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Article: Album Review

Sao Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho E Sujo

Read "Beija Flors Velho E Sujo" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Once again this trio sounds like a larger unit and its capricious implementations remain a constant. The band's makeup contains an assortment of keys, percussion, electronics effects and other tools of the trade. Yet Chicago progressive jazz trumpeter Rob Mazurek is the primary soloist, sporting a big brassy tone and imposing presence. The musicians unify the ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Pablo Records and My Introduction to Jazz

Read "Pablo Records and My Introduction to Jazz" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Right on the heels of its celebration of Riverside Records' 60th Anniversary, Concord Music Group celebrates Pablo Records' 40th Anniversary with remasters from its deep and broad catalog. My first brush with jazz came from a Pablo release and I wanted to share some thoughts on the label, the friends that turned me onto jazz and, ...

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Article: Live Review

Leon Russell and Southside Johnny &The Asbury Jukes at the NYCB Theatre

Read "Leon Russell and Southside Johnny &The Asbury Jukes at the NYCB Theatre" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante


Leon Russell, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes with special guests The Persuasions NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY July 27, 2013Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame member Leon Russell, as well as Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, along with special guests The Persuasions, thrilled a small but enthusiastic audience ...

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Article: Album Review

ZZ Quartet: Beyond the Lines

Read "Beyond the Lines" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The group is called the ZZ Quartet, and no, it is not an expansion of the famed blues rock trio from Texas, ZZ Top. Beyond the Lines is the brainchild of the leaders--the Zs of the ZZ Quartet--accordion master Simone Zanchini and guitarist Ratko Zjaca. And their music isn't rock, though elements of the genre surface, ...

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Article: Profile

Graham Bond: Wading in Murky Waters

Read "Graham Bond: Wading in Murky Waters" reviewed by Duncan Heining


Organist and saxophonist Graham Bond was the most important and influential musical pioneer to emerge from British jazz in the 1960s. High praise indeed, but in his case it is warranted. His legacy might be defined less by the music he recorded and more by the impact he had on subsequent generations of musicians. However, that ...

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Article: Album Review

Infinita: A Cross-European Venture

Read "A Cross-European Venture" reviewed by Anthony Shaw


The opening 30 seconds of this exploration of the Time Continuum belies the power of the music that follows. A Cross-European Venture is a selection of pieces, mainly from the pen of pianist Sid Hille, more than ably assisted by a thoroughly competent Italo-Finnish gang of four. Hille's credentials have been accumulated over ...

News: Recording

Whaling Ciy Sound Releases "Lineage" by Dave Liebman and Michael Stephans

Whaling Ciy Sound Releases "Lineage" by Dave Liebman and Michael Stephans

Since he began to seriously pursue a career as a jazz artist back in the 1960s, Dave Liebman has been on a transformative journey towards becoming a true original in the genre. After assuming sideman slots with the likes of Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, and Chick Corea, to name but a few, he has certainly earned ...

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Article: Album Review

Leo Blanco: Pianoforte

Read "Pianoforte" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


The title of Leo Blanco's third album, Pianoforte, makes it clear: this is just one man and one piano. But it's an exceptional instrument, played by an exceptional musician.Blanco's 2009 album Africa Latina (Ayva Musica) and 2004's self-produced Roots & Effect featured international ensembles including guitarist Lionel Loueke, bassist Peter Slavov, saxophonist Dave Liebman ...

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Article: Album Review

Joshua Redman: Walking Shadows

Read "Walking Shadows" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Saxophonist Joshua Redman combines some really attractive virtues: deep jazz knowledge and formidable technique on his instrument. Combine this with a balanced but slightly assertive style that is a prime example of fluency and inventiveness, and you have a musician of such intelligence and energy, who is so adaptable, that he easily finds a way to ...

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Article: Book Review

Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic

Read "Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock CriticJim DeRogatis352 PagesISBN: 0767905091Crown Publishing2000If anyone ever writes a history on rock criticism and music journalism, certain names--like Peter Guralnick, Greil Marcus, Simon Frith and especially Lester Bangs--will surely lead off ...


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