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Many times I wander into "The Exclusive Company", Milwaukee's finest and very diverse music store, and fumble through the CD's trying to decide what to buy. I usually just …
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After an initial listen to this CD I knew full well that I would thoroughly enjoy it, mainly because I am somewhat partial to great jazz guitar work, and this CD certainly …
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Like the promo shot of Michael Blake looking out at you with a snapshot strategically placed over his brain picturing a Vietnam street strewn with cart-pushing, moped- and …
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Can Rick keep raising the bar on great jazz music? This notorious trumpeter / fluegeler / composer / producer raises the bar ten feet tall on his latest release "Full Strid…
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Brian Bromberg is a true master of the Bass, or should I say Basses. Bromberg plays a variety of acoustic, electric and electronic basses including fretted, fretless, picco…
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Brubeck fans rejoice! The kind folks at Columbia Legacy have finally gotten around to giving the class-reissue treatment to their extensive Brubeck discography (he was on C…
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The Buried Treasures first--gad, what a find! A pristinely recorded set by the "classic" Brubeck Quartet, in their last year of existence. No signs of strain, though--still…
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Water Street was a warehouse district in Brooklyn, its ancient blocks standing grimly as a city grows around them. Andrew Cheshire was not grim; on the cover he leans on hi…
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CIMP Records, usually known for its uncompromising releases of "free/out" jazz and free-improvised music, has done the jazz world a favor by releasing this wonderfully inve…
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The average person has probably never heard of drummer Jimmy Cobb, unless they happened to have a copy of Miles Davis's classic recording, Kind Of Blue. One of the most und…
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Making standards of his own, Freddy Cole lays down vocal tracks to remember for a lifetime. The catch phrase, "singing with feeling" has been used to describe masters and m…
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Atlantic Records knows a winner when they hear one, and the winner is, Steve Cole. Saxman Steve Cole has composed a treat for contemporary jazz fans to treasure. Most recen…
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Ed Walsh, Jr. was a baseball pitcher of little renown, the son of a beloved Hall of Famer. Ed, Jr. said something to the effect of "It's a curse to be the son of a great ma…
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For a fellow I never heard of (and I've been haunting record stores since '69), Scranton, PA-born pianist Degen has a hell of a resume: in the 60's, he lived in Germany, pl…
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This is Sean's second release, and already he is showing how not only his guitar skills, but his writing skills have developed over the past couple of years. Backed by an e…
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Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban alto Saxophonist was introduced to jazz by his father, who played tenor saxophone and gave him his first lesson. He was advertising Selmer saxophone…
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Some people may think that the rareness of a female sax player is somewhat of a gimmick. Let me set the record straight, the answer is "No, Candy Dulfer is no joke!" Candy …
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With this package, we get a fine overview of the late, legendary trumpet master Kenny Dorham's earliest accomplishments. That's to say, Blues in Bebop focuses on his earlie…
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This is Mark's fifth and latest release. Featuring veteran bass player Jay Leonhart and drummer Dennis Mackrel. This trio session cooks. Clifford Brown's composition, "Brow…
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Performed in the silhouette of classic jazz standards, Dave Ellis blows the tenor sax with a whole new multi-faceted light on great jazz music. His technical abilities shin…
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