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Down The Wire

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2009
Track listing: Down the Wire; Unspoken; Not for Nothin'; Island Pond; The Tippin' Point; Ice Mountain; A Flower for Annie Jeanette; La Zona Rosa; What It Is; A Distant Memory; Make It Mine.

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Take Five With Calvin Mark Smith

Read "Take Five With Calvin Mark Smith" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Calvin Mark Smith:Born and raised in the New England area, Calvin showed an early proclivity for percussion. Although he spent time on other instruments, he always returned to drums. In and out of various genres and bands throughout his life, he finally settled on music production and recording. To this end, he established ...

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Tower of Power: Great American Soulbook

Read "Great American Soulbook" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


For more than 40 years, Tower of Power has been thrilling audiences with its brassy sound. Whether as a stand-alone act or backing up another group, this 10-piece ensemble has crossed many genres, including blues, pop, jazz, funk, rock and soul. Having worked with such a diversity of acts as Aerosmith and Spyro Gyra, ...

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Andy Narell and Relator: University of Calypso

Read "University of Calypso" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


It almost seems required in many cases, that jazz artists incorporate other styles into their music, whether it is blues, R&B, pop, classical or Latin. Half a century ago, jazz and calypso were fused together for the first time, and now Andy Narell and modern-day calypso legend Relator revisit that relationship with University of Calypso.

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Spyro Gyra: Down the Wire

Read "Down the Wire" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


It's been 30 years since Spyro Gyra released their one and only crossover hit, “Morning Dance." Changes in how decisions are made as to what gets played on the radio pretty much guarantee the group will not score another; that's unfortunate, because they continue to make eye-opening, jaw-dropping music. Down the Wire is a ...

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Take Five With Alessandro Bottura

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Meet Alessandro Bottura: Alessandro Bottura, was born in Italy on 03/06/1984, and started to get interested in music when he was a child, studying piano for five years, then guitar and drums until 2000, when he came to the bass, for which he is self-taught. Alessandro performed many live shows throughout Modena with the rock band ...

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A Night Before Christmas

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2008
Track listing: O Tannenbaum; It Won't Feel Like Christmas; Winter Wonderland; Christmas Time Is Here; Baby It's Cold Outside; Carol of the Bells; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; First Noel; Silent Night; This Christmas; Christmas Song.

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Spyro Gyra: A Night Before Christmas

Read "A Night Before Christmas" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


In any major artist's discography are some stock entries besides the usual studio releases. There's also the live album, the greatest hits album (even if the artist only had one or none) and the inevitable Christmas album.Why Spyro Gyra felt the urge to release A Night Before Christmas, their album of Christmas songs, is ...

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Spyro Gyra: A Night Before Christmas

Read "A Night Before Christmas" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


'Twas A Night Before Christmas, and all through the land, everyone was listening ... to a world-famous band. With apologies to Clement Moore, the title of Spyro Gyra's first all-out holiday release delivers on its promise of good cheer. Founded in the mid-'70s by Jay Beckenstein and Jeremy Wall, Spyro Gyra has consistently ...

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Good To Go-Go

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2007
Track listing: Simple Pleasures; Get Busy; Jam Up; The Left Bank; Funkyard Dog; Along for the Ride; Island Time; Wassup!; Easy Street; A Winter Tale; Good to Go-Go; Newroses.


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