There are times when you don't need a lot of information about the artists participating on a recording to know exactly how you feel about it. Duets, from two S…
An interesting title, has guitarist Ryan Blotnick's first CD. In his liner notes he basically uses it to answer the age-old question, "If a young, very talented jazz qui…
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02 Apr
Freedom Suite by Sonny Rollins
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Published in Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews
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Sonny Rollins' Freedom Suite was one of the first uses of the LP format to allow a small group to record a long-form composition. The lineup could not be better…
Joe Locke has spent the last two and a half decades providing surefooted, exciting mallet work to every opus to which he lends his name. Speaking of his name, you can fi…
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04 Feb
Flag Day by Adam Kolker
The opening cut, "gNash," informs us of the album’s message: "The squeamish need not apply." A slightly off-kilter beat by Motian and Hebert underpins Kolker’s and Aberc…
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