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Nate Wooley: The Complete Syllables Music

Read "The Complete Syllables Music" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
April 4, 2017

The late Kenneth Gaburo was a noted academic, writer, jazz pianist, electronic music innovator and more. In the 1980s, he headed the Experimental Music Studio at the University of Iowa where he taught that the individual is free to create their own language in terms of their approach to music composition. Gaburo is the inspiration for ...

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Blues Women – LazyEye, Teresa James, Kate Riggins, Lauren Mitchell, Eliza Neals

by C. Michael Bailey
April 3, 2017

Men have no monopoly on having or playing the blues. Here are five women serious about their music. Lazy Eye Live at Chapel Lane Self Produced 2016 Live at Chapel Lane is a nice left turn on the greasy archetype of the guitar-organ jazz trio. That these funky greens ...

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Tom Graf: Wish You Were Here

Read "Wish You Were Here" reviewed by Jim Olin

by Jim Olin
April 3, 2017

Wish You Were Here is the latest full-length from songwriter/composer Tom Graf. Graf is an industry vet -he co-wrote Merry Clayton's “Yes" from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack in 1987 -and he has been known to create head--turning music. He is an accomplished talent who considers jazz as one of his first loves. On Wish You Were ...

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Unlikely Valentine

April 3, 2017

Album: Unlikely Valentine
By Ron Boustead
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Duration: 03:21

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Stephane Wrembel: The Django Experiment I & II

Read "The Django Experiment I & II" reviewed by Peter Jurew

by Peter Jurew
April 2, 2017

When guitarist extraordinaire Stephane Wrembel was invited to appear at the 2012 Academy Award to play his composition, “Bistro Fada," the theme song for Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, it represented a high point in the modern history of the genre known as “Gypsy jazz." Inspired by the original Quintette du le Hot Club de France, ...

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We are in love

April 1, 2017

Album: Singing & Swinging
By Paul Rasmussen
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 2:34

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David Feldman: Horizonte

Read "Horizonte" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 31, 2017

Fans of the music always remember their first aural encounters with talents of note. In the case of this writer's awakening to the wonder that is pianist David Feldman, the initial point of contact was drummer Duduka Da Fonseca's Plays Toninho Horta (Zoho Music, 2011). That date--the first of three fine outings that Da Fonseca's trio ...

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University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra: Sweet Ruby Suite

Read "Sweet Ruby Suite" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 31, 2017

"The Music of Kenny Wheeler Featuring Norma Winstone and Dave Liebman" is the subtext of this new (March 2016) recording by the first-rate University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra, more than half of which is devoted to Wheeler's picturesque “Sweet Ruby Suite," whose genesis and rationale aren't made clear, as there are no liner notes.