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Deep Rumba / Kip Hanrahan: A Calm in the Fire of Dances

by Todd S. Jenkins
February 1, 2001

Kip Hanrahan is one of the most enigmatic figures in American music. He presides over recording sessions like a sage elder (or perhaps a dictator). Though he often takes no part in the actual musical performances, his mere presence as Producer and Composer seems to direct his loyal musicians in interpreting his music, which has been ...

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Romero: Cuban Jazz Funk

by Todd S. Jenkins
February 1, 2001

OnCuban Jazz FunkMiguel Romero hand-crafts a tasty Latin-jazz fusion that breathes fresh new life into an often stale art form. This ensemble grabs ears from the very first tune, as powerful conga beats are hammered out beneath Romero’s stylish piano ostinatos and Larry Jackson’s warm tenor sax. After a couple of minutes of simmering, new images ...

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Hellborg/Lane/Selvaganesh: Good People In Times of Evil

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by Todd S. Jenkins
February 1, 2001

Virtuoso bassist Jonas Hellborg first came to wide public attention in 1984 when he was selected by John McLaughlin to join the revamped Mahavishnu Orchestra. Since that time he has carved a name for himself as a premier fusion bass artist, deftly blending world musics with jazz and rock elements. Despite a critically acclaimed partnership with ...

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Bob Moses: Nishoma

by Todd S. Jenkins
February 1, 2001

Drummer Bob Moses has been a ground-breaker in jazz for about thirty-five years. After gigging around New York as a vibraphonist in his teens, he formed the electric free-jazz group Free Spirits with guitarist Larry Coryell and Native American tenorist Jim Pepper. Later he worked as a sideman with many of New York’s finest jazzers: saxophonists ...

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Alan Parsons Project: Master Hits

by Todd S. Jenkins
February 1, 2001

Since this section is supposed to involve both fusion and progressive music, I thought I'd include something off the beaten path this month. The First Wave of progressive rock is generally understood to include influential bands like Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Genesis and Procol Harum, though many will argue that the genre dates even as ...

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Fundementia: A Whole Nother Story

by Todd S. Jenkins
January 1, 2001

This is the debut album by Fundementia, a quintet of lesser-known but eminently talented New York jazzmen led by saxophonist Andy Parsons and drummer Gene Lewin. Parsons studied with Bob Mintzer, Bobby Watson and Jerry Bergonzi and has performed with David Sanborn, Dave Liebman, Claudio Roditi, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and others. His saxophone technique is ...

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Bud Shank Sextet: Silver Storm

by Todd S. Jenkins
January 1, 2001

I doubt anyone could have come up with a more suitable title for an album than this. Six veteran gray foxes of West Coast jazz, with a collective 300 years of experience, blow clean through an incendiary set that sharply belies the “cool” image with which they’ve come to be associated. Unlike so many aging jazz ...

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Capitol Quartet: Anything Goes

by Todd S. Jenkins
January 1, 2001

Jazz saxophone quartets seem to be divided firmly into two camps. The first camp, exemplified by ROVA, the 29th St. SQ and the World SQ, specializes in original avant-garde material that explores the fringes of jazz and the myriad capabilities of the horns. The second, the realm of the Nuclear Whales and the present Capitol Quartet, ...

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Miracle Orchestra: Forks, Bends and Spoons

by Todd S. Jenkins
January 1, 2001

Here’s a Boston-area band that has some pretty good ideas but should have put more thought into them before recording a CD. The grooves are nice, particularly the loping track #3 and the funky grease of #8, and the melodies are appreciable. However, some of the choices made are questionable and some instrumental techniques are in ...

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Matthew Shipp: Matthew Shipp's New Orbit

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by Todd S. Jenkins
January 1, 2001

Well, Matthew Shipp has finally grabbed my ear and won’t let go. After several years of not quite knowing what to make of pianist Shipp’s avant-jazz creations, this new album has cleaned out the wax and got me to thinkin’. Maybe it’s the gripping presence of Wadada Leo Smith, who replaced the less accessible (but assuredly ...