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Cesar Camargo Mariano and Romero Lubambo: Duo
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Duos can be tough to pull off, especially for a whole CD, and piano/guitar duos are tougher still. It takes a special kind of mutual craftmanship and understanding for two chordal instruments to make music together without getting in each other's way. Cesar Camargo Mariano, one of Brazil's most respected arrangers and composers (and the widower ...
Randy Weston: Spirit! The Power of Music
by AAJ Staff
One name is just not enough, and neither is one culture. The full performance credits for Spirit! reflect this record's international cast and bode well for its outcome. Jazz piano icon and longtime African music devotee Randy Weston may formally lead the date (recorded live in September 1999), but his African Rhythms Quartet plays more than ...
Lee Konitz and Michel Petrucciani: Toot Sweet
by Joshua Weiner
Judging from their frequent occurrence in his long discography, duet sessions are among Lee Konitz's favorites. These intimate settings have also encouraged some of his best work; for example, his 1967 album The Lee Konitz Duets (Milestone/OJC), on which he performed with several diverse partners in an astonishing range of styles. The mood is more focussed ...
Randy Weston: Spirit! the Power Of Music
by Rex Butters
With Randy Weston’s longtime involvement with African music and culture, it seems odd he has recorded so little with traditional African ensembles. While percussion masters like Babatunde Olantunje have augmented his groups, his guest appearance on the Musicians of Morocco’s 1992 Seventh Splendid Master Gnawa marked one of the few times Weston worked with traditional African ...
Randy Weston African Rhythms Quintet: Spirit! The Power of Music
by Todd S. Jenkins
Ever since Ornette Coleman and journalist Robert Palmer ventured to Joujouka in the late 1970s, traditional Moroccan musicians have had sporadic, generally fruitful meetings with American jazzmen. Many of those projects -- Coleman’s Dancing In Your Head and Pharoah Sanders’ Trance of the Seven Colors come straight to mind -- have leaned heavily towards the traditional ...
Fred Hersch and Norma Winstone: Songs & Lullabies
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Pianist Fred Hersch has long been respected in the jazz community for his chops, lush harmonic sense, steady growth and productivity, and the ability to compose beautiful, lingering melodies. His recent Guggenheim fellowship finally recognizes him as a national cultural treasure. Fred makes Herschian music - using whatever he chooses to best follow his muse - ...
Ray Barretto: Homage to Art: Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Old sages die like they play: hard... very hard.... Art Blakey bolstered his musical cause by endlessly refreshing his Jazz Messengers with youthful, eager, and determined virtuosi carefully embedded amongst old hands. Ray Barretto, whose early professional path shared saunters with Blakey, implements a similar strategy to ever-growing and ...
Happy Apple: Youth Oriented
by Paul Abella
Jazz needs albums like this. Youth Oriented eschews everything that we usually associate with the jazz couture and replaces it with pop culture motifs. The cover art reminds one of the angst ridden, whiny boy images favored by Korn or Limp Bizkit. The song titles seem like Frank Zappa cast-offs. The first sound you hear on ...
Michael Leonhart: Slow
by Glenn Astarita
The inception for this release by trumpeter Michael Leonhart emanated on a bus during a Steely Dan tour. Guitarist Jon Herington – also touring with the band – subsequently joined Leonhart for a few impromptu renderings of jazz ballads. To that end, the final product features a divergent mix, spanning tunes by Duke Ellington, Henry Mancini, ...
Various Artists: Inspiration: 22 Great Harmonica Performances
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
When I first got Inspiration I thought it would be one of those boring novelty records. Besides, who but a confirmed harmonicat would enjoy over 72 solid minutes of harp music? Spinning the first two tracks, I was startled by the segue: Toots Thielemans jazzily interpeting Eric Satie in the familiar “Gymnopedie," followed by some yee-hah ...
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