songs, few elevate them into song poetry--a fusion of lyricism and phrasing that transcends genre. This rare quality emerges when voice, words, and musical interplay coalesce into something greater than the sum of their parts. It is a phenomenon found in the recent albums by Norwegian vocalist Torhild Ostad and pianist-singer Kazzrie ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Hindsight: Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson and Joey Baron

Read "Hindsight: Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson and Joey Baron" reviewed by Brian Morton


Sometimes we're reduced to throwing down old bones and seeing what messages they deliver back. Maybe noticed at the time, but the recording of Hindsight, by the trio of maestro Enrico Pieranunzi, master bassist Marc Johnson and time-lord Joey Baron took place almost exactly sixty years after one of the most famous jazz piano sessions of ...

Article: Album Review

Califano, Tino, Marzano: What's New?

Read "What's New?" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Un trio di giovani musicisti--due ventisettenni e un trentasettenne--e un programma di storici brani per omaggiare la tradizione in modo personale: questo in estrema sintesi What's New?, il CD del trio formato dall'alto sassofonista Federico Califano con il contrabbassista Francesco Tino e il batterista Alessandro Marzano e pubblicato dalla AUT Records. Il disco prende ...

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The Legendary Trio At Birdland 1960 Revisited

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2024
Track listing: Our Delight; Autumn Leaves; Beautiful Love; Autumn Leaves; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Nardis; Blue In Green; Autumn Leaves; All Of You; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Speak Low.

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For Real!

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Hip; Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams; Crazeology; Numbers Game; For Real; I Love You.

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Free Jazz to Ornette! Revisited

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2024
Track listing: Free Jazz; W.R.U.; T. & T.: C. & D.: R.P.D.D.

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Article: Album Review

Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz To Ornette! Revisited

Read "Free Jazz To Ornette! Revisited" reviewed by John Eyles


For ezz-thetics' revisited series' fourth Ornette Coleman album, the label has ventured back further than any of its previous Coleman albums, to New York City in December 1960 and January 1961. Recorded at A&R Studios on Wednesday December 21st 1960 from 8pm to 12.30am, the Free Jazz session produced two pieces, the thirty-seven minute “Free Jazz" ...


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