27 Mar
Jan Lundgren Trio presents Miriam Aida & Frederik Kronkvist by Miriam Aida & Frederik Kronkvist
This CD is hot! Not surprising. This group hails from Sweden, a country where jazz education is supported and jazz players welcomed, whether visitors or expatriates. (The d…
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Boston-based Sai Ghose is an intriguing pianist/ composer. As a pianist, he is as rhythmic as they come. He has great hand independence. Plenty of power with the left and a…
25 Feb
Bout Time by Vikki TRUE
Vikki True's new album, her fifth, will have listeners shaking their heads. Some will shake them rapidly signifying "too far out." And then there's that very slow shake acc…
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It was June 1968. Some two years earlier Thad Jones, the Basie trumpeter, and Mel Lewis, noted for his drumming with Kenton, had formed an all-star band to play a regular M…
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06 Feb
The History of Jazz, Volume 2; Dedications by Michael Moore Trio
Wednesday, 06 February 2002
Published in Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews
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History is often thought of as a chronological study of events; jazz history as a review of styles and musicians from ragtime to avant- garde. That doesn't have to be. It's…