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Charlie Brown's Wandering Eye

April 7, 2012

Album: Armadillo In Sunset Park
By Kyoko Kitamura
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Duration: 03:16

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Gene Wilder

April 6, 2012

Album: Threads
By Threads Orchestra
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 4:19

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Carlos Jimenez / Mambo Dulcet: Red Tailed Hawk

Read "Red Tailed Hawk" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 5, 2012

Latin jazz flute players aren't exactly commonplace, but artists like Dave Valentin, Nestor Torres, Bobby Porcelli and, more recently, Mark Weinstein have helped to widen this avenue of instrumental exploration. They've paved the way and opened up a world of possibilities for fine and feisty flautists of the present and future to flourish in danceable domains. ...

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Karen Johns & Company: Peach

by Edward Blanco
April 4, 2012

The multi-talented Karen Johns is known not only as a singer, but also as a songwriter, actress and a playwright. The highly entertaining and truly sweet Peach, by Johns & Company, features songs from her swing-jazz musical play, Once There Was A Peach. Their third jazz album and eighth overall, the group delivers an exciting, infectious ...

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Kyoko Kitamura: Armadillo In Sunset Park

Read "Armadillo In Sunset Park" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
April 1, 2012

In a genre-defying debut, vocalist/pianist Kyoko Kitamura releases what she terms a mini album, collecting nine pieces, many written for a dance collaboration. It might be termed a solo effort, except that the electronics and sound effects provided by George Walker Petit play such an integral role. A former journalist with a Gulf War stint on ...

Article: Album Review

Walt Johnson: Ladies

Read "Ladies" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 1, 2012

The etymology of the word “troubadour" describes the term as “a singer of songs of chivalry and courtly love." If that is the case, then trumpeter Walt Johnson demonstrates that he is a trumpeting troubadour nonpareil with his marvelous CD, Ladies.Using a concept thread and a classic feel, Johnson and ensemble deliver ten beautifully ...

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Andy Peterson Independent: Anusha

by Ian Patterson
March 31, 2012

A veteran of Malaysia's pop, jazz, and fusion circles, slap bassist Andy Peterson's first solo album draws from long years of experience and the diverse musical sources that have colored his playing. Peterson started out with the Falcons, a Malaysian pop band, in 1976, paying his dues as the band toured extensively throughout Europe. However, it ...

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Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time

Read "Point in Time" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 30, 2012

When Berklee beckons, most aspiring jazz musicians pick themselves up and trek to Boston to further their studies, but guitarist Gabriel Vicens isn't most people. While the young guitarist had a scholarship lined up at that venerable learning institution, he opted to stay in his native habitat and study at the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico. ...

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Badbadnotgood: BBNGLIVE 2

by Thomas Carroll
March 30, 2012

Hip-hop grooves and electronics are not new to the jazz world. In the 1970s, forward-thinking jazz giants such as trumpeter Miles Davis and keyboardists Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea popularized the sound of electrified keyboards and horns supported by rhythm sections of slapping bass players, superhuman fusion drummers and funky electric guitarists. Since at least 2003, ...