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Roxy Coss: Roxy Coss

Read "Roxy Coss" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

There is no question that women musicians have, and continue to play, a major role in jazz--from composers and band leaders such as Maria Schneider to renowned pianist Marian McPartland,--but few make their mark as saxophonists. Roxy Coss is a New York-based saxophonist who, with her self-titled debut, joins the likes of Anat Cohen, Mary Fettig, ...

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Shawn Costantino: Waltz for Anne

Read "Waltz for Anne" reviewed by Wilbert Sostre

by Wilbert Sostre

With the advantage of having access, these days, to what is currently going on in the 21st century jazz scene as well as the jazz tradition, it is not rare to find young musicians whose music conveys both the present and the past of jazz. That is certainly the case with Shawn Costantino, a saxophonist/flautist/clarinetist/composer with ...

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KC Pocket

Album: Music to Graduate By
By Robin Dragonic
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 08:02

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Chantale Gagné: Wisdom Of The Water

Read "Wisdom Of The Water" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

In many ways, water is the ultimate life force. Approximately seventy percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water and more than half of the human body is made up of water. Perhaps, it was with this in mind that nature endowed water with a certain degree of logic in motion. Water often flows ever-forward ...

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Ballister: Bastard String

Read "Bastard String" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

There is something special about watching jugglers perform. It is a marvel how the juggler can seemingly interrupt the laws of gravity at will, keeping balls (or chainsaws) suspended through sheer tenacity. Such it is when listening to Ballister perform the three lengthy improvised pieces on Bastard String.As the juggler doesn't rely on willpower to ...

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Calling Out

Album: Mandala
By Simon Little
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 04:55

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Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land

Read "Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Saxophonist Bill Evans may have headed the marquee, but the surprise of his Soulgrass Band's 2007 Ottawa Jazz Festival performance was 27 year-old banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh. In the wake of Béla Fleck, Cavanaugh has emerged as the inevitable next step, continuing to transition the oft-maligned banjo into a bona fide jazz instrument as flexible as its ...

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Roberta Piket: Sides, Colors

Read "Sides, Colors" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Back in earlier days, when the vinyl, 33 RPM long playing record was the way to listen to music, Roberta Piket's Sides, Colors would have been released as a double disc, with its generous seventy-six minutes of music and two distinctly different moods. After her beautiful piano trio outing, Love and Beauty (Thirteenth Note Records, 2007), ...

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Grand Dragon

Album: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land
By Ryan Cavanaugh
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Duration: 08:55

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Debbie Winter Quartet: Red Song

Read "Red Song" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Classically-trained British vocalist Debbie Winter, formerly a member of Shifting Sands, makes her solo debut with Red Song. The recording may be brief, just 20 minutes, but in that time, Winter's quartet creates a rich and intriguing musical atmosphere with moments of breathtaking beauty. Winter co-wrote the songs with pianist and arranger Aidan ...


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