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KURT ROSENWINKEL STANDARDS TRIO - Reflections (2009)
Reflections is an album unlike any other in Kurt Rosenwinkel's catalog. Nearly all ballads, it dispenses with effects and other fireworks and allows Rosenwinkel to display pure jazz guitaristry, his...
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GWILYM SIMCOCK / TIM GARLAND / ASAF SIRKIS - Lighthouse (2011)
With Lighthouse, saxophonist Tim Garland, pianist Gwilym Simcock and percussionist Asaf Sirkis make the move to completely egalitarian collective. It's also the first album to feature the trio without...
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SAM RIVERS - A New Conception (1966)
The title of A New Conception refers to Sam Rivers' ingenious interpretations of standards on this record. Rivers treats the songs -- such familiar items as "When I Fall in Love,""I'll Never Smile...
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DON PULLEN / SAM RIVERS - Capricorn Rising (1975)
Tracks1. Black Out (Sam Rivers)2. Capricorn Rising (Don Pullen)3. Joyce Girl (Don Pullen)4. Fall Out (Don Pullen)DON PULLEN piano SAM RIVERS tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, fluteALEX BLAKE...
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SAM RIVERS / ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH - Tangens (1997)
Recorded during the Total Music Meeting in 1997, this seemingly historic meeting between the legendary American avant jazzman Sam Rivers and Euro improv giant Alexander von Schlippenbach was...
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SAM RIVERS / DAVE HOLLAND - Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Vol. 2 (1976)
Tracks1. Ripples (Sam Rivers)2. Deluge (Sam Rivers)SAM RIVERS flute, pianoDAVE HOLLAND bassRecorded February 18, 1976 at Big Apple Studio, New York, NYImprovising Artists Inc. - 123848-2
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STEVE SWALLOW / CHRIS POTTER / ADAM NUSSBAUM - Damaged in Transit (2001)
Damaged In Transit presents the jazz power trio of bassist Steve Swallow, saxophonist Chris Potter, and drummer Adam Nussbaum. These musicians have played together for a few years but are all seasoned...
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MICHAEL FORMANEK - The Rub and Spare Change (2009)
hile alto-sax firebrand Tim Berne hasn’t officially recorded as a leader for ECM, he has been slipping in the side door in provocative ways in recent years. David Torn’s Cloud About Mercury was...
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TOMASZ STAŃKO / MANFRED BRÜND / MICHAEL RIESSLER - Suite Talk (1993)
This 1993 release shows the “free jazz” side of Stanko’s playing, as he teams up with bassist Manfred Brundl and clarinetist Michael Riessler.Tracks1. Sunia (Stanko)2. Too Pee (Stanko)3. Suite Talk...
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DON PULLEN - Richard's Tune (1975)
This is Don Pullen’s first album recorded in his name and was released originally as Solo Piano Album. The title track was dedicated to Muhal Richard Abrams of Art Ensemble of Chicago fame amongst...
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DON PULLEN - Evidence of Things Unseen (1984)
Tracks1. Evidence Of Things Unseen2. Victory Dance (For Nick)3. In The Beginning (For Nick)4. Perseverance5. RejoiceDON PULLEN pianoRecorded at Vanguard Studios, NYC, September 28 & 29, 1983Black...
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DON PULLEN - The Magic Triangle (1979)
Tracks1. Lonely Child (Joseph Jarman)2. J.F.M. - 3 Way Blues (Don Moye)3. Hippy Dippy (Don Pullen)4. What Was Ain't (Don Pullen)FAMOUDOU DON MOYE drums, congasDON PULLEN piano, vocalsJOSEPH JARMAN...
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DAVID MURRAY - Creole (1998)
The protean and prolific David Murray is a force of nature. Surely, no tenor sax or bass clarinetist in the last two decades has crafted as distinctive and commanding a tone as his. Nor have many...
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DAVID MURRAY - Special Quartet (1991)
When one reads the personnel on this CD, the potential seems enormous: tenor saxophonist David Murray, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Fred Hopkins, and drummer Elvin Jones. Murray was a good choice for...
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JOHN ABERCROMBIE - Getting There (1988)
The music on this 1988 release from guitarist John Abercrombie is groomed to such aseptic perfection that little remains of the musical personalities behind these sounds. Abercrombie, bassist Marc...
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KRIS DAVIS - Rye Eclipse (2007)
AllaboutJazzOn Rye Eclipse, pianist Kris Davis' quartet ventures deeper into the formidable abstractions documented on their previous release, The Slightest Shift (Fresh Sound, 2007). Featuring her...
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LINDA OH TRIO - Entry (2008)
Wow! This CD certainly defied my expectations. A young musician not long out of music college releases a debut record and you might expect something designed to impress with a few standards, a touch of...
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TINEKE POSTMA - A Journey That Matters (2007)
Tineke Postma's third CD as a leader is an impressive effort, as she is finding her own voice on both alto and soprano sax, while also making her recorded debut on tenor. Joined by bassist Frans van...
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TINEKE POSTMA - The Traveller (2009)
Tineke Postma was one of the most promising instrumentalists to emerge on the European jazz scene after the dawn of the 21st century. For her fourth CD as a leader, she made two important additions to...
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HORACE SILVER QUINTET - The Tokyo Blues (1962)
Following a series of concert dates in Tokyo late in 1961 with his quintet, Horace Silver returned to the U.S. with his head full of the Japanese melodies he had heard during his visit, and using those...
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