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Island Music from the Caribbean
by AAJ Staff
We're almost forty releases down the road in Nonesuch's Explorer reissue series, devoted to traditional and folk music from around the globe. Africa, Indonesia, and Latin America have seen broad coverage; much still lies ahead. But each record is a living document of musical tradition and culture that are sometimes millennia old. Field recordings are rarely ...
Various Artists: Zen: A Ninja Tune Retrospective
by AAJ Staff
Back in the day, my very first exposure to the electronic/chillout label known as Ninja Tune came in the form of Coldcut, a duo of Jonathan More and Matt Black. Let Us Play (1998) was a discovery of the highest order, an audio CD matched with an interactive CD-ROM. More and Black, the founders of Ninja ...
Various Artists: Ultimate Mancini
by Jim Santella
Who hasn't been touched by the familiar songs of Henry Mancini? Preferring to release interpretations that forge ahead and don't simply imitate the originals, Concord has invited several guests to make this album something special. No one can perform 'Moon River' like Stevie Wonder, for example. His appearance here, with Take 6 providing a ...
Various Artists: Soul Comes Home
by C. Michael Bailey
Soul Comes Home (CD and DVD) resulted from the April 30, 2003 celebration of the opening of the Stax Museum of America Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee, performed at the famous Orpheum Theater. A portion of the proceeds from the CD and DVD is to be donated to the Stax Museum and Music Academy. ...
Various Artists: Bar Room Blues
by C. Michael Bailey
Compilations assembled from several recent releases by a given record company serve the important role of exposing the said label’s talent roster to the public in as efficient manner as possible. Telarc Blues has taken the practice to the next level by assembling their collections with a theme. The label displayed its sense of humor with ...
Various Artists: Africa Straight Ahead
by AAJ Staff
Africa Straight Ahead is the latest curve ball tossed by Heads Up since label head Dave Love visited Cape Town in 1998 and fell in love with South African jazz. Normally devoted to jazz on the softer side, the label's Africa Series put out two volumes of Smooth Africa in 2000 and 2003. Tapping ...
Various Artists: New School University Jazz Program 2002/2003
by AAJ Staff
In two decades, the New School has become a veritable musical institution. Regularly graduating first-rate musicians under the tutelage of some of the greatest living artists, it continues successfully to pump out one amazing class after another. This sampler is a superb cross section of that fine up-and-coming, and in some cases arrived, talent.
Various Artists: Africa Straight Ahead
by C. Michael Bailey
Heads Up Records continues its Africa Series with Africa Straight Ahead, a collection of reasonably mainstream jazz offerings by prominent South African jazz musicians. Listening to this collection conjures a couple of observations. First, jazz long ago became a universal language, assimilating the cultural characteristics of those composing and performing the music. Second, while not veering ...
Various Artists: Rewind3! Original Classics Reworked, Remixed, Reedited and Rewound 3
by Chris M. Slawecki
“The Rewind concept is simple—a selection of our current favorite artists, producers, and bands record new versions of tunes that inspired them to make the music you love ‘em for now.” On Rewind3, Ubiquity’s international roster of jazz and electronic artists from the US, England, Portugal, Italy, and Sweden, puts their unique spin on ...
Various Artists: Free Zone Appleby 2002
by Rex Butters
Eight of Europe’s premier free improvisers come together to play in different groupings, but only once together, on Free Zone Appleby 2002. The all star cast makes the double disc set a state-of-the-art free music anthology. The musicians involved in the project have in their own ways accepted sound as music and create through traditional and ...
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