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Domina Catrina Lee: Songs From The Breastbone Drum

by Robert Bush
October 10, 2010

Domina Catrina LeeSongs From The Breastbone DrumSelf Produced2010 Singaporean guitarist and composer Domina Catrina Lee is not a household name. In a more just universe, she would be. Lee possesses a seemingly infinite musical imagination. Working with a computer and a “budget" acoustic guitar, Lee has crafted a ...

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Joe Alterman: Piano Tracks, Volume 1

Read "Piano Tracks, Volume 1" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 9, 2010

The late Miles Davis had a hand in pushing the standard-playing piano trio out of fashion. The iconic trumpeter's Bitches Brew (Columbia Records, 1970) moved jazz in new and bold directions, and it didn't take long for the piano/bass/drums format to slip into the quaint and old fashioned--and very un-hip--category.Then along came Keith Jarrett--a ...

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Dan Marschak: Likewise

Read "Likewise" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
October 6, 2010

Dan Marschak's debut, Likewise, is a friendly jazz outing, showcasing the Los Angeles-based pianist/composer's compositional talents, piano chops and leadership role as both player and producer. With all but two of its ten tunes written by Marschak, its unconventional approach, melding elements of progressive, fusion, funk--even a touch of classical--makes for a varied and challenging first ...

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Ellen Honert: Hummingville

Read "Hummingville" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 4, 2010

Ellen Honert's previous recording, Breath of the Soul (Mill Station, 2006), was a well-balanced affair accented by Honert's precise and sensitive singing. Hummingville, the recording and the title piece are something else altogether. There is a sea breeze in this recording and song, but it is not so much Caribbean as Mediterranean, but in either case, ...

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Marcus Persiani: Uptown Suite

Read "Uptown Suite" reviewed by Leonard Epstein

by Leonard Epstein
October 2, 2010

Hailing from Chicago, Marcus Persiani has largely managed to escape the limelight, while establishing himself in New York City as an in-demand leader and sideman. The pianist's debut as a leader, Uptown Suite, could be called a manifesto of his considerable and diverse musical abilities, a complete disc of original compositions reflecting a collage of personal ...

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Cynthia Felton: Come Sunday: The Music of Duke Ellington

Read "Come Sunday: The Music of Duke Ellington" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 1, 2010

Dr. Cynthia Felton made quite the splash with her self-produced debut, Afro Blue: The Music of Oscar Brown, Jr. (2009). In the spirit of well-assembled theme recordings like Karrin Allyson's Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane (Concord, 2001) and Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4 disc, 69 Annee Erotique, Afro Blue is a solid look at a master's craft ...

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Erika: Obsession

Read "Obsession" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 30, 2010

Qual è l'ossessione della giovane Erika Matsuo? Farsi largo nel mondo delle vocalist jazz, per esempio. Come? Interpretando nel suo CD di esordio classici a 360 gradi per genere e autori. Si va da Cole Porter ("Night and Day") a Van Morrison ("Moondance"), passando per Milton Nascimento ("Bridges/Travessia"), Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Chega de Saudade"), Chico Buarque ...

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Eric Felton: Seize the Night

Read "Seize the Night" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
September 28, 2010

Eric Felten's Seize the Night is a throwback to the tradition of Jack Teagarden, that has carried forward through Wycliffe Gordon and Vincent Gardner; that is, the tradition of the singer-trombonist. A talented songwriter, Felten, is also quite the instrumentalist in composing and performing, as evidenced by his original ,"Three-Martini Lunch." More swing ...

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Fabiana Cozza: Quando O Ceu Clarear

Read "Quando O Ceu Clarear" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
September 28, 2010

Comparisons are odious, even in the most mundane circumstances, but there is a recording of a rare performance of Elis Regina's Saudades Do Brasil, filmed and recorded in 1980, and directed by the great Cesar Carmago Mariano, that reverberates with energy, even when it is not playing. The mere recollection of it can make the heart ...