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STEVE KUHN TRIO - Temptation (2001)
Steve Kuhn mixes standards and forgotten gems in these 2001 studio sessions with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Drummond. Beginning with a tantalizing take of "Temptation" that has a slight...
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PAOLINO DALLA PORTA·KENNY WHEELER·STEFANO BATTAGLIA·BILL ELGART - Tales (1993)
This quartet session features the compositions of bassist Paolino Dalla Porta and pianist Stefano Battaglia, along with Kenny Wheeler's trumpet and flugelhorn solos and drummer Bill Elgart's rhythmic...
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ENRICO PIERANUNZI·MARC JOHNSON·JOEY BARON - Deep Down (1987)
Tracks1 - Don’t Forget The Poet (Enrico Pieranunzi)2 - Ev’rything I Love [Cole Porter] 3 - We’ll Be Together Again [Laine/Fischer] 4 - Someday my Prince Will Come [Morey/Churchill] 5 - Dee Song...
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ENRICO PIERANUNZI TRIO - Plays the Music of Wayne Shorter·Infant Eyes (2000)
Tracks01. Wildflower02. Fall03. Capricorn04. E.S.P.05. Teru06. Deluge07. Nefertiti08. Pinocchio09. Sleeping Dancer, Sleep On10. This Is For Albert11. Infant EyesENRICO PIERANUNZI pianoHEIN VAN DE...
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ADAM MAKOWICZ - Live At The Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol 24 (1992)
Tracks01. Tatum On My Mind (Adam Makowicz)02. Get Out Of Town5:1903. Easy To Love6:5104. I Get A Kick Out Of You5:4305. You Do Something To Me4:2006. I Concentrate On You7:2907. You'd Be So Nice To...
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ADAM MAKOWICZ TRIO - My Favorite Things: The Music Of Richard Rodgers (1993)
This is an album by Polish Jazz pianist / composer Adam Makowicz, recorded in a classic piano trio setting with Czech bassist George Mraz and American drummer Alan Dawson. As the title suggests, the...
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MURIZIO GIAMMARCO - Live at Casa del Jazz (2007)
Tracks1 Side Slide (M. Giammarco)2 Ed Blackwell (S. Bonafede)3 Parenti Stretti (M. Giammarco)4 Dispneade (M. Giammarco)5 Blue (P. Della Porta)6 Released (M. Giammarco)7 Lode Al Silenzio (S. Bonafede)8...
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AKI TAKASE - My Ellington (2013)
Aki Takase, the Berlin-resident Japanese pianist, combines some very attractive virtues: a fearless relish for treading close to the edge, formidable technique, deep jazz knowledge, a shrewd sense of...
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AIR - Air Lore (1979)
Recorded for RCA in 1979, the vanguard trio Air set out to explore its jazz roots. In fact, not only the trio's jazz roots, but everybody's right back to Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton as they...
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ANAT FORT TRIO - And If (2010)
Anat Fort's second project for ECM follows along the spiritual and meditative lines of her first recording A Long Story. Here the pianist from Israel uses shorter, thematic forms that glide gently...
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ADAM ROGERS·DAVID BINNEY - R&B (2015)
Guitarist Adam Rogers continues his longtime association with alto saxophonist David Binney. Rogers is known for his fret work with Chris Potter and the late Michael Brecker. Rogers and Binney have...
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EDDIE GOMEZ TRIO - Palermo (2007)
Tracks1. Palermo (Gomez/Waits/Karlsson)2. Illusion (Stefan Kerlsson)3. Missing You (Eddie Gomez)4. On Green Dolphin Street (B. Kaper/N. Washington)5. Smilin' Eyes (Stefan Karlsson)6. We Will Meet...
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ANAT COHEN - Luminosa (2015)
Anat Cohen's music is literally all over the map. Across her previous six albums, Cohen has explored the sounds of America, Brazil, France, Cuba, South Africa, and her homeland, Israel; she's addressed...
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ARVE HENRIKSEN - Chiaroscuro (2004)
Arve Henriksen's follow-up to his first solo CD, Sakuteiki, Chiaroscuro sees him exploring the same ethereal pastures, this time accompanied by sampling artist Jan Bang and percussionist Audun Kleive....
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BALDYCH & HERMAN DUO ART - The New Tradition (2014)
This is a truly unique recording. One of a kind you rarely hear. But I hope that the title provides the direction and that it actually initiates a New Tradition. Although sonatas for piano and violin...
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ADAM BALDYCH·HELGE LIEN TRIO - Bridges (2015)
Think of jazz violin and one recalls sprightly swing fiddlers such as Joe Venuti or Stephane Grappelli, or maybe the proggy electric explorations of Jean-Luc Ponty or Michael Urbaniak. Polish...
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RED MITCHELL·HAROLD LAND QUINTET - Hear Ye!!!! Hear Ye!!!! (1961)
In the early '60s, bassist Red Mitchell and tenor saxophonist Harold Land co-led a quintet in Los Angeles. The group did not catch on but they did record one Atlantic set that has been reissued on CD....
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JACK WALRATH & THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE - Serious Hang (1994)
Jack Walrath and his Masters of Suspense turn to an idiom that was once among jazz's more popular, but in recent years has been almost ignored -- funk/soul-jazz. Besides a decent remake of James...
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LUIS PERDOMO - Links (2013)
Links is a musical autobiography of sorts for Luis Perdomo. The Venezuelan pianist performs compositions by his classroom teachers from his native Caracas, the Manhattan School of Music and Queens...
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GERI ALLEN - Grand River Crossings (Motown & Motor City Inspirations) (2013)
Geri Allen's Grand River Crossings pays homage to the music and historic example of her hometown of Detroit. It is named for the pre-interstate, 216-mile thoroughfare that connects the Motor City to...
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ALBERT MANGELSDORFF - Tromboneliness (1977)
Albert Mangelsdorff stands alongside the likes of Jack Teagarten and J. J. Johnson in the pantheon of trombone greats. Recorded in 1976, this album affords the listener the opportunity to hear Albert...
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FRED HERSCH·JULIAN LAGE - Free Flying (2013)
It's quite rare when a jazz duet album between two complementary instruments is so intuitive it often sounds like the work of one player with multiple voices. Such is the case on Free Flying, a live...
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LEE KONITZ·KENNY WHEELER - Olden Times·Live at Birdland Neuburg (1999)
Are certain recordings destined to have a special fate under a certain star? Whoever hears the reissue of "Live At Birdland Neuburg" today is inevitably faced with this question. In the case of the...
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STEFANO BOLLANI - Piano Solo (2006)
From Best New Talent in 1998 to Best Musician and Best Album of 2006 in Italy's Jazz Musica magazine polls, it is safe to say that Stefano Bollani's star is in the ascendancy. Piano Solo, his second...
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WILL VINSON - Live at Smalls (2013)
Tracks1. The Clock Killer (Will Vinson)2. Star of Greece (Will Vinson)3. Swagger (Lage Lund)4. Stablemates (Benny Golson)5. Squeeze (Will Vinson)6. Morning Glory (Duke Ellington)7. Albemarle (Will...
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