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A Two-Per to Fill

December 29, 2009

Album: Some Many Second Chances Vol 1
By Herb Harris
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Duration: 5:09

401

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There are people who believe jazz, like the blues, is unholy or “devil's music." However, the spirituality of many jazz artists comes through in their writing, and bassist/composer/arranger Ike Sturm is one of them. Sturm is musical director for the jazz ministry at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan. The institution has a tradition of ...

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Les Flots Du Danube

December 28, 2009

Album: DJANGOLOGISTS - "Free As The Wind"
By The Rosenberg Trio
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 04:04

350

Article: Album Review

Kristine Mills: Bossanovafied

Read "Bossanovafied" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
December 27, 2009

Brazil has a very special allure--not only for the Bacchanalian enjoyment of its Carnival in Rio, but for artists as well. Swinging musicians from all over North America have found the rhythmic seduction of the samba and the urbane swish and sway of bossa nova quite irresistible for decades. Lately, however, North American musicians appear to ...

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Tribute To A Generation

December 23, 2009

Album: Coto Pincheira & The Sonido Moderno Project
By Coto Pincheira
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 09:18

148

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John Funkhouser Trio: Time

Read "Time" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
December 22, 2009

A sad indictment of much contemporary music is that it has been over-intellectualized. With fun expunged from the soul of music, it becomes so wooden and hard to enjoy that it may as well never have been released--even made--at all. However, on the occasion when intellect and soul meet, music of exceptional beauty and exceedingly important ...

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Meryl Romer: So Sure

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by AAJ Italy Staff
December 22, 2009

Leggendo nelle note di copertina di questo CD che “This project has been a project of love" è legittimo pensare ad una delle solite iperboli che accompagnano buona parte dei dischi. Poi all`ascolto dei primi tre-quattro brani ci si rende conto che è la pura verità. La gamma stilistica varia: se l`iniziale “I`ve Waited Long Enough" ...

265

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Actis Dato Quartet: World Tour

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by Jerry D'Souza
December 22, 2009

Carlo Actis Dato has had a long and colorful career, both with his own groups and as part of notable Italian bands, most importantly the Italian Instabile Orchestra and Pino Minafra Sud Ensemble. As a composer he imbibes the music and sounds he hears on his world travels, adding flavor to his compositions. Playing tenor and ...

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Cakewalk

December 21, 2009

Album: In Between Moods
By Tony Foster
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Duration: 02:59

202

Article: Album Review

The Chris Kelsey 4: Not Cool {. . .As In, "The Opposite of Paul Desmond"}

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by Jerry D'Souza
December 19, 2009

Growing up as the son of a jazz saxophonist, saxophonist Chris Kelsey was influenced by his father's tastes in jazz. Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins were among those favorite artists, but Paul Desmond was not. Kelsey first heard Desmond on Bridge Over Troubled Water (A&M, 1969), his ode to Simon and Garfunkel, which was ...