Please permit me to quote briefly from Jeff Cook’s liner notes. "The musicians and ATTITUDE of the music of New Orleans created a whole new way to perceive how music could …
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Sathima Bea Benjamin sings with the clarity of mellowed church bells. One is not apt to misunderstand a single word in any of her songs. It’s that particular asset that tru…
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19 Jan
Jazz Spirit, Volumes 1 & 2 by Willie Pickens
Thursday, 19 January 2006
Published in Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews
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Pianist Willie Pickens is a beloved jazz fixture in the Windy City. While he has recorded frequently over the last four decades, only one session was waxed in a city other …
16 Jan
Spin This by Karen Blixt
Los Angeles based vocalist, Karen Blixt, is out to make an instant good impression. Her debut CD does exactly that. There’s an old expression that urges "If you’ve got it, …
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Formed by trombonist Jonny Enright in 1996, Grupo-X issued their successful debut CD, X-Posure in 2001. The young band impressed us with its considerable fire…
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