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Article: Album Review

The Derek Trucks Band: Songlines

Read "Songlines" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
February 17, 2006

Songlines will be a likely candidate for Best of 2006 lists in any number of genres--jazz, rock, jam band--and not just because it continues the eclectic course set by Derek Trucks since he began recording. (Covers included here range from Rahsaan Roland Kirk to Taj Mahal and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.) This album completely captures the ...

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Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: The Hidden Land

Read "The Hidden Land" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
February 13, 2006

The Hidden Land, the first album of new material recorded in the wake of a year off the road, is the logical extension of the Flecktones' recent activities. It makes sense to go back to the basics and start afresh. Also, after the eclectic complexity and artful ambitions that produced the last Bela Fleck/Flecktones album (the ...

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Article: Live Review

The Derek Trucks Band: From The Mystic to the Mainstream

by Doug Collette
December 17, 2005

The Derek Trucks Band Lebanon Opera House Lebanon, New Hampshire November 20, 2005A tremendous work ethic combined with seemingly boundless creativity is paying off for the Derek Trucks Band just as the buzz around them increases in volume and expanse. Judging from the way the band and their leader ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Soulive: Breakout

by Doug Collette
September 28, 2005

Soulive Breakout Concord Records 2005 Soulive is nothing if not a young jazz band of the people, playing on the road constantly, interacting with audiences graciously and regularly hosting musicians on stage and on tour. Yet this trio adamantly refuses to release albums that merely reflect its live ...

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Harry Connick, Jr.: Occasion: Connick on Piano 2

Read "Occasion: Connick on Piano 2" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
July 22, 2005

While singer/pianist Harry Connick Jr.'s opening performance at this year's Ottawa International Jazz Festival was entertaining in a lightweight kind of way, his two shows the following evening were the most revealing. On this world premiere, and two of only three live performances with his lifelong friend, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, Connick debuted material from Occasion: Connick ...