Entries from October 2015
Michael Kocour: Spiffy
Keyboardist m: Michael Kocour revisits his Hammond B3 organ roots in this collection of hard-swinging tunes presented in the tradition of jazz organ legends such as m: Jack McDuff , m: Jimmy Smith , and m: Don Patterson . McDuff in particular is a stylistic… [ read more ]
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·Ernest Dawkins’ Live in the Spirit Residency Big Band: Memory in the Center, An Afro Opera: Homage to Nelson Mandela
Perhaps no statesman (or woman), of the second half of the 20th century, personifies struggle for freedom and human rights as much as Nelson Mandela. This is because the late South African president dedicated his long life to ending apartheid and the injustices associated with it. His perseverance c… [ read more ]
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·The 14 Jazz Orchetra: Nothing Hard is Ever Easy
Under the direction of arranger/conductor and educator m: Dan Bonsanti , The 14 Jazz Orchestra delivers its debut recording with Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy presenting a repertoire of contemporary jazz containing and offering of mainstream, fusion, pop, gospel-styled and classical-tinged el… [ read more ]
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·Marie-Pierre Langlamet: Schubert
Marie-Pierre Langlamet is the principal harpist for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. She recently joined forces with Canadian violinist Lara St. John for a novel take on Bach on Bach Sonatas (Ancalagon, 2012)
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·The Necks: Vertigo
m: The Necks don’t swing. Since they are sometimes described as an “experimental jazz trio,” it seems best to just put that on the table at the outset. I hesitate to call their music “free improvisation,” as well, because of the abrasive, dissonant qualities so often found in that music..
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·Made To Break: Before The Code
No band has ever attempted to bridge the sounds of free improvisation, funk, and electronics before m: Ken Vandermark formed the quartet Made To Break. The groups fourth release Before The Code pushes the musical envelope a bit more into the stratosphere, maybe even into the musical meso… [ read more ]
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·Jag vet en dejlig rosa (A Beautiful Rose): Come Rain or Come Shine
Stockholm Voices is a Swedish jazz vocal quartet who join the company of m: Manhattan Transfer , m: New York Voices and the newly minted London, Meader, Pramuk and Ross. But, Stockholm Voices brings something very different to the tables in the way of a retrospective style. Rath…
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