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Article: Album Review

VW Brothers: Muziek

Read "Muziek" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Muziek is much too nondescript a name for an album, but then it is signed off with humility as being by “VW Brothers." While this fact is likely to add to the album's mystique, it demands immediate redress, for this is the memorable document of a musical journey that began years before the Van Wageningen Brothers--that ...

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Great American Soulbook

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: You Met Your Match; I Thank You; Loveland; It Takes Two; Me & Mrs. Jones; Star Time (Tribute to James Brown

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Joey Berkley & Funkasaurus Rex: More 'n Four / Etched in Stone

Read "Joey Berkley & Funkasaurus Rex: More 'n Four / Etched in Stone" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Some jazz musicians have a knack for variety. There are those who specialize in a specific genre, but there are others who prefer to come at the listener from different directions. Saxophonist Joey Berkley is among the latter. Berkley hails from Toronto but has made his home in New York City. In NYC, he ...

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Article: Album Review

Down to the Bone: Future Boogie

Read "Future Boogie" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


The problem with Down to the Bone's Future Boogie is this: what the band is doing in the present, they've done better in the past.Two years ago, Down to the Bone (DTTB) celebrated their first decade of bringing the funk with a terrific studio album, Supercharged (Narada/2007), and a well-assembled compilation, The Best of ...

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News: Festival

Beantown Sings the Blues

Beantown Sings the Blues

By Timothy J. O'Keefe The Blues may have been spawned within the African-American communities of the Deep South in the late 19th century, but its influence still permeates our society today. While this music often acknowledges sadness, embraces loss, and speaks of impending dread, buried deep within its core you can sometimes find hope and resolve. ...

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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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Article: Album Review

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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News: Recording

Tower of Power's "Great American Soulbook" Enters Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Charts at Number 3

Tower of Power's "Great American Soulbook" Enters Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Charts at Number 3

Tower of Power's Great American Soulbook album, which features covers of classic soul songs has entered Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Charts at Number 3. It is the highest placing debut album of the week. The album has also entered the Soundscan Jazz charts for record sales at Number 6. Great American Soulbook features guest vocalists. Sir Tom ...

Album

Oakland Zone

Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 2003

Album

Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power Live

Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 1999


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