On paper, "Serengeti" has a diverse source of compositions penned by Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine as well as pieces from Cuban musicians, T…
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02 Jan
Coyotes in the City by Rich Halley
Tuesday, 02 January 2001
Published in Free Jazz / Avante Garde - CD Reviews
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If you ask a jazz musician what the music is about, they'll typically respond that one just needs to listen and draw their own conclusions. That can leave some listeners in…
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Film Noir has had a momentous impact on the North by Northwest Quartet. The liner notes of their latest CD state that "each composition attempts to create a mood in which t…
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A diminutive pianist handicapped by an obscure bone disease, Michel Petrucciani played and composed some of the best music in the 1980s and 1990s. The music is lyrical, rom…
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18 Oct
Grace by David Friesen and Jeff Gardner
Wednesday, 18 October 2000
Published in Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews
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Grace is aptly entitled. This series of piano/bass duets are eloquent and refined. Their sound feels like a tumbling mountain stream with stones polished smooth lying on th…