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Various Artists: David X. Young's Jazz Loft
by David Adler
From 1954 to 1965, David X. Young, a painter and jazz aficionado who is still very much alive, turned his studio in New York’s flower district into an oasis for some of the greatest jazz players of the era. The space became known to history as the “Jazz Loft," where countless jam sessions transpired and a ...
Various Artists: Weightless, Effortless
by John W. Patterson
This is one of the better collections of electronic ambient, atmospherica, and mood-altering pieces. Nine morphs offer glimpses into the creative woodshedding by the likes of Keller, Johnson, DeBenedictus, Ma Ja Le, Modell, Fulton, Nerell, Fraser, and Steve ‘the legend” Roach. (Roach is everywhere anything ambient goes down! Ever notice that?)Ambience tripping herein doth ...
Various Artists: Select Riverside and Contemporary 20-Bit Reissues
by C. Andrew Hovan
To compliment their other series of 20-bit remasters, namely the 50th Anniversary collection and titles from the Creedance Clearwater Revival catalog, Fantasy has just added a new set of recordings done in similar limited edition fashion and selected from the Riverside and Contemporary catalogs. Pressed in quantities of 10,000, these titles have been mastered under the ...
Various Artists: Whole Lotta Blues: Songs of Led Zeppelin
by Ronan Abayawickrema
Sporting a truly hideous cover, Whole Lotta Blues: Songs of Led Zeppelin is a compilation of songs written or popularized by the British rock band performed by contemporary bluesmen. It's an intriguing concept that should hold particular interest for the many rock fans, including me, who discovered the blues through Led Zeppelin (you know the sort ...
Various Artists: The Ambient Eclipse
by Michael Askounes
After listening to a few ambient recordings and reviewing them, I’ve noticed one glaring problem with the whole ambient genre. It’s not that the music isn’t relaxing – on the contrary, the feeling I have after listening to The Ambient Eclipse is one that I imagine would be akin to taking a bath in a pool ...
Various Artists: Jazz On The Latin Side All Stars
by Jim Santella
I could listen to this album in my sleep. And sometimes I do. José Rizo hosts a Friday night radio program over FM radio station KLON in Long Beach, California. I never miss it. What a wonderful way to unwind from the rigors of a workweek crammed full of “do this" and “do that" because “it ...
Various Artists: Blue Wave 15th Anniversary Collection
by Ed Kopp
With the possible exceptions of Boston and Providence, there aren't many cities in the Northeast as blues crazy as Syracuse, N.Y. Despite being a relatively small outpost of 730,000 residents, the Syracuse area is home to two big-time summer blues festivals and over 50 working blues bands, including several that are nationally acclaimed. The area has ...
Various Artists: Viva CuBop: Jazz The Afro-Cuban Way
by Jim Santella
Initiated five years ago and dedicated solely to issuing Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz, CuBop now has over 30 releases in its catalog. Their sampler, a full hour and twenty minutes, represents items from the past as well as the near future. The spicy contribution from Columbus, Ohio’s Afro-Rican Ensemble made its way to the compilation directly ...
Various Artists: Encores, Legends, & Paradox, A Tribute to the Music of ELP
by AAJ Staff
If there was some form of progressive CD release recognition like Prog-Grammy or the “Gilded ELP Award” gala event, this tribute album would surely have easily earned “Best of . . .”, “Best Tribute”, “Most Artist . . .”, and “People’s Choice . . .”, etc., etc. It is warming to this old progger heart to ...
Various Artists: Organ-ized
by John Sharpe
The mighty sound of the Hammond B-3 can be heard on countless jazz, R&B, gospel and soul classics. Years ago the synthesizer managed to relegate many B-3’s to church basements as the new electronic marvel was much lighter, cheaper and sounded almost as good as the original. Today the acid jazz revival has spurred the re-emergence ...
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