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Various Artists: 10 New Smooth Jazz Releases from Instinct Jazz
by Robert Spencer
Just when you think the music can't get any slicker, or groovier, or smoother, Instinct Jazz does it again. Smoothie jazz fans, get on your dancing shoes and lower the lights; it just doesn't get any smoother than these ten. Bill Sharpe,State of the Heart, Instinct 426 Keyboard sharpie extraordinaire Bill Sharpe lets the rhythm take ...
Various Artists: Knitting on the Roof
by AAJ Staff
Lately klezmer has become all the rage. Whether this is due to the influence of John Zorn or the spirit of rediscovery that accompanied the swing revival remains unclear. But hey, why not celebrate with a various artists tribute to Fiddler on the Roof? That's what our friends at the Knitting Factory have done. Two remarkable ...
Various Artists: Blue Note Connoisseur Series: The Lost Sessions
by C. Andrew Hovan
When it came to the music that he put out on record, Blue Note producer Alfred Lion was a stickler for tight ensembles, inspired performances, and musically appealing content. This sometimes meant, added to the sheer prolific nature of the label, that many decent sessions ended up accumulating in the vaults over the years. Of course, ...
Various Artists: The Savoy Story: Volume One- Jazz
by C. Andrew Hovan
You truly need a score card to keep up with the distribution end of the Savoy label over the past five to ten years or so. Going as far back as this reviewer can remember, Muse was reissuing the catalog on vinyl and then CD, usually with re-done covers. A bit further down the road, things ...
Various Artists: Jazz that Swings
by AAJ Staff
At present, no one can touch 32jazz for compilations: drawn from a deep catalog, they are always well-packaged and always entertaining. What’s different this time is the subject: instead of a style ( Bebop ) or a mood ( Jazz for the Quiet Times ), this one covers a concept. And a pretty broad one: defining ...
Various Artists: The Jones Boys
by AAJ Staff
It sounds silly at first: “Get this – everyone in the band is a Jones!" You laugh, but not long -- this is some serious jam. The rhythm lays an easy groove; the horns (sometimes one, sometimes three) shout with power and strut like mad. It sounds like a working group, and it should: many were ...
Various Artists: This is Smooth Jazz
by Robert Spencer
Yet another stellar smoothie collection from Instinct Jazz brings you the silky sounds of Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright, Brian Bromberg, and more. This is the music of smooth evenings with young ladies like the one on the cover of this disc, and, smooth fans, glass and babies' bottoms never had it so good. A minor quibble, ...
Various Artists: We Remember Tal: A Tribute To Tal Farlow
by Jim Santella
Six leading jazz guitarists on one album. It’s a fine tribute to a legend. Tal Farlow’s acute single-note runs and energetic bebop drive distinguished him as one of the premier jazz guitarists of the 1950s. Replacing Mundell Lowe in the Red Norvo Trio and moving on later to Artie Shaw’s Gramercy Five, Farlow helped establish the ...
Various Artists: Prestige 50th Anniversary 20-bit Remasters
by C. Andrew Hovan
When it came to classic mainstream jazz during the '50s and '60s, really only three major independent labels were documenting the kind of timeless fare that is still a dominant part of the jazz legacy- Blue Note, Riverside, and Prestige. The latter was formed in 1949 by Bob Weinstock and for a time served as home ...
various artists: Prestige 50th Anniversary Special Commemorative Editions
by Robert Spencer
Fantasy Records is holding a Prestige Records 50th Anniversary celebration, and we are the beneficiaries in these ten Special Commemorative Editions of Prestige classic recordings. They share the virtues of the Prestige label itself: without an overkill of effusive retrospective essays and hypercool packaging, they put the emphasis on the music itself - which is where ...
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