Improvised live performances have a tendency to begin awkwardly as even a group musicians that has long played together is likely to not gel perfectly at first. Then, as th…
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I had barely begun an over three hour long drive this past Christmas Eve when I stumbled upon on the second and final cut of Nailed, "Last," already in progress. Even befor…
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19 Apr
Wong Fei-Hong Meets Little Strudel by Edward Ratliff's Rhapsodalia
Wednesday, 19 April 2000
Published in Free Jazz / Avante Garde - CD Reviews
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In the brief linear notes Edward Ratliff dedicates Wong Fei-Hong Meets Little Strudel to film industry of Hong Kong. Not being familiar with this source, I can't vouch for …
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The music of Pharaoh's Daughter is many things but it is not jazz, at least not as we usually think of it. Leader, singer, and acoustic guitarist Basya Schechter described …
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In his over 40 years of playing professionally, drummer Bill Dowdy has worked with such jazz greats as Nat Adderly and Coleman Hawkins in addition to teaching at Michigan S…
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