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Leon Foster Thomas: Brand New Mischief

by Dan Bilawsky
July 24, 2012

The sound of steel pans seems to surface at beaches and poolside bars more often than jazz clubs, but that doesn't mean that these sunny-sounding metal melody makers aren't welcome or cut out for the jazz life. Steel pan trailblazers, like Jaco Pastorius-associated Othello Molineaux and jazz-meets-world music giant Andy Narell, established a place for their ...

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Greg Lewis / Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black

Read "Uwo in the Black" reviewed by Larry Taylor

by Larry Taylor
July 24, 2012

Uwo in the Black is organist Greg Lewis' second recording based on Thelonious Monk's music--in fact, it is the second in a projected trilogy. Lewis' debut in 2010, Organ Monk, gained high respect from critics. Whereas, the first effort was a trio affair, Lewis expands the group here by adding Reginald R. Woods on tenor saxophone. ...

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Baby do Brasil: Geracao Guerreiros do Apocalipse

Read "Geracao Guerreiros do Apocalipse" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
July 23, 2012

Over her four-decade career, Baby do Brasil (formerly known as Baby Consuelo) has constantly reinvented herself artistically. As a member of Brazil's seminal Os Novos Baianos, she helped (with the blessing of Joao Gilberto) shatter genre barriers with their fusion of rock, samba and other sounds. As a solo artist starting from the late ...

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Art Bailey: Quiet As A Bone

Read "Quiet As A Bone" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 16, 2012

In a classic Monty Python comedy sketch, John Cleese, a self-defense instructor, teaches various techniques to disarm an attacker who comes at his victims armed with a piece of fruit. The students dissent, but Cleese runs down a list of lethal weapons including grapes, apples, grapefruit (whole and segments), pomegranates, etc. The pupils bored refrain, “we ...

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Blue Son Herb

July 14, 2012

Album: XR7
By Rico Belled
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Duration: 04:34

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Aysuda

July 13, 2012

Album: Marcin Malinowski Group
By Marcin Malinowski
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 4:49

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The Black Butterflies: Rainbows For Ramon

Read "Rainbows For Ramon" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
July 9, 2012

When passion turns into art the effect can be stunning. Saxophonist Mercedes Figueras proves this in her masterful blend of jazz including Latin music, African rhythms and a high-energy dollop of free jazz. What makes it all the more tantalizing is the way in which she and her band scope and enlarge the composition. Figureas plays ...

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Wendy K: Just For a Thrill

Read "Just For a Thrill" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 8, 2012

A professional actress with a long successful career on the other side of the camera as a film and television casting director (running her own firm and collaborating with many talented directors), Wendy Kurtzman (as Wendy K) now focuses on what she's always loved the most: singing. On Just For a Thrill, K expands her horizons, ...

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Flat Busted

July 7, 2012

Album: Spring Dance
By Project Grand Slam
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Duration: 2:28

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Dan DeChellis Trio: My Age of Anxiety

Read "My Age of Anxiety" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 6, 2012

If anything in jazz approaches the status of a commodity, it would be the piano trio. The inevitable comparisons run the gamut from Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett to Cecil Taylor and, more often than not, those benchmarks are either unattainable or unsustainable. A more accessible measure may be in the ability to differentiate one group's ...