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Scott Lee: Leaving

Read "Leaving" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Scott Lee is a bassist who sports a persuasive compositional pen. An educator, session ace, and solo artist, Lee and his constituents impart a highly-rhythmic slant on the progressive-jazz vernacular amid a few intermittent nods to the avant-garde spectrum throughout Leaving. His quartet instills a rite of passage, chocked full of nifty theme-building exercises, intriguing harmonic ...

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Scott Lee: Leaving

Read "Leaving" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

One word album titles often invite a lot questions about intent and direction. What exactly is bassist Scott Lee leaving behind? The answer is: nothing, and a little bit of everything at the same time. Lee is no newcomer on the scene and, for the past decade, he and his musical cohorts have been working out ...

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Scott Lee: Leaving

Read "Leaving" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Maybe te annual jazz awards need to add a new category for musicians like Scott Lee. It could be titled “master musicians deserving of wider recognition." The veteran bassist has been on the New York scene since the 1970s, and a member of numerous bands including those led by titans Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, and, Kenny ...

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Bill Gerhardt: Momentum

Read "Momentum" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler

It takes uncommon knowledge of jazz history to begin a solo piano album with a dedication to Herbie Nichols. “One for Herbie" is only one of the delightful surprises from pianist Bill Gerhardt on this winning solo recital, sumptuously recorded on a 10-foot Fazioli grand piano at the SteepleChase studios in Europe. Based in Asheville, North ...

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Bill Mays: Mays at the Movies

Read "Mays at the Movies" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

Bill Mays has spent much of his career as a first-call studio pianist in Hollywood, accompanying singers like Sarah Vaughan and Al Jarreau, and playing on movie soundtracks. Moreover, his most recent CDs have involved his innovative third-stream group, The Inventions Trio, with trumpeter Marvin Stamm and cellist Alisa Horn. As a result, Mays's profile may ...

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Peter Zak: Blues on the Corner: The Music of McCoy Tyner

Read "Blues on the Corner: The Music of McCoy Tyner" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts

McCoy Tyner has justifiably been heralded as one of the most important jazz pianists of the past 50 years, both for his seminal work with the classic John Coltrane Quartet in the 1960s and for the four decades of consistently exhilarating work as a leader that followed. But while his heavily percussive style, unique chord voicings ...

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Vincent Gardner: Three-Five

Read "Three-Five" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler

The title here refers to both trombonist Vincent Gardner's age and the time signatures (3/4 and 5/4) of the majority of the tracks on this CD. Gardner says the “idea for the date was to try these pieces in a different meter. It's amazing that when you drop a beat and take a tune usually played ...

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Ballroom

By Jack Walrath

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Hold My Bag, Please; Bumpy; (It's Not that Easy) Bein' Green; Nowhere Man; Death Is Just Around the Corner Cha Cha Cha; Heartbreak Hotel; He Was Such a Nice Quiet Boy!; An Hour Blessed; It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing; I Can See Clearly Now; Impure Inspiration.

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Evans Explorations

By Jed Levy

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Blue And Green; Very Early; Jazz Samba; Time Remembered; The Dolphin; Laurie; Twelve Tone Tune; Interplay; Re: Person I Knew; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You.


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