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OF ALL THINGS JAZZ, PAST AND PRESENT

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Nikos Skalkottas (1904-49) - Ballet Music for Piano

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BIS' vividly titled The Land and the Sea of Greece takes its moniker from an inspired and lively ballet suite by that title dating from ...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Atlantic Jazz - Soul (1986)

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An Atlantic Jazz slice of mostly '60s jazz-soul treats. Fittingly, the 11-track disc includes a side by one of the prime progenitors of ...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Roy Ayers Live at Ronnie Scott's 1998

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Captured back in 1988 within the intimate settings of London's legendary West End jazz haunt, Ronnie Scott's in Soho, Roy Ayers deli...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's Coming (1972)

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One of the rarest and greatest Roy Ayers albums of all time -- the sly, funky and spiritual masterpiece He's Coming from 1971 -- really...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Roy Ayers - Ubiquity (1970)

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One of the greatest Roy Ayers albums of all time. The record is right in the same vein as Roy's groundbreaking He's Coming LP -- a r...
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Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Virgo Red (1973)

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Despite contributions from an abundance of soul-jazz greats including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmy Owens, and Garnett Brown, VIRGO RED is the ...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Material - Hallucination Engine (1993)

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Praising Hallucination Engine as a postmodern Bitches Brew may seem mad, but Material bassist-composerguru Bill Laswell risks a maneuver aki...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Bill Ware · Marc Ribot - Dir Duke (2001)

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Vibraphone demon Bill Ware and guitar wizard Marc Ribot both have well deserved reputations as doyens of the downtown avant jazz scene, play...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the A. C. Jobim Songbook (1981)

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Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, devoted to the son...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Danny Gatton - 88 Elmira St. (1991)

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This album is nothing short of a complete celebration of the electric guitar. Danny Gatton (1945-1994) was part fierce monster and part tedd...
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