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The Lifelike Quartet: Pretending You're Here With Me

Read "Pretending You're Here With Me" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 26, 2013

Tin Pan Alley and the heyday of classy songwriting vanished into the mist of history long ago, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any writing teams today that possess the wit and wisdom to put together smart-and-catchy tunes. Many of these people are still out there, plugging away as they craft clever creation after clever ...

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Kolonihaven Unikum: Saltö

by Jakob Baekgaard
March 25, 2013

It is undeniably a paradox that the age of musical digitalization has produced some of the most beautiful physical objects in the history of recorded music, but, perhaps, the mystery isn't as great as it seems.The endless possibilities of streaming and downloading have brought along a backlash, an increased feeling of impersonality, which had ...

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Close Your Eyes

March 25, 2013

Album: Demo
By Bill Mentz
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 02:21

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Lee Tomboulian: Imaginarium

Read "Imaginarium" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 24, 2013

Terry Gilliam's 2009 movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was a complex, complicated, fantasy tale. Lee Tomboulian's Imaginarium doesn't quite match Gilliam's ambitious, if flawed, breadth of vision--after all, Tomboulian constructs this particular Imaginarium with just a piano and an occasional accordion--but he still displays an impressive range of ideas on this enjoyable recording.Tomboulian ...

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Maria Jacobs: The Art of the Duo

Read "The Art of the Duo" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 22, 2013

Simplicity in jazz performance is a sure bet when one has the chops to deliver. Jazz vocal in a duet format is one of the more exposed configurations, one where the singer liability is great. All mistakes, mis-steps and wrong notes are readily audible. Cleveland, Ohio native singer Maria Jacobs' fourth release features seven voice-guitar duets ...

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Paul Winter Sextet: Count Me In

Read "Count Me In" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 22, 2013

Il sassofonista Paul Winter deve la sua fama prevalentemente alla formazione del suo Consort, il gruppo che ha guidato a partire dalla seconda metà degli anni '60 in un percorso di avvicinamento dal jazz alla world music con spiccata impronta ecologista, e nel quale ha tenuto a battesimo nel 1970 la nascita degli Oregon (i quattro ...

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Bye-Ya

March 20, 2013

Album: Takin' on Monk
By Mike Zinna
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 5:13

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Eli Yamin and Evan Christopher: Louie's Dream: For Our Jazz Heroes

Read "Louie's Dream: For Our Jazz Heroes" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 18, 2013

Hero worship has long been a magnetic force that helps to draw in the next generation of musicians, yet this very concept is often pooh-poohed by a segment of the musical and artistic community. These people feel that new is always better, and that originality can't thrive if artists acknowledge their forefathers and wear their influences ...

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Corey Mwamba / Dave Kane / Joshua Blackmore: Don't Overthink It

Read "Don't Overthink It" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 18, 2013

There's a simple message on the inner sleeve of Don't Overthink It, the first full-length studio recording from vibraphonist Corey Mwamba . bassist Dave Kane and drummer Joshua Blackmore. There's a simple manifesto in its title and some complex improvised music on the album, but enjoying it is a simple matter. The three UK-based musicians are ...

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Carl Bartlett, Jr.: Hopeful

by Dan Bilawsky
March 14, 2013

Hope springs eternal from the horn of Carl Bartlett, Jr. The young alto saxophonist's debut album puts his positive spirit out front on a set of music that explores the quiet, the lively and everything in between. Bartlett, a Queens, New York native still living in the jazz capital of the universe, didn't instantly take to ...