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Theo Bleckmann: Origami

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 2001

Jazz needs more vocalists like Theo Bleckmann. Bleckmann skirts the well-worn path of the standards repertoire, preferring instead to stick with original or group compositions and pieces off the beaten track. He avoids any ostentatious displays of virtuosity. And he liberates a distinctly legato, thick-hued delivery (of great range) which lends itself well to the pastoral ...

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Ryan Haines: To the Sky

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 2001

Ryan Haines, who has spent the better part of his musical career playing trombone in a number of U.S. Air Force Jazz ensembles, pilots a well–equipped big band into the stratosphere on To the Sky, his high–flying “civilian” debut on Sea Breeze Records. Haines wrote eight of the ten numbers on the album, which together comprise ...

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Ryan Haines: To The Sky

by Jim Santella
June 1, 2001

Enlisting the services of fellow Air Force Band of the Rockies members, trombonist Ryan Haines has put together a big band session of note. Originally composed as “The Sky Blue Suite," Haines' program captures various aspects of a serviceman's career. There are dark days, frantic scrambles, lovely ballads, and high-flying horns. While the session connotes high ...

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Theo Bleckmann: Origami

by Joe McGaha
May 1, 2001

Let me begin this review by telling you the circumstances in which I had the opportunity to see Theo Bleckmann in concert. I've always had a lot of luck winning contests, and in this case, me and my girlfriend found ourselves in New York City because of a contest that I won in Las Vegas last ...

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Talking Pictures with Jorrit Dijkstra: Humming

by Mark Corroto
January 1, 2001

The more I listen to non-American creative jazz recordings, the more I learn just how much of the 1990’s version of the ‘New Wave’ was fueled by European improvisers. John Zorn’s freedom and musical games found its roots in England’s Company projects and Amsterdam music scene. Our fascination with all things Klezmer and Balkan are rooted ...

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We'll Soon Find Out

By Joey Baron

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Slow Charleston; Closer Than You Think; Junior; Time To Cry; Wisely; Bit o' Water; M; Equaled; Contact.

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Expansion

By Patrick Zimmerli

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Sand; Evidence; The Elements Suite: Fire/Earth; Air; Water; Invitation.

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Crowd Theory

By Jerry Granelli

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Crowd Theory; Mr. Hulot; Bucky; Tango; Scatologie; Yutz; The Front; Cloud.

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Broken Circle

By Jerry Granelli

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2000

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American Bandstand

By Wayne Horvitz

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Ben's Music; Prepaid Funeral; Love, Love, Love; Capricious Midnight; 9 To 4; In The Ballroom; Forever; Disingenuous Firefight; Tired; Little Man; American Bandstand