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Article: Album Review

David Gilmore: Energies of Change

Read "Energies of Change" reviewed by Dave Wayne


David Gilmore's career started off with a bang. He worked with Steve Coleman through the 1990s, appearing on at least nine recordings either led, or instigated, by the renowned saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and recent MacArthur Award recipient. Since emerging from Coleman's M-BASE fold, Gilmore has worked with a stunning variety of artists both inside and outside ...

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Article: Year in Review

2015: The Year in Jazz

Read "2015: The Year in Jazz" reviewed by Ken Franckling


The year 2015 was a curious blend of ups and downs, with glimmers of optimism offset by its losses. Venues opened to great fanfare, but others closed for a variety of reasons. UNESCO's International Jazz Day became firmly entrenched as the exclamation point on Jazz Appreciation Month activities in April. Daily arts journalism took a hit ...

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Article: Album Review

Dr. Lonnie Smith: Evolution

Read "Evolution" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Artist repatriation seems to be something of a theme in the Don Was era of Blue Note Records. In 2013 there was the return of saxophonist Wayne Shorter, a jazz giant who delivered many of his landmark '60s albums on this storied imprint. Then, in 2015, Charles Lloyd left ECM for Blue Note, a label that ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Miles/Ingrid Jensen: Kind of New

Read "Kind of New" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


When your first or last name is “Miles" and you play jazz and you make an album dueting with a trumpet player and you call it Kind of New, you're opening yourself up to all sorts of assumptions and expectations. Well, let's get those expectations out of the way. Kind of New is not ...

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The Blue Note Albums

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2015
Track listing:
Night Dreamer:
Night Dreamer; Oriental Folk Song; Virgo; Black Nile; Charcoal Blues; Armageddon; Virgo.

Juju:
Juju; Deluge; House of Jade; Mahjong; Yes or No; Twelve More Bars to Go; Juju; House of Jade.

Speak No Evil:
Witch Hunt;Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum; Dance Cadaverous; Speak No Evil; Infant Eyes; Wild Flower; Dance Cadaverous.

The Soothsayer:
Lost; Angola; The Big Push; The Soothsayer; Lady Day; Valse Triste; Angola.

Etcetera:
Etcetera; Penelope; Toy Tune; Barracudas; Indian Song.

The All Seeing Eye:
The All Seeing Eye; Genesis; Chaos; Face of the Deep; Mephistopheles.

Adam's Apple:
Adam's Apple; 502 Blues; El Gaucho; Footprints; Teru; Chief Crazy Horse; The Collector.

Schizophrenia:
1 Tom Thumb; Go; Schizophrenia; Kryptonite; Miyako; Playground.

Super Nova:
Super Nova; Sweet Pea; Dindi; Water Babies; Capricorn; More Than Human.

Moto Grosso Feio:
Moto Grosso Feio; Montezuma; Antiqua; Vera Cruz; Iska.

Odyssey Of Iska:
Wind; Storm; Calm; De Pois Do Amor, O Vazio (After Love, Emptiness); Joy.

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Article: Album Review

Danny Mixon: Pass It On

Read "Pass It On" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Despite his low profile, veteran pianist Danny Mixon has quite a history. His career has included stints playing with Betty Carter, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Frank Foster, Grant Green, Pharoah Sanders, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Charles Mingus, and many others. Most of Pass It On finds him alternating between solos and trios. Many of the ...

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Article: Album Review

William Tatge + Last Call: Borderlands

Read "Borderlands" reviewed by Stefano Merighi


Il pianista italo-americano William Tatge concepisce il jazz odierno come un laboratorio aperto, dai tratti cameristici che d'improvviso si impennano in vampate melodico-ritmiche di bella tensione, avventurosa, ma sempre controllata. Ascoltando questo Borderlands si coglie una cifra autoriale precisa ma nello stesso tempo una disponibilità a mettersi in gioco valorizzando al massimo il ...

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Article: Live Review

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion in Bergheim

Read "Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion in Bergheim" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion Medio.Rhein.Erft Bergheim, Germany November 27, 2015 Ginger Baker looked a bit stiff in his casual shades, but he sure as hell got the job done with unique style. He had people clapping and yelling their approval by around the two-minute mark and from then onward. ...

Article: Album Review

Wayne Shorter: The Blue Note Albums

Read "The Blue Note Albums" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Cinque ore di musica sublime per immergersi nell'universo shorteriano. Per i palati sopraffini, un'occasione imperdibile per riascoltare alcune delle gemme del catalogo Blue Note. Cosa distingue queste dalle coeve incisioni hard-bop? Come ben testimonia The All Seeing Eye, è il proiettare le più avanzate idee melodiche, armoniche e ritmiche del quintetto davisiano verso atmosfere più sospese ...

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Larry Coryell: Aurora Coryellis

Read "Aurora Coryellis" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


In the 1970s musicians were spinning new threads on the jazz language and guitarist Larry Coryell prominently figured into these schematics while also designated as one of the grandfathers of jazz fusion, namely due to his electrified work with vibraphonist Gary Burton on Duster (RCA, 1967). This 3-CD box set complete with a detailed booklet captures ...


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