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DON CHERRY - Dona Nostra (1994)
Don Cherry (sticking to trumpet) teams up with five European musicians (including pianist Bob Stenson and multi-reedist Lennart Aberg) for a cool and introspective ECM CD. Other than a pair of Ornette...
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Reunion (2003)
Reunion is a live album recorded at Centro Rai di Produzione Radiofonica in Rome in January 2003 by the Art Ensemble of Chicago and released on the Italian Around Jazz label. It marked the return of...
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MUSIC REVELATION ENSEMBLE - Knights of Power (1995)
James Blood Ulmer's sporadic and ever-evolving Music Revelation Ensemble has featured at one time or another everyone from David Murray and Roland Shannon Jackson to John Zorn and the late George...
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MUSIC REVELATION ENSEMBLE - No Wave (1980)
Tracks1. Time Table2. Big Tree3. Baby Talk4. Sound CheckJAMES BLOOD ULMER guitar, vocalsDAVID MURRAY tenor saxophoneAMIN ALI electric bassROLAND SHANNON JACKSON drums, percussionAll compositions by...
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PHALANX - In Touch (1988)
This adventurous co-op quartet consists of George Adams on tenor, soprano and flute, guitarist James Blood Ulmer, bassist Sirone and drummer Rashied Ali; it is not at all surprising that the results...
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PHALANX - Original Phalanx (1987)
Tracks1. Song Number One (James Blood Ulmer)2. Free Spirit (Sirone)3. House On 13th Street (George Adams)4. Troublemaker (James Blood Ulmer)5. Angel Love (Sirone)6. A Smile (George Adams)7. Playground...
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NELS CLINE - New Monastery (A View Into The Music Of Andrew Hill) (2006)
In his liner notes, Nels Cline claims that New Monastery is not a tribute record to iconic pianist Andrew Hill, but merely one view of the rich potential found in his multifaceted compositions. The...
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MASQUALERO - Masqualero (1983)
Bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon Christensen are a couple of the more respectable Norwegian jazz musicians and became well-known in the early 70s as the rhythm section for the Jan Garbarek band....
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DAVID MURRAY OCTET - Ming (1980)
"His octet was always the perfect setting for tenor saxophonist David Murray, large enough to generate power but not as out of control as many of his big-band performances. Murray contributed all five...
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DAVE BURRELL / DAVID MURRAY - In Concert (1992)
This set by longtime collaborators Dave Burrell and David Murray (playing exclusively tenor sax here) was recorded at the Victoriaville Festival in Quebec in 1991. The live sound is good, the...
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GIANLUIGI TROVESI - Dances and Variations (1994)
Tracks01. Herbop (Gianluigi Trovesi) Pino Minafra (trumpet, flugelhorn), Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, Alto clarinet), Marco Remondini (cello), Roberto Bonati, Marco Micheli (double bass),...
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MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS / GEORGE LEWIS / ROSCOE MITCHELL - Streaming (1988)
The five lengthy improvisations by the three veteran masters of the AACM range from airy sound explorations to stretches of extroverted interplay. The former does sometimes goes on way too long as one...
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VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS - Images (1992)
Tracks1. I'm Home2. What Does It Matter?3. Magic Lady Q4. 2:45 a.m.5. Phyllis6. Images7. One Side Of You8. To My FriendsVASSILIS TSABROPOULOS piano, bass synthesizersYIOTIS SAMARAS electric...
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VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS - The Promise (2009)
Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos certainly fits into the ECM style of Euro-classical jazz. While his solo technique generally wafts on ethereal white clouds in blue skies, there's a spiritual and...
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TRIO DOLCE VITA - Amarcord (2009)
The woody – even Acker Bilk-ish – sound of a clarinet tootling Nino Rota's title-theme from Fellini's Amarcord against the clip-clop rhythm of double bass and plucked cello must be one of the most...
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MIKE NOCK / BENNIE MAUPIN / CECIL McBEE / EDDIE MARSHALL - Almanac (1967)
This quartet set was an unusual release for Paul Bley's Improvising Artists label in that the music was not comprised of free improvisations and the session was actually recorded independently and then...
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RAPHE MALIK - The Short Form (1997)
Former Cecil Taylor associate Raphe Malik continues to fan the flames of free jazz with this scorching outing, The Short Form.Complemented by avantgarde gladiators saxophonist Glenn Spearman, drummer...
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CHARLIE MARIANO / CHRIS HINZE - Blue Stone (1971)
Charlie Mariano, who initially gained fame playing bop and cool jazz in the 1950s, was exploring a mixture of world music and funk/R&B by the early '70s. This interesting outing finds Mariano...
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MICHAEL FORMANEK - Extended Animation (1992)
Bassist Michael Formanek's second album continues the pattern established on his debut. He features mostly originals and keeps things moving with varied rhythms and arrangements that don't emphasize...
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ANDY MIDDLETON featuring RALPH TOWNER / DAVE HOLLAND - Nomad's Notebook (1999)
Tenor and soprano saxophonist Andy Middleton’s third disc as a leader is a mixed bag of middle-eastern melodies, jazz-rock fusion (played with acoustic instruments), and pieces that fit comfortably in...
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