Results for "Shayari"

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Ron Blake: Shayari

by J Hunter
March 31, 2008

If you've heard bassist Christian McBride's blazing Live at Tonic (RopeaDope, 2006), then you're familiar with the powers of Ron Blake. On some tracks, Blake blasts soul-drenched tenor in the same vein as Junior Walker; on others, he launches solos that approache the same technical and emotional level visited by Wayne Shorter. Blake's overall performance on ...

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Ron Blake: Shayari

Read "Shayari" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler
February 13, 2008

There's an attention to sonic detail and aural space on tenor saxophonist Ron Blake's Shayari that would be more expected from the ECM label than from Detroit's Mack Avenue Records. But Mack Avenue, through Blake and his producer/pianist Michael Cain, has given us a CD strong on tone and mood, intimate and introverted without being lightweight ...

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Shayari

By Ron Blake

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Waltz for Gwen; Atonement; Come Sun; Hanuman; What Is Your Prayer For?; Of Kindred Souls; Please Be Kind; 76; Remember the Rain; The Island; Teddy; Abhaari (Pt. I); Abhaari (Pt. II).

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Ron Blake: Shayari

Read "Shayari" reviewed by Greg Camphire

by Greg Camphire
December 30, 2007

Following excursions in the worlds of pop, funk and Latin music, saxophonist Ron Blake veers back towards jazz with Shayari, a series of acoustic duets and trios featuring a revolving lineup of A-list sidemen. Mixing up original compositions written or co-written by Blake along with a handful of standards, the album is a varied and well-paced ...