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Various Artists: Acoustic Brazil
by Woodrow Wilkins
Brazilians loathe to entertain the mere suggestion that their native music is jazz. However, the rhythms and melodies of traditional Brazilian music and some styles of North American jazz are so similar that a song from one genre can easily blend into the soundscape of the other--often without translation of lyrics or major changes in the ...
Various Artists: Rump Comp Volume One
by Chris May
As a means to an end--the end being the creation of new sonorities and new approaches to composition and performance--electronica is an interesting technological development. Wibutee's Playmachine and Polar Bear's Held On The Tips Of Fingers, to take two very different recent examples, are rich and convincing evidence of its relevance to contemporary jazz. As an ...
Various Artists: Hot Club de France
by David Rickert
The Hot Club de France was a group of avid European jazz fans who swapped records, organized concerts, and sponsored radio broadcasts overseas. Their enthusiasm for jazz carried well into the sixties and seventies, when most people had moved onto other jazz styles and, later, rock 'n' roll. The organization thus served as a haven for ...
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Boogaloo
by Chris May
Subtitled “Latin dance with New York attitude," this wonderful, wonderful album presents eighteen choice cuts from the boogaloo craze which ruled New York's barrios in the late '60s. They will make you feel good, feel strong, make your whole body want to dance and give you heart for tomorrow, just like they did for the kids ...
Various Artists: Mysterious Voyages - A Tribute to Weather Report
by John Kelman
Weather Report's fifteen-year tenure was not only the longest of the fusion groups that emerged from the post-Bitches Brew era--including John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea's Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters--it was arguably the most broadly influential. Starting out as an electric free jazz collective but ultimately honing a sound that included world beat ...
Various Artists: Freedom of the City 2004 - Small Groups
by John Eyles
Emanem is without equal as a purveyor of improvised music, with a catalogue now numbering over 130 albums. The label's annual Freedom of the City releases (this is the fourth annual “Small Groups double CD release) serve several functions. They provide an excellent record--aural and photographic--of the festival itself, whether or not one attended; they are ...
Various Artists: One More: Music of Thad Jones
by Craig Jolley
An outstanding crop of big band leaders/composers emerged during the 1960s, including Clare Fischer, Thad Jones, Gary McFarland, Ladd McIntosh, Oliver Nelson, and other notables. Jones eventually established his preeminence, in part because he was able to keep a band together and get his music heard. Beyond that, his compositions are brilliant and drenched in the ...
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
by AAJ Staff
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration Directed by Braden King DVD (300+ minutes) Thrill Jockey 2005 In the flood of music that hits the market every day, we often get caught up in product and lose sight of its meaning. The fact that we ...
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Dub
by AAJ Staff
Jamaica's greatest musical ambassador may have been the late Bob Marley, whose birthday is a national holiday and who continues to sell records in the zillions, god bless his soul (and his estate's massive fortune). The lilting rhythms of reggae have infiltrated popular music around the globe in ways that even Marley could not have imagined, ...
One More: Music of Thad Jones
by Wayne Zade
Various Artists One More: Music of Thad Jones IPO Recordings 2005 Great jazz things have been happening at IPO Recordings, and they have been for a while. One More: Music of Thad Jones is the sixth CD from Executive Producer Bill Sorin, and it continues the generous spirit of tribute ...
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