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Amancio D'Silva: Konkan Dance

Read "Konkan Dance" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
February 25, 2006

After decades of neglect, the work of Goan-born guitarist Amancio D'Silva (1936-96) edged back towards the mic last summer with the re-release of his 1969 cross-cultural masterpiece, Integration. A pioneering blend of Indian raga, hard bop and early electric Miles, plus fainter traces of ska, rembetika, Link Wray, Ennio Morricone and more, Integration featured the recently ...

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Tales of the Algonquin

By John Surman

Label: Vocalion
Released: 2005
Track listing: With Terry's Help; The Dandelion; We'll Make It; The Picture Tree; Tales of the Algonquin: The Purple Swan; Shingebis and the North Wind; The Adventures of Manabrush; The White Water Lily; Wihio the Wanderer.

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Now!

By Les Paul

Label: Vocalion
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Lover; 2. Bye Bye Blues; 3. The System; 4. Whispering; 5. I Really Don't Want to Know; 6. Tennessee Waltz; 7. How High the Moon; 8. Little Rock Getaway; 9. Sleep; 10. Caravan; 11. Los Angeles; 12. Lady of Spain; 13. Golden Earrings;=.

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The Heart is a Lotus

By Michael Garrick

Label: Vocalion
Released: 2005
Track listing: The Heart is a Lotus; Song by the Sea; Torrent; Temple Dancer; Blues on Blues; Voices; Beautiful Thing; Rustat's Grave Song.

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Featuring His Inspired Clarinet

By Artie Shaw

Label: Vocalion
Released: 2005

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Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone: The Heart is a Lotus

Read "The Heart is a Lotus" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 18, 2005

With a resurgence of interest in what many call the “Golden Years of British jazz--the mid-'60s through early '70s--labels like Vocalion are helping to fill in the blanks on the period when a specifically British sound began asserting itself, in contrast to the America-centric music of prior decades. While the music of emergent artists like saxophonist ...

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John Surman/John Warren: Tales of the Algonquin

Read "Tales of the Algonquin" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 6, 2005

As in most European countries, jazz in Britain prior to the '60s was largely a copycat of its American counterparts. But with the emergence of artists like trumpeters Harry Beckett and Kenny Wheeler, bassists Graham Collier and Harry Miller, and saxophonists Stan Sulzmann and Alan Skidmore, a very specific yet remarkably diverse complexion began to emerge. ...

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Les Paul: Now!

by AAJ Staff
February 28, 2005

By Jennifer Odell If you're craving new Les Paul tunes, the fourth generation release, Now! , is not where you'll find them. Not because it's not a great album--it is. Classical artist Michael J. Dutton's remastering allows you to hear more delicate elements of the different guitars' various tones and textures. But this album was originally ...

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