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Article: Album Review

Fo' Reel: Heavy Water

Read "Heavy Water" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Journeyman musicians have an ease about them that enables them to readily collaborate, making exceptional music in the bargain. New Orleans's Fo' Reel is such a band. The core of Fo' Reel is made up of New Orleans soul singer C.P. Love, guitarist and producer Mark Domizio, keys player Johnny Neel and bassist David Barard. The ...

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Article: Album Review

Thelonius: Crows On The Beeline

Read "Crows On The Beeline" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Thelonius announced its arrival on the scene with a brief-but-fun self produced EP, Reminisce, in 2012. The quintet, from Bristol in the west of England, blended its mix of influences--most notably hip-hop and Thelonious Monk--into a hook-laden and imaginative set of tunes. It was over all too quickly. Thelonius returns with the download-only Crows On The ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts: Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts

Read "Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

The eponymously titled debut album by this trio of Berklee College of Music alumni is led by tenor saxophonist Chris Weller and was recorded between December 2013 and January 2014. The lack of bass in this band doesn't inhibit its ability to engage with rock infused dynamics. Comparisons with other groups are not easy since this ...

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Article: Album Review

Julien Colarossi: Note to Self

Read "Note to Self" reviewed by Luigi Sforza

by Luigi Sforza

Classe 1988, musicista d'origine italiana ma irlandese d'adozione, Julien Colarossi è un chitarrista e compositore non ancora trentenne in grado di sostenere le sorti di un quartetto di bravi e motivati musicisti. Note to Self è il primo disco a suo nome, ed è un lavoro sfaccettato, suonato sapientemente da artisti che sanno mettere in ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts: Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts

Read "Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid

Composer and saxophonist Chris Weller was born and raised in Oak Park, IL. Weller sites his passion for music happened in eighth grade after hearing Charlie Parker. Weller attend Berklee College of Music on a scholarship from 2007-2010, where he received his bachelor's degree in Music Performance. While at Berklee, Weller studied with: George Garzone, Dave ...

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Article: Album Review

Wayne Horvitz: 55: Music and Dance In Concrete

Read "55: Music and Dance In Concrete" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Reviewed on LP, the only other option for this release is a digital download, but with the latter you won't get the sharp colorful booklet that includes photos of the corresponding dance moves, choreographed by Yukio Suzuki and Wayne Horvitz' detailed album notes. The album was recorded at an old military base, Fort Worden that is ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Dundas / Arild Andersen / Bendik Hofseth / Patrice Heral: Oslo Odyssey

Read "Oslo Odyssey" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

What's up with Oslo, Norway? Two of the outstanding recordings by of 2014 have come out of the city: pianist Paul Bley's Play Blue (ECM Records), and now Los Angeles-based pianist Chris Dundas' Oslo Odyssey (BLM Records). Dundas' profile isn't exactly soaring through the stars. He has one previous recording as a leader to ...

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Be Kind To Your Neurosis

Album: Løft Mig Op, Så Jeg Kan Nå (Lift me up, so I can reach)
By I Think You’re Awesome
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 07:58

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Article: Album Review

Steve Olson: Conversations

Read "Conversations" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman

For his first recording as a leader, drummer/percussionist Steve Olson asked six of his friends to engage in completely unrehearsed and improvised duo “conversations." Olson states in the notes that in his opinion, “the best music has an element of dialogue in it, both between the musicians, and between the players and the listener ...

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Kyle Shepherd: Where Dream States Meet Reality

Read "Kyle Shepherd: Where Dream States Meet Reality" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

The Standard Bank Young Artist Awards program has been shining a light on some of the best and brightest South African up-and-comers in music, drama, dance, film, and other art forms since 1984. Almost from the start, and for the two decades that followed, music was simply represented with one umbrella category when these awards were ...


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