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Article: Record Label Profile

Jazz Eyes: Eyes and Ears Wide Open

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 13, 2009

In jazz, spontaneity is essential. It can also be useful when setting up a label. So it's no great coincidence that, once the Italian jazz enthusiasts Paolo Siculiana and Toti Cannistraro realized they both loved the production and distribution of records, their Jazz Eyes label rapidly became a reality. “The story starts on a dark night," ...

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Article: Album Review

Tal Wilkenfeld: Transformation

Read "Transformation" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 19, 2009

Some artists emerge slowly, taking years to find their way to public attention; others leap seemingly instantaneously into the public eye. Australian-born, US-based bassist Tal Wilkenfeld has gone from sitting in with The Allman Brothers Band in 2006 to working with pianist Chick Corea and Jeff Beck, heard recently on the guitarist's Performing This Week...Live at ...

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Article: Album Review

Alex Sipiagin: Mirages

by John Kelman
April 15, 2009

With little muss or fuss, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin has been gradually building a first-call reputation. Since emigrating from Russia in the early '90s, he has played with everyone from the late Michael Brecker and James Moody to David Binney and the Mingus Big Band. But it's his association with Dave Holland that's garnered him the greatest ...

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Article: Interview

Alex Sipiagin: Burning For Jazz

by R.J. DeLuke
April 6, 2009

The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Before glasnost fully took hold, and before U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down ...

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Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy

Read "Live in Italy" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
March 19, 2009

Born in London, England and reared in Vancouver, Canada, saxophonist Seamus Blake has established himself as both a leader and an effective sideman. He brings those leadership skills to the two-disc Live in Italy.Blake has gained recognition from Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and he finished first in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International ...

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News: Recording

Seamus Blake Quartet Release Double CD Set Live in Italy

March 18, 2009

Hailing from the hotbed of New York City’s jazz scene can never hurt the chances of a musician getting some attention, especially if that musician plays like Seamus Blake. Blake is recognized as one of the finest and most creative young players in jazz and with the release of the double album set Live in Italy, ...

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Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy

Read "Live in Italy" reviewed by Warren Allen

by Warren Allen
March 14, 2009

Back in 2002, Seamus Blake established himself firmly as tenor player of interest with a first place finish in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Since then, his rapidly growing discography, as well as collaborations with artists like John Scofield, suggests that the attention is well-deserved. Even still, Blake's first live release ...

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Article: Interview

Oscar Penas: From Barcelona to Brooklyn

by Tomas Pena
February 9, 2009

Oscar Peñas belongs to a generation of artists who believe there is more to being a musician than being technically proficient. Like his peers--many of whom are emerging, independent musicians--his music reflects his roots, his impressive credentials and his openness to new ideas and concepts. Oscar is part of a flourishing new music scene in Brooklyn ...

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Nexus

By Monday Michiru

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2008
Track listing: Interlude; Epiphany; Your Eyes; Candy; Sometimes; Suite 610; Genetic Imprints; That's Not Me; Weak; Sands of Time; One; On & One

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