In the world of virtuoso guitarists, Michele Ramo and Mundell Lowe are probably near the top of the pile. Yet in this album of duets on jazz classics, there is no flag w…
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From the first drumbeat to the last strum of a guitar string, this album rocks. It was recorded at the original Sun Studios, in the same room that once held stars such a…
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06 Oct
Even Odds by Rik Wright
From Seattle, Washington, Rik Wright’s group has become one of the premier contemporary jazz groups on the West coast. The group varies between a trio and sextet with in…
This is the latest release by the Western Jazz Quartet, which now is in residence at Western Michigan University’s School of Music. The group, which was originally found…
If you haven’t heard much jazz organ music, Moe Denham would be a good place to start. This CD, his fourth release, grooves with his distinctive, self-defined sound of "…
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