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Dear Ones

January 31, 2013

Album: Cycles of Sound
By Josh Maxey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 7:48

Article: Album Review

Solo, Volume I finds guitarist Ryan Blotnick returning to his roots. Not only has he scaled back to his bare, musical minimum--a man and his guitar--but he's also relocated from New York City to the Amherst/Northampton area of Massachusetts, all in an attempt to get closer to the life and music he knew growing up in ...

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The Odd Trio: Birth of The Minotaur

Read "Birth of The Minotaur" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
January 28, 2013

The dual themes running through The Odd Trio's genre-bending The Birth of the Minotaur are jam band-inspired spontaneity and intensely melodic and almost theatrical impressionism. Even though Greek mythology is the source of their inspiration the dozen pieces bear hints of cinematic scores, blues and rock in addition to Mediterranean folk music. “Pasiphae's ...

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Joe Holt: In the Spirit of Dave McKenna

Read "In the Spirit of Dave McKenna" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 26, 2013

The late Dave McKenna (1930-2008) belonged to a group of pianists that include Ralph Sutton (1922-2001), Dick Wellstood (1927-1987) and the very much alive Dick Hyman. These are durable, traditional jazz pianists, well-versed in stride, with enormous genre and technical vocabularies. McKenna recorded many enjoyable discs for the Concord and Arbors labels and deserves the acknowledgement ...

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Petra's Recession Seven: Live In Chicago

Read "Live In Chicago" reviewed by Jack Huntley

by Jack Huntley
January 21, 2013

Petra van Nuis' voice is at once alluring and robust. Her tone alternates between delicate playfulness and declarative strength, perfectly suiting the combination of hot jazz and standards on Live In Chicago, an enchanting portrait of her band, Petra's Recession Seven. And oh, what a band it is--capable of captivating backing as well as exciting soloing.

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Don`t Explain

January 21, 2013

Album: Sofijazz
By Sofija Knezevic
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 05:42

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There's No You

January 20, 2013

Album: Little Did I Dream
By Laura Karst
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Duration: 04:51

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Oslo's Blues

January 18, 2013

Album: Away
By Guy Sion
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Duration: 7:30

Article: Album Review

Manhattan Vibes: Blue November

Read "Blue November" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 17, 2013

Manhattan Vibes is a spot-on double entendre, referencing the vibraphone focal point that is Christos Rafalides and the hustle and bustle of the world's busiest city, which manifests itself in the group's music. Rafalides, who hails from Kozani, Greece and adopted New York as his new home, waited more than a decade to make a follow-up ...

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The Paul Dunlea Group: bi-polAr

Read "bi-polAr" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 16, 2013

Bipolar disorder is, at its core, about extreme changes in personality and mood. When somebody is diagnosed with said ailment, it's a serious problem, but it can be a positive attribute when an album carries this affliction. Trombonist Paul Dunlea's two polar opposites deal with grooving funk versus staid scenarios, but nobody need worry about these ...