Shape Shifter is a most felicitous title for this live CD. The Scott Reeves Quintet displaces expectations, interrupts calm toe-tapping, and even quibbles with th…
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Better late than never: Ralph Lalama has given us an altogether challenging and entertaining CD. His latest, Energy Fields, seems to use the least instrumentation…
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30 Jun
It Amazes Me... by Bob Mover
Before tending to the job of reviewing this CD, please allow this critic an indulgence. On the cover, there is a single sentence which causes rising bile in those of us …
27 Jun
Jazz Band by Doug Hamilton
Problem: You’ve got a function you need to supply a powerful swingin’ big band for, but you can only come up with the scratch to pay ten guys (and/or gals,) and a conduc…
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An idea of what guitarist Dan Heck's passion is can be determined from the title of his newest CD. Compositionality is a great name for an album in which all th…