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May 16, 2012

Album: Stone
By Carl Morgan
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Duration: 08:42

Article: Album Review

Vocalist Cristina Morrison is also quite the lyricist as she demonstrates in spades on I Love. Original compositions like “Summer in New York" are beautifully carnal while the title track is a celebration of art and free spirits. Swing is the vitamin that nourishes this music, catalyzing a fine extended band to pitch-perfect performance. This is ...

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Paula's Waltz

May 15, 2012

Album: Choices
By Ric Harris
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 6:11

Article: Album Review

Steve Lyman: Revolver

Read "Revolver" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
May 14, 2012

Drummer Steve Lyman makes his debut as leader with Revolver, a mini-album of original compositions clocking in at just over 27 minutes. Brevity is the soul of wit, of course, and Lyman wisely avoids the desire to throw everything he has onto his first recording. The result is a concise, sharp, collection with a laidback, meditative ...

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Purnell Steen and Le Jazz Machine: This Little Light

Read "This Little Light" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
May 12, 2012

Denver has always had a thriving jazz community, and between the 1920s and 1950s, the Five Points neighborhood was the heart of the scene. Known as the “Harlem of the West," at its peak Five Points had over fifty bars and clubs, and played host to all the greats: pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington, singers Billie ...

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Cristina Morrison: I Love

by Dan Bilawsky
May 11, 2012

Vocalist Cristina Morrison is as worldly and well-traveled as they come. She was born in Miami and spent time living in Rome, Quito, the Galapagos Islands and Los Angeles before landing in the Big Apple, from whence she recorded this fine debut. Morrison possesses a voice that's alternately soothing, sassy, straightforward or sly, and she brings ...

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Jazz Punks: Jazz Punks: Smashups

Read "Jazz Punks: Smashups" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 9, 2012

A homogenous and playfully bastardized take on modern jazz, the Los Angeles-based Jazz Punks offers a rather chic, and youthful blend of jazz, punk-rock and rock on its debut outing. It's an undulating approach and at times, pleasantly schizophrenic by design. Here, electric guitarist Sal Polcino looms as the bridge between the rock and jazz element ...

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