Canterbury-associated singer/songwriter Robert Wyatt's recorded output, since an accident that left him paralysed from the waist down in the mid-1970s shut down his ability to play the conventional drum kit, is hardly what anyone would call jazz by any standard definition. But it's important to recognize that, while he was always the more song-oriented member of ...

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Winter Waltz

December 25, 2005

Album: Winter: An Origin Records Holiday Collection
By Various Artists
Label: Origin Records
Released: 0
Duration: 05:28

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Article: Multiple Reviews

New Releases from Fresh Sound New Talent

by Mark F. Turner
December 20, 2005

2005 was another stellar year for jazz music, with many fine recordings from both mainstream and independent labels. Here are just a few more of this year's recent releases from the extensive and growing Fresh Sound New Talent catalog. Unexpected Plays The Blues In Need Fresh Sound New Talent

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Article: African Jazz

Tales of Zimbabwe

by AAJ Staff
December 18, 2005

Various Artists Tales of Zimbabwe Sheer Sound 2005 It's deeply ironic that a country like Zimbabwe, which has been in the iron grip of an evil dictator essentially since independence, could be such fertile musical territory. The answer to that riddle, of course, is that there was music ...

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Various Artists: 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Read "40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
December 16, 2005

Christmas often brings out the best in people. That certainly applies to David Benoit and the artists he assembled for 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas. With fresh takes on several Vince Guaraldi compositions that appeared on the animated Peanuts television series, as well as some traditional holiday offerings, this collection of twelve songs is an ...

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Various Artists: Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert

Read "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert" reviewed by Sandy Ingham

by Sandy Ingham
December 14, 2005

An extraordinary hurricane benefit concert took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on September 17, just two weeks after Katrina washed away much of New Orleans. The five-hour show brought together a dazzling array of jazz and pop stars, and notables from stage and screen who recited tributes to the birthplace of jazz ...

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Various Artists: Our New Orleans 2005

Read "Our New Orleans 2005" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
December 12, 2005

One of the best and most tragic ways we have to know how much something matters is to go through the experience of having it taken away. To the people of lowland New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina was the end of a way of life. To the people of the United States, New Orleans herself winked out ...