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Entries from November 2013

Van Morrison: Moondance Expanded

Described as classic by the artist himself, Van Morrison’s Moondance is one of those albums that is nothing but a sublime pleasure to rediscover it via the expanded edition. In its remastered version, the polished perfection of the original ten collection of tracks heightens a delicate density that…

Date: Nov 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Los Lobos: Disconnected in New York City

Recorded within the intimate confines of the Big Apple’s City Winery in December 2012, Disconnected in New York City finds Los Lobos’ simultaneously recognizing, anticipating and celebrating its fortieth anniversary as a band. Little wonder the performances are so sparkling on the three discs within…

Date: Nov 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

The Clash: Hits Back

Companion piece in miniature to the exhaustive Sound System (Epic, 2013), The Clash’s Hits Back would be merely another collection were it not for the novel twist applied to its anthologizing. The thirty-two remastered tracks on two cd’s (or three vinyl lp’s) are sequenced in the running order of a…

Date: Nov 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Phish: Niagara Falls

When Phish played the Niagara Falls Convention Center on December 7th 1995, it’d be fair to say the band was hitting its stride with its art and its audience. Having played together for a dozen years at this point and cultivated a loyal and increasingly large coterie of followers, arguably as idiosy…

Date: Nov 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Renaud Garcia-Fons: Solo: The Marcevol Concert

In the hands of even the most accomplished professionals, the bass is but a single instrument which happens to serve a few purposes; in the hands of Renaud Garcia-Fons, the bass is a world unto itself. On Solo: The Marcevol Concert, Garcia-Fons demonstrates his singular approach to the instrument on…

Date: Nov 29th, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Sarpay Ozcagatay: Unexpectable

Born in Ankara, Turkey, Sarpay Ozcagatay is a flautist and EWI player who feels that the flute does not have the respect in the jazz world that it should. Accordingly, Ozcagatay is on a mission to change the perception of the flute as an accompanying instrument and believes the flute is as much a le…

Date: Nov 29th, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Imer Santiago: Hidden Journey

Nashville based trumpeter Imer Santiago’s debut album Hidden Journey is an engaging, diverse set of nine originals and two standards, that maintains its momentum from the first note to the last. Santiago’s compositions sometimes in collaboration with saxophonist and label founder {{m: Rahsaan Barber…

Date: Nov 29th, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews