Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews (1959)
The vibraphone is not the first instrument people think about when talking about Jazz music. But the history of jazz is full with great vibraphonists, legends like Lione…
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Dave Anderson new album Conversations is a collection of jazz standards and some originals arrange for a duo of piano and percussion. I only remember another album recor…
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Dan Adler's latest recording Back to the Bridge swings, plain and simple! It is a great example of the perfect combination of jazz guitar and Hammond B-3. Adler…
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The music of this trio sounds so full and powerful. Since the first notes of the first track, My heart stood still, everyone shine without getting in each others way, ju…
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Alva Nelson new album, Soul Eyes is a combination of mostly original compositions with some jazz classics. Nelson is a pianist with great technique equally good playing the…
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If you have ever spent any time in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area, and you like jazz, chances are you have stumbled across this treasure trove of talented musicians. I ha…
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Vibranium, the debut release by Chris Massey’s ‘Nue Jazz Project’ is an ambitious undertaking for a first effort out of the gate. Massey, an Ohio born drummer livi…
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"Keeper," the latest recording by the Stryker/Slagle Band, is a collection of straight-ahead jazz compositions that further exemplifies the incredible tightness that thi…
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Dave Anderson new album Conversations is a collection of jazz standards and some originals arrange for a duo of piano and percussion. I only remember another album recorded…
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The vibraphone is not the first instrument people think about when talking about Jazz music. But the history of jazz is full with great vibraphonists, legends like Lionel H…
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This is an entertaining and satisfying set by an unusually good piano trio. Veteran Orrin Evans has played for years with Bobby Watson's group. Here he does five of the …
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This young man, Chris Colangelo, has firmly established his position as one of the premier bassists in the jazz milieu. When he solos, it's dexterity plus rhythmic perfe…
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Bassit Dan Dean shows his talent and versatility on the superb 2 5 1. This CD takes its title from the familiar turnaround that is a key element in the harmonic prog…
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This is Bob McHugh and his trio at its finest. It is with pure enjoyment that I recommend this fine jazz CD collection for your listening pleasure, for Pure Imag…
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Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival is great jazz music, anywhere and most certainly anytime! All the arrangements are by John Fedchock for this live performance …
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It’s always startling why, with the great wealth of instrumental possibilities available to jazz artists, they continually place themselves in the same old formats, even…
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Barrett Deems (1914-1998) may not be one of the more familiar names from jazz history, however, the Chicago-based drummer forged a sideman career second to none with length…
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Russian pianist and composer Masha Stepina studied at the Rostov College of Arts and at the S.V. Rakhmaninov Conservatory in her home country. She taught theory, music h…
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Wellstone Conspiracy is just another example of how many great jazz musicians there are throughout the United States. This quartet combines Idaho-based Brent Jensen on s…
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Mentored by Miles Davis who first heard him in 1983 at his birthday gala performance in Carnegie Hall, what everyone remembers, however, is when Miles chose trumpeter and c…
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