15 Jun
Indigenous Technology by Ken Schaphorst
Sunday, 15 June 2003
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I am acquainted with Ken Schaphorst from his work with his big bands and as the Chairman of Jazz Studies at the New England Conservatoire. Indigenous Technology is a depart…
11 Jun
Four/Five/Three by Tone Sharks
Wednesday, 11 June 2003
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The Tone Sharks are an Oregonian collective nominally helmed by drummer/composer Dave Storrs, who favors an approach that’s freely-improvised yet informed by structure. For…
11 May
Tunes from two by Frank Corbi and Kevin Van Sant
Sunday, 11 May 2003
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This album marks the first release in a series of duo recordings by guitarist Kevin Van Sant and other jazz musicians, this time being veteran saxophonist Frank Corbi. A se…
Lili Haydn's new Private Music release "Light Blue Sun," produced by Bill Laswell, is a refreshing blend of pop, electronica, world, jazz and classical elements. That looks…
15 Feb
Intonomancy by No-Neck Blues Band
Saturday, 15 February 2003
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The No-Neck Blues Band is a NY area ensemble whose members prefer not to be identified or photographed. Their music is not easy to classify, which is a big part of the fun.…
05 Oct
Inner Noise by Asaf Sirkis & Inner Noise
Saturday, 05 October 2002
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Inner Noise contains many surprises along with interesting compositions from Israeli born drummer Asaf Sirkis. Utilizing a style of writing that allows for contri…
27 Sep
FARFALLE (Butterflies) by Pietro Tonolo Gil Goldstein Paolo Birro
Friday, 27 September 2002
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Believe it or not, it is not compulsory, and not even all that important, despite the semantics that appear with regularity in the musical interplay, almost as though this …
25 Sep
Seasons 01 by Sound Tribe Sector Nine
Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Don't pass this CD up! The fourth offering from Sound Tribe Sector Nine is a musical scrapbook of the band's improvisations throughout 2001, appropriately titled "Seasons 0…
24 Sep
Deep Time by The Hong Kong Silicon Orchestra
Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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It was only by chance that I discovered this band. I was surfing the net for music sites and arrived at RobertStoneMusic.com Listening to their online streamings, I …
19 Aug
Live At CNMAT 2002 by Timeless Pulse
Monday, 19 August 2002
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There is an "ego-less" approach to collective improvisation, one where the musicians really listen, there’s none of the sparring/dueling now-it’s-MY-turn-in-the-spotlight w…
Pianist Keiko Matsui's 14th studio release is the first that has an overall theme. The Ring is dedicated to provide a message of compassion, humanity and peace in a …
This is one of those CD's that really hits the nail on the head. Trombonist Nelson Foltz calls it The Longing Hours and from what I heard, if you want to be longing …
11 Mar
Dago - Sounds For A Blue Planet by Bohm Dagobert
Monday, 11 March 2002
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Over the last 100-plus years, jazz music has become America's greatest and most prolific export. In that amount of time, jazz has since returned to the United States as an …
Singer/songwriter David Sylvian has long worked on the fringes of jazz. Starting out in the British glam/pop band, Japan, he wrote introspective songs and eventually steere…
18 Feb
:Rarum Anthology Series by Various Artists
Monday, 18 February 2002
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Since 1969, creative improvisational music has had a home thanks to the auspices of producer Manfred Eicher and his Editions of Contemporary Music (hint: that’s the long wa…
08 Aug
Reincarnation by Gregory James Band
Wednesday, 08 August 2001
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Waiting for something to musically happen is the watchword for many artists hoping to cash in on the smooth jazz movement. At first glance mastering and competing with t…
31 May
Revelator by Raoul Bjorkenheim and Nicky Skopelitis
Thursday, 31 May 2001
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Guitarists Nicky Skopelitis and Raoul Bjorkenheim have, with the help of percussionist Bill Buchen and Bill Laswell (credited with "sounds"), put together an instrumental a…
26 May
Not Gone, Not Forgotten by Rothko
Saturday, 26 May 2001
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I know virtually zip/nada/bupkis about this trio known as Rothko, except they’re British and they all play bass. Their style is almost unclassifiable - their only precedent…
Hubbub is a collective of European (French or Swiss, I believe) improvisers who specialize (with this platter, anyway) in the more spacey/ambient mode of free improvisation…
02 Apr
Parisian Honeymoon Suite by Hot Club de Norvege
Monday, 02 April 2001
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If you are looking for some European flavor to your jazz experience, "Parisian Honeymoon Suite" is a good sampler. This compilation CD features the gypsy jazz groups Hot Cl…
31 Jan
The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet by Jimmy Giuffre
Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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His career winds from the 1940s to ‘01 and his music never stood still, Jimmy Giuffre remains one of the most interesting and underrated jazz musician/composers around. The…
04 Jan
Cape of Good Hope by Jim Wilson
Thursday, 04 January 2001
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Wilson follows up his initial release Northern Seascape with a blend of downtempo numbers on Cape of Good Hope. He gets help from such smooth jazz giants as Richard Elliot,…
08 Jun
Hamburg: Port of Call by Hans Fahling Quartet
Thursday, 08 June 2000
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Hamburg: Port of Call purports to be an "interdisciplinary project" that blends Hamburg jazz music with waterfront paintings of this seaside city. Paintings by Patrick Hask…
Watching Ken Burns' PBS doc JAZZ, you'd be forgiven for getting the impression that jazz is a done deal and that the "fracturing" of the music in the sixties was responsibl…
21 Jan
E.S.T. Somewhere else before by Esbjorn Svensson Trio
Friday, 21 January 2000
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This CD, E.S.T. (Esbjorn Stensson Trio) is very impressive. It has style, simplicity, and communication. It says something and I love music that speaks to you. Especially a…
29 Jul
Crunch by Tronzo Granelli Epstein
Thursday, 29 July 1999
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If you're looking for music of the mind, this is it. It's obvious that the listener must search for deeper meaning here. There are moments that are built like classical mus…
David Lyndon Huff takes many moods and flavors and sews them together to form a musical kaleidoscope. The tracks progress in haunting continuum as if holding deep sublimina…
The Jazz Review is dedicated to promoting the very best in Classic, Contemporary and Acid Jazz. However, there is a new realm of music that is taking off around the country…