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Mike Kennedy: Insulation

Read "Insulation" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
November 21, 2014

This unpretentious but edifying album consists of a series of guitar originals which flow into one another to form a unified whole. The music is relaxing, with a light swing that calls to mind guitarists like Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall, and might be called, to coin a phrase, “soft bop." Mike Kennedy, guitarist and leader, ...

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Natura

November 21, 2014

Album: Natura
By Yasser Pino
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 06:47

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George Kahn: Jazz & Blues Revue

Read "Jazz & Blues Revue" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 19, 2014

Billed as the “Sass 'n' Soul World Tour," LA jazz pianist George Kahn presents the Jazz & Blues Revue, his eighth album as leader featuring three of LA's finest female jazz vocalist in his first all-vocal project and departure from previous recordings. On tap, fresh new arrangements of thirteen songs that obviously, not only touch on ...

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Maria Ahn: Je t'aime Bowie

Read "Je t'aime Bowie" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
November 18, 2014

Da quando il Kronos Quartet e altre formazioni simili hanno abbattuto gli steccati tra musica accademica e musica popolare interpretando in chiave contemporanea i classici del rock, le contaminazioni tra i generi non si sono risparmiate. E se in passato erano i musicisti rock a cercare di nobilitarsi strizzando l'occhio al mondo classico con ibridizzazioni tanto ...

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

November 18, 2014

Album: Bop to Pop
By Mark Botkai
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 3:59

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Assaf Kehati Trio: Naked

by Edward Blanco
November 17, 2014

A progressive jazz guitarist with a preference for the electric strings and a light touch, Assaf Kehati unveils his third album Naked since arriving from Israel in 2007 and establishing himself as a modern force to be reckoned with. Kehati offers an album of primarily original music conveying a story behind every piece beginning with the ...

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Carol McCartney: Be Cool

Read "Be Cool" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 16, 2014

Toronto native Carol McCartney records another impressive vocal statement on the breezy Be Cool cementing her reputation as one of Canada's finest jazz vocalist and building on the foundation established from her critically-acclaimed debut Night In Tunisia (CDBaby, 2007). Though presenting a selection of primarily familiar standards from the jazz cannon, the Joni-Mitchell pop tune title ...

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Assaf Kehati Trio: Naked

by Dan Bilawsky
November 14, 2014

Guitarist Assaf Kehati has never been one to hide behind the impenetrable or the opaque; his art has always been centered on clarity of thought and communicative expressionism, yet he's reached a new level of musical directness and comprehensibility with Naked. On this, his third release, Kehati winnows away anything that could remotely ...

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Last Inspiration

November 14, 2014

Album: Home Inspiration
By Rachel Therrien
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Duration: 5:23

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George Taylor: TroubleTown

Read "TroubleTown" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 11, 2014

On George Taylor's second recording, Rain or Shine (Self Produced, 2014), the guitarist looked oddly like a square accountant. On his first recording, TroubleTown he looks like Texas surfer cleaned up in a blue blazer. On both recordings, Taylor plays some of the freshest throw-back Americana being played. Touted as a “Blues musician," and, while he ...