BeBop / Hard Bop - CD Reviews (481)
Just like the masthead states..........Bruce Arnold & Mike Miller................Two fine jazz guitarists re-inventing their great jazz standards with all the components of…
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"A Mind for the Scenery" provides Portland, Oregon-based woodwind artist and arranger Tim Jensen with a broad canvas on which to lay out his considerable tale…
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"Wide Awake" is the debut CD under his own leadership for New York based sax man Aaron Irwin. The young Irwin has already made his mark on the New York jazz s…
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According to the press release that accompanied my CD copy, Philadelphia pianist David Leonhardt's release "Departure" is actually a 15 year re-release of an …
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This is the 2'nd time I believe that I've reviewed a disc for ' The New Urban Groove' jazz group. Once again, I'm moved by their progressive approach to stressed dissonance…
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It's hard to stay in your seat when you hear the 1'st cut of thisanimated and very cogent jazz quartet. Plus, using one of my favorite reedmen, David Liebman was a personal…
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Heart throb & gentleman jazz guitarist Josh Workman bathes us immediately with gleeful improvisations, seasoned with an array of interesting hamonies & chord progressions. …
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Screamin,' Blowin,' Dues, Sheddin,' Shameless, Unabashed........These are words that sum up my reaction to my perusal of the collaborative effort put forth by trumpet colos…
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Gentlemen.......Start your engines!! Nouveau jazz guitarist Vladimir Cetkar takes us for a very animated 'lap'around the raceway of jazz. Vlad carries on the great traditio…
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Jazz composer & multi-instrumentalist George Hoar hangs out with the right people (re: Dave Liebman-reeds, Dave Samuels-percussion, etc.) ergo, his proud array of fine orig…
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Drummer Shelly Manne’s recently reissued "Steps To The Desert" (subtitled ‘Modern Jazz Versions Of Favorite Jewish And Israeli Songs’) is an album both brilliantly conceive…
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This is a study into the fertile & creative mind of one Craig Yaremko, big apple jazz-saxer & composer. Craig's originals are extraordinarily varied, and develop organicall…
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The debut CD of Reedman colossus Russ Nolan: Illuminating, dazzling, arousing, admirable, brilliant, vivid, splendid, intellectual, instructive, edifying................Wit…
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Eternity contains some of the last recordings of Bud Powell specifically those the his friend Francis Paudras recorded in his apartments in Paris from 1961 to 1964, …
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Jazz Pianist Dennis Bell documents his musical efforts through his body of work.........And, his present project 'Then & Now' is superbly presented & notated............As …
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How many times & ways have we jazz-philes heard the jazz classic, 'Autumn Leaves'? Jazz Guitarist Richie Hart's version contained herein, gives the song a new ethos, & I re…
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This mini chronicle of the musical magic of Bud Powell was recorded live at the beginning and at the end of his career. The opening six tunes were recorded live at the Roya…
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God!! What a solid album, & what a mighty proponent of the flute genre we have in one Holly Hofmann. Kudos to her sidemen as well, guided viably under the herculean improvi…
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I started out listening to the wonderful jazz ballad 'My Old Flame,' & the haunting lateral treatment of harmonic poylphony Mike gave to the tune.........literally re-inven…
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The 3 CD set Bopland is a true piece of modern jazz history, presenting for the first time all three hours of music from the July 5th, 1947 "Jazz concert-dance" at Los Ange…
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