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DAVID FRIESEN / GLEN MOORE - Returning (1993)
Tracks01. My Funny Valentine02. Reserve03. Let's Pretend04. Free Bowing05. Free One06. Stride La Congo07. I'm Old Fashioned08. Past Finding Out09. On The Road With Jazz10. Free Two11. Sweet Georgia12....
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PAUL BLEY - Ramblin' (1966)
Ramblin' comes from an adventurous period in Paul Bley's career, at a time when he was associated with some of the more avant-garde elements. His playing often takes an attractively aggressive...
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GERI ALLEN / CHARLIE HADEN / PAUL MOTIAN - In the Year of the Dragon (1989)
Geri Allen's sixth recording, and a reprise of her 1987 Soul Note recording Etudes, has her again in the mighty company of bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian, a dream team for any modern...
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AKI TAKASE / SILKE EBERHARD - Ornette Coleman Anthology (2006)
Is pianist Aki Takase making a point of releasing an outstanding duo CD every year? Spring In Bangkok (Intakt Records, 2006), in the company of vocalist Lauren Newton, was a model of in-the-moment...
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AKI TAKASE - Aki Takase Plays "Fats" Waller (2004)
What the world does not need is yet another slavish tribute to the great Fats Waller, one in which his original arrangements are re-created and his personal style respectfully reproduced. Aki Takase,...
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CHICO FREEMAN - Chico (1977)
Tenor saxophonist Chico Freeman's third recording as a leader has been reissued on this CD. The 24-minute three-part "Moments" (which has been expanded a little for the reissue) and "And All the World...
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CHICO FREEMAN - Morning Prayer (1976)
Tenor saxophonist Chico Freeman's second recording as a leader (the first was an obscurity for Dharma in 1975) was originally cut for the Japanese Trio label before being made available domestically by...
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GIANLUIGI TROVESI - From G to G (1992)
Reedman and composer Gianluigi Trovesi is one of the leading lights on the Italian avant-jazz scene (a scene still little known in the U.S.), and From G to G is one of his finest recordings. Leading an...
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MARIA JOAO / AKI TAKASE / NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN - Alice (1992)
Until relativity recently, women jazz musicians - excluding female vocalists - were a rarity. Pianists Lil Hardin, Lorraine Geller, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and...
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CHARLIE MARIANO - Reflections (1974)
Featuring Charlie Mariano on alto and soprano saxophone, it also brings some of the best jazz performers from Finland. Listen particularly to the counterpart tenor sax of Eero Koivistoinen one of...
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GONZALO RUBALCABA - The Trio (1998)
Tracks01. Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) 02. Caravan (Mills/Tizol/Ellington) 03. On Green Dolphin Street (N. Washington/B. Kaper) 04. Hot House (Tadd Dameron)05. Yesterdays (O. Harbach/J. Kern) 06....
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MICHEL BENITA - Preferences (1990)
Michel Benita (born 1954 in Algiers, Algeria) is a double bass player, prominent in jazz music since 1980's. He moved to Paris in 1981 and became one of the major discoveries in European jazz scene. He...
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MICHEL BENITA - Soul (1994)
Tracks1. Louise (Michel Benita)2. Babel (Michel Benita)3. Miss Otis Regrets (Cole Porter)4. Lucky Woman (Rita Marcotulli)5. Baijo Partido (Toninho Horta)6. You Dig? (Michel Benita)7. Alice (Michel...
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JOE PASS - Portraits of Duke Ellington (1975)
Recorded just a month after Duke Ellington's death, this tribute album (reissued on CD) features guitarist Joe Pass (just beginning to become famous), bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Bobby Durham...
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JIM HALL / BILL FRISELL - Hemispheres (2008)
Jim Hall and Bill Frisell are two great modern jazz guitarists who display disparate styles that mesh together beautifully on this double-CD set of duets and quartet recordings. As much as the...
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MICHAEL GREGORY JACKSON - Clarity (1976)
Michael Gregory Jackson's first recording as a leader has been reissued on CD from the ESP-Disk group, and it's a vivid reminder of how melodically charged his music is from a more subtle perspective....
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MICHAEL GREGORY JACKSON - Karmonic Suite (1978)
Tracks1. When We Got There2. Still (Transitory Ancestry)3. Something I Had To Tell You4. Karmony (love For Life)5. Dance For You People6. Spirit7. We Have The Power8. Cooperative Development9. Spirit...
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MARC DUCRET - Gris (1990)
Marc Ducret was born in Paris, France in 1957, and began his professional career as a self-taught musician in 1975, playing with dance bands, folklore groups and singers and doing a lot of studio...
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BEN MONDER TRIO - Flux (1995)
Originality is a rare commodity. That Ben Monder sounds original on electric guitar and fully retains the listener's interest for a full hour of recording is in itself an accomplishment. For his debut...
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BEN MONDER - Excavation (2000)
Ben Monder has been referred to as a young "unsung hero" or a "new young lion" of jazz guitar, terms which no longer suit him. Not many unsung heroes have a discography as long as your arm , with three...
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