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Sam Newsome: Blue Soliloquy

Read "Blue Soliloquy" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
May 10, 2010

Sam Newsome's Blue Soliloquy is not just a recording of solo soprano saxophone pieces; it's an eloquent and daring discourse on the scope of possibilities that the instrument offers. As the CD title and song names suggest, the blues forms the foundation for everything Newsome writes and plays. He depends heavily on multiphonics but this complements, ...

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Matthew Charles Heulitt: Room to Run

Read "Room to Run" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
May 8, 2010

Guitarist Matthew Charles Heulitt's eclectic CV hints at something of his genre-defying style; a member of drummer Zigaboo Modeliste's band and sideman in former Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report drummer Narada Michael Walden's group, he has also performed with Sting, Taj Mahal, Micky Hart and David Grisman, amongst others. This, his debut as leader, impresses on ...

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Andrea Fultz: The German Projekt German Songs from the Twenties and Thirties

Read "The German Projekt German Songs from the Twenties and Thirties" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez
May 7, 2010

Since its origins in the turbulent 1920s-'30s, and with the occasional exception of a vocalist-cum-chanteuse like Ute Lemper, the authoritative renditions by Marlene Dietrich and Lotte Lenya have pretty much held title to this music, which might be called the Great German Songbook. Which makes it all the more impressive that Munich-born Andrea Fultz, who has ...

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Ken Greves: The Face Of My Love

Read "The Face Of My Love" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 6, 2010

On The Face of My Love, countertenor Ken Greves answers what could well be an eternal question: Why make another album about love? And he does so emphatically: Because there may be a more complete way to tackle its rainbow of moods and feelings. It is very possible that no one in recent memory has gotten ...

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Chris Tedesco: Living the Dream

Read "Living the Dream" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
May 6, 2010

In Living the Dream Los Angeles-based trumpeter/contractor/producer Chris Tedesco proves that he is a consummate multi-tasker. He leads his L.A. Jazz Big Band and Orchestra admirably, contracted the sessions, arranged a selection, composed four originals, engineered, edited, and produced the CD. The result of this array of endeavors is a slick, swinging, throwback salute to hip, ...

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Christopher Lehman: Popjazzic

Read "Popjazzic" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 4, 2010

On the face of it, many would find the title of New York City-based trumpeter Christopher Lehman's Popjazzic somewhat ludicrous. But, then, isn't the title “Latin jazz" somewhat ludicrous too? After all, that form of jazz has everything to do with Africa, Spain and Portugal, America and the indigenous peoples of the countries of South America, ...

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Spider Web

May 2, 2010

Album: Cookin' in the Kitchen
By Anne Mironchik
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Duration: 03:04

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Adriana Miki: Sashimiki

Read "Sashimiki" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 22, 2010

The spry and sensuous voice of the Brazilian Adriana Miki is beautifully showcased on her debut album, Sashimiki, produced by her bass-playing partner in this project, Sérgio Crestana. Delivering an exquisitely chosen, albeit short, program, Miki emerges with soft grandeur as Astrud Gilberto once did when she voiced the songs of her then husband, Jo&#227o Gilberto. ...

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Peppe Merolla: Stick With Me

Read "Stick With Me" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 20, 2010

Although Stick With Me is a simple, straight ahead album, it is fresh and full of wonderful twists and turns. The very first track says, “expect the unexpected," when “Naples," opens with a splash of cymbals, the rolling thunder of mallets on tympanis and Steve Turre calling plaintively on his trademark shells, and then it's a ...

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Lady K and the Kings of Swing featuring Dale Head: Live at the Blackhawk

Read "Live at the Blackhawk" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 19, 2010

An album of show tunes and film songs is not necessarily a bad thing, and when the music is performed with finesse and a certain pizzazz, it can be downright enjoyable. This certainly is the case with Lady K and The Kings of Swing Live at the Blackhawk. The big band is based on the West ...