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SUNNA GUNNLAUGS - Live in Europe (2003)
Sunna Gunnlaugs’ work has received significant critical acclaim since her 2000 release ‘Mindful’ was selected among the top 10 albums of the year by the Virginian Pilot. Her 2003 release 'live in...
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DAVE LIEBMAN·PAT METHENY·CECIL McBEE·BILLY HART - The Elements Water (1998)
With this CD, Liebman kicked off a cycle of four albums inspired by the so-called elements -- Water, Earth, Fire and Air -- attempting to cover a wide range of the moods and emotions that Water...
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UMO w/ JUHANI AALTONEN·RAOUL BJORKENHEIM·IRO HAARLA - The Sky Is Ruby (2007)
Guitarist-composer Raoul Björkenheim has put an hour of frenzied new Finnish jazz on UMO's music stands. Veteran brass player Juhani Aaltonen, harp and piano artist Iro Haarla, and UMO's many talented...
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PAUL BLEY & JASPER LUNDGAARD - Live (1989)
Tracks01. Blues (Ornette Coleman)02. Ostinato (Paul Bley)03. The Theme (Traditional)04. Ramblin' (Ornette Coleman)05. Albert's Love Theme (Annette Peacock)06. Ida Lupino (Carla Bley)07. Music Matador...
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PAUL BLEY & JANE BUNNETT - Double Time (1994)
Paul Bley learned long ago what it took many other avant-garde musicians (particularly saxophonists) years to realize, that it is not necessary to play free improvisations at a consistently ferocious...
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ERIC LE LANN·AL FOSTER·DAVID KIKOSKI·DOUGLAS WEISS - Le...
Tracks1. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern)2. Ayam (Eric Le Lann)3. C'est La Nuit Lola (Eric Le Lann)4. Le Bleu D'hortense (Eric Le Lann)5. You Don´t Know What Love Is6. Today I Fell In Love (Eric Le Lann)7....
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BOB BROOKMEYER & KENNY WHEELER - Island (2003)
Two giants of modern jazz align for Bob Brookmeyer & Kenny Wheeler Quintet Island, a two-CD production, one of which is a DVD featuring band commentary, transcribed solos, and interviews. Here,...
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CHARLIE HADEN - Private Collection (1987-8)
Bassist Charlie Haden gained his initial fame with the Ornette Coleman Quartet of 1959-1961, developing an innovative style that allowed him to walk the bass and create a forward movement and momentum...
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BARRY ALTSCHUL'S 3DOM FACTOR - Tales Of The Unforeseen (2014)
Veteran drummer Barry Altschul has enjoyed something of a late career resurgence over the last decade. Work with co-operatives such as the FAB Trio, as well as with trombonists Steve Swell and Roswell...
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HAMID DRAKE & JESSE STEWART - Timelines (2013)
HAMID DRAKEBonr 3 August 1955, Monroe, Louisiana, USA. Hamid Drake studied drums extensively, including eastern and Caribbean styles. In 1974 he began what was to be a long-term musical relationship...
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BARRE PHILLIPS·YOSHIZAWA MOTOHARU - Uzu (1996)
Improvised meeting between a paring of contrabass giants, this date finds both players in peak form. Coming on the P.S.F. as it does, the Tokyo label has been home to some of the most challenging...
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CEDAR WALTON - Manhattan Afternoon (1992)
Recorded in mid-November 2000, Manhattan After Hours was clearly intended as a sequel of sorts to the Cedar Walton Trio's Criss Cross Jazz release Manhattan Afternoon, which came together in December...
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CEDAR WALTON TRIO - Ceder Walton (1985)
Track1. Third Street Blues (Cedar Walton)2. Magical Lady (David Williams)3. Short Comings (Billy Higgins)4. Voices Deep Within (Cedar Walton)5. I'll Let You Know (Cedar Walton)6. Bleeker Street Theme...
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LEE KONITA·DON FRIEDMAN·ATTILA ZOLLER - Thingin (1995)
With the superb packaging and quality of sound for which the Swiss hatOLOGY label is noted, and the adventurous, Tristano-tinged blowing for which saxophonist Lee Konitz is known, this set of mostly...
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KALLE KALIMA & K-18 - Some Kubrick of Blood (2009)
From the opening flurry of discordant semitones, the following percussive entrance of saxophone and then guitar, it becomes clear that there is something rather weird and threatening about Some...
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BOB MOSES - When Elephants Dream of Music (1983)
Although best known as a flexible and tasteful drummer, Bob Moses displayed a great deal of talent as a composer and arranger on this exciting project. He utilized a particularly colorful cast of...
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JOHN LINDBERG·ALBERT MANGELSDORFF·ED THIGPEN·ERIC WATSON - Quartet Afterstorm...
After releasing the excellent Dodging Bullets in 1992, bassist John Lindberg added the drums to his initial trio of bass, trombone, and piano. The effect is impeccable and irresistible.Tracks1. Frozen...
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JON BALLANTYNE & PAUL BLEY - A Musing (1991)
Ballantyne is a bright new Canadian piano star. He gets a good sound from the instrument and plays just as much or as little as he needs to get his point across. Nowhere is this better illustrated than...
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ERIC WATSON·JOHN LINDBERG - The Memory Of Water (1990)
Tracks01. Sister Skunk (Watson)02. The Black Cat (Watson)03. Homage To Uncle Fester (Watson)04. Flight Of The Bow And Hammer (Lindberg)05. Brain Drain (Watson)06. Plywood Bent (Lindberg)07....
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MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS - Young At Heart & Wise In Time (1969)
Muhal Richard Abrams, as the founder of the AACM in Chicago, has been one of the unsung leaders of the avant-garde ever since the mid-'60s. A versatile pianist, Abrams is heard in two different...
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