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Various Artists: Johnny Boy Would Love This…A Tribute to John Martyn
by John Kelman
With the release of Heaven and Earth (Hole in the Rain, 2011), it seems that the world has heard the last of John Martyn, who passed away in 2009 a few months shy of his 61st birthday. This most personal of singer/songwriters has left a remarkable legacy, and while Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute to ...
The New Universe Music Festival 2010 - Abstract Logix Live!
by John Kelman
For those who like their jazz hard, loud, filled with killer chops and intricate writing, the 2010 New Universe Music Festival was like manna from heaven. Amidst seven groups including two fusion deities, guitarist John McLaughlin and drummer Lenny White, it was an exhilarating experience for the few hundred people in attendance--some coming from hundreds of ...
Various Artists: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat: Disney Jazz Volume 1
by Larry Taylor
What a discovery; what a great idea. Producer Jason Olaine has taken songs from a number of Disney movies--some rarely recorded by jazz musicians--and made fresh new versions, utilizing some of today's most well-known jazz artists. The performers range from 90 year-old piano legend Dave Brubeck to 17 year-old Canadian vocalist Nikki Yanofsky; ...
Various Artists: The Roots of Chicha Volume 2: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru
by Chris M. Slawecki
The modern tradition of cumbia music in Peru goes back to the 1960s. But in the 1970s, cumbia began to be known as “chicha," the name for an alcoholic drink of which the Incas were famously fond, and cumbia and chicha both somehow became associated with the poor and downtrodden living in Peruvian slums--ghetto music.
Various Artists: Jazzvox Presents: In Your Own Backyard
by C. Michael Bailey
Nich Anderson is a Northwest coast jazz vocalist and jazz vocals champion who has been bringing jazz vocal talent to his “house concerts" in Washington State for the past 10 years. Anderson and Origin Records' house presence Bill Anschell have produced a recording documenting some of this talent. The result is a collection of duets and ...
Various Artists: KariJazz Presents Yanvablue
by James Nadal
In attempt to assist the Haitian jazz artists after the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, the Karijazz label has released Yanvablue , a double-disc production featuring selections by the best Kreyol Jazz musicians, who cleared and donated the songs, complete with extensive liner notes and musician credits. These musicians remain active, in spite of the ...
Various Artists: Putumayo Presents: South Africa
by Jerry D'Souza
The music of South Africa is a collage of fascinating rhythms, woven from ethnic folklore and the musical heritage of the early settlers. In that mix are kwaita, kwela and mbaqanqa, as well as gospel and township jive with reggae, jazz and rap making later inroads. The spectrum is wide and the impact heady, as evidenced ...
Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007
Label: Tompkins Square
Released: 2010
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Murder. Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul
Label: Trikont
Released: 2010
Track listing: Gamblin' Bar Room Blues 2; Frankie And Johnny; Your Funeral My Trial; Seven Skeletons Found In The Yard; Prisoner's Plea; Bandsman Shooting Case; 44 Blues; Biting Bug Blues; Send Me To The 'lectric Chair; Down In The Willow; Pistol Slapper Blues; Poor Naomi Wise; Bloodstains On The Wall; Boom, Boom, Out Goes The Light; You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead); I'm Going Down With You; Pretty Polly; Stack-A-Lee Parts 1 & 2; Bob McKinney; Rose Conley; Strange Fruit; Got The Blues For Murder Only; The Fugitive's Lament.
Django’s Spirit. A Tribute To Django Reinhardt
Label: Trikont
Released: 2010
Track listing: Bouncin' Around (Rhythm In G Minor); Mr Soft; Hold Tight; Swing '39; Je Sui Seul Ce Soir; Girls Like Me: Django's Theme; Les Yeux Noirs; Appel Direct (Appel Indirect); Multin; Tschorn Kellili Pro Bollipen; Caravane; Droujba; la Recherche De Django Reinhardt; J'vas T'voir Au Fond D'mes Reves; Greek Swing; The C-Jam Blues; Helmi's Bebop Nr. 3; Moon Blue; Manoir De Mes Reves; Rumba De Django.
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