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Carl Bartlett, Jr. First Set at the Kitano: Jazz At Kitano

by Mike Perciaccante
October 12, 2014

Carl Bartlett, Jr. Jazz At Kitano New York, NY September 25, 2014 Alto saxophonist Carl Bartlett, Jr.'s musical bloodlines run deep. The son of Carl Bartlett, Sr. and nephew of Charles Bartlett (who formed an R&B show and dance band “The Bartlett Contemporaries"), Carl, Jr. has ...

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Los Lobos at The Flynn Center for The Performing Arts

by Doug Collette
October 12, 2014

Los Lobos The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Burlington VT October 1, 2014 Los Lobos are celebrating four decades together by returning to their acoustic roots on tour in support of their live release of late last year, Disconnected in New York (Shout Factory, 2013). And the band certainly celebrated ...

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The Hollywood Tuba 12: 'Tis the Season TUBA Jolly!

Read "'Tis the Season TUBA Jolly!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 12, 2014

As would be anticipated, there's a lot of huffin' and puffin'--as well as a surprisingly wide range of color and modulation--on 'Tis the Season TUBA Jolly!, a delightful holiday album by tuba maestro Jim Self and the Hollywood Tuba 12. Its name notwithstanding, there aren't a dozen tubas present on any given track but a mere ...

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Larry Goldings, THE TRIO: Larry Goldings-Peter Bernstein-Bill Stewart: Ramshackle Serenade

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by Chris M. Slawecki
October 12, 2014

Like just about every historically great organ trio, these three expert musicians are strongly rooted in funk and jazz: Organ player Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart both spent time smoking riffs for saxophonist Maceo Parker and guitarist {{John Scofield (not at the same time), while no less an authority than Jim Hall once called Peter ...

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Jason Jackson: Inspiration

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by Jack Bowers
October 11, 2014

After recording his first CD as leader in 2001, New York-based trombonist Jason Jackson took his time before releasing a second--thirteen years, to be exact. To say it was worth the wait would clearly be an understatement. Inspiration, on which Jackson employs horn, rhythm and string sections to emblazon his musical scenario, is a superb anthology ...

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Berdon Kirksaether & the Twang Bar Kings: Latenighters Under a Full Moon

Read "Latenighters Under a Full Moon" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 11, 2014

It is really no longer appropriate to call American Music American. It is Global music and that is all it can be. Gone are those days when shellac and vinyl discs had to be exported. Music from anywhere on earth is as close as one's computer. Norwegian blues? Why not? Guitarist and composer Berdon ...

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Steve Earle & Shawn Colvin at The Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
October 11, 2014

Steve Earle & Shawn Colvin The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY September 27, 2014 Grammy Award winning singer-songwriters Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin brought their “Stories & Songs: Together Onstage" tour to Westbury Long Island on a warm and pleasant Saturday evening in late September. After ...

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Gary Clark, Jr.: Live

by Doug Collette
October 11, 2014

Anyone who's had the privilege to see Gary Clark Jr. in concert knows that his previous recordings, on his own Hotwired Records as well as the two major label titles, are but sketches of how he's progressively forging influences of rock, blues and r&b into a stirring style of his own. Live preserves for posterity a ...

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Glenn Tilbrook at City Winery

by Mike Perciaccante
October 11, 2014

Glenn Tilbrook City Winery New York, NY September 26, 2014 Touring solo without his long-time writing partner Chris Difford no longer seems to be terrifying for Glenn Tilbrook. Over the years throughout all of the (many) break-ups, stops, starts, reformations and reconfigurations of Squeeze, Tilbrook has managed to ...

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John Coltrane: Offering: Live At Temple University

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by Chris M. Slawecki
October 11, 2014

Offering: Live at Temple University finally and officially releases the John Coltrane concert (in)famous for him singing with his voice in addition to singing through his saxophone during several pieces. Released on the saxophonist's 88th birthday (September 23, 2014), it presents a genuinely legendary 1966 performance in a small hall about ten blocks from Coltrane's own ...