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Article: Album Review

Joel Harrison: The Wheel

Read "The Wheel" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

A wildly diverse improviser/composer/arranger with a penchant for unorthodox instrumental combinations, guitarist Joel Harrison has sustained one of the most unpredictable discographies of the last decade with his chimerical mix of jazz, blues, chamber music, African and Indian folk music, Appalachian tunes and old school country songs. Nothing in his expansive output approaches the ...

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News: Festival

Modern Drummer 2008 Festival Weekend Line up and Ticket Information Announced

Modern Drummer 2008 Festival Weekend Line up and Ticket Information Announced

Modern Drummer Magazine Announces All-Star Line-Up and New Location for 2008 Modern Drummer Festival Weekend. Modern Drummer Publications is proud to announce an unprecedented lineup of world- class drum artists, along with a new location just north of New York City, for the eighteenth edition of Modern Drummer Festival Weekend--the most prestigious, longest- running, and largest ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal Comes to Las Vegas

Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal Comes to Las Vegas

Drummer Mike Clark will be performing at Aruba in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, July 18th, 2008 with his band, Prescription Renewal made up of Paul Jackson on Bass and Vernell Brown on keyboards. Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal Mike Clark - Drums Paul Jackson - Bass Vernell Brown - Piano ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Wolfe: No Strangers Here

Read "No Strangers Here" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Ever since the seminal Charlie Parker With Strings (Mercury 1950), numerous artists have attempted to add symphonic strings to jazz ensembles. Some have succeeded, but many have failed to capture a proper balance, resulting in string arrangements that sound superfluous. Bassist Ben Wolfe's fifth album, No Strangers Here, is one example of a successful ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill O'Connell: Triple Play

Read "Triple Play" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone

Pianist/Composer Bill O'Connell has long been a vital part of the New York Jazz scene. It is refreshing to see that he is given a rare opportunity to lead an ensemble on Triple Play, an unusual trio setting for O'Connell along with flutist Dave Valentin and Latin percussionist Richie Flores. O'Connell has only been ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Weinstein: Straight, No Chaser

Read "Straight, No Chaser" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

Mark Weinstein scored a Best Latin Jazz Flautist honor for Con Alma (Jazzheads, 2007). To follow that up, he turns to bebop with Straight, No Chaser, a mix of original and cover tunes, including some composed by such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk.Weinstein was a trombonist and composer for ...

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Article: Album Review

Tim Hagans: Alone Together

Read "Alone Together" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Alone Together reunites trumpeter Tim Hagans with pianist Marc Copland's longstanding trio for Hagans' second recording on the German Pirouet Records. The veteran collaborators previous quartet project, Beautiful Lily (Pirouet, 2005), featured a similar line-up with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Bill Stewart; this session includes Copland's regular drummer Jochen Rückert in Stewart's place. Where Beautiful ...

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Article: Album Review

Salongo: Salongo

Read "Salongo" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

Like something straight out of Bahia, “Brasilian Sunset" puts one in the mood to samba. The track is one of eight Eddie Allen originals on Salongo's self-titled album, a mix of African, Cuban, Brazilian and even a taste of Santana. Allen plays trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet and performs hand claps and vocals. A versatile ...

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Article: Album Review

Ellis Marsalis: An Open Letter to Thelonious

Read "An Open Letter to Thelonious" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone

Pianist Ellis Marsalis' An Open Letter to Thelonious is more than just another homage to the mystique and magic of Thelonious Monk's music. Marsalis is no stranger to the Monk's music, but it is hardly an area of specialty for the patriarch pianist. As a native of New Orleans, he went against stereotype by ...

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Article: Album Review

Tobias Gebb & Trio West: An Upper West Side Story

Read "An Upper West Side Story" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone

Showing that its debut album Trio West Plays Holiday Songs (Yummy House, 2007) was no fluke, leader Tobias Gebb begins this album with a direct homage to Ahmad Jamal on his medley of “Poinciana/What Time Is It?" Not only does pianist Eldad Zvulun employ Jamal's idiosyncratic use of spacing but drummer Gebb is all a-chatter with ...


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