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INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN - Double Bass (2003)
This is Ingebrigt Håker Flaten's first solo album. His playing has already been widely recognized as creative and endearing, but hearing it alone and under the spotlight like this is a first. And the...
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INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN·HÅKON KORNSTAD - Elise (2008)
Jazz has often incorporated spirituality, especially with Coltrane and Ayler, but also as recent as with Trio X, yet here is another fine example from Norway. Bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and...
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INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN CHICAGO SEXTET - Live at Jazz Festival Saalfelden 2011
Of the twelve current projects in which bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten works, his Chicago Sextet is the one that, perhaps, most foretells his future as a jazz impresario. Like bassist Dave Holland, who...
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DONALD BYRD - Byrd In Flight (1960)
By the time of this fourth Blue Note album by trumpeter Donald Byrd, it became clear that his playing was becoming stronger with the passing of time. Byrd in Flight features separate studio sessions...
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CURTIS FULLER - The Opener (1957)
The Opener is trombonist Curtis Fuller's first album for Blue Note and it is a thoroughly impressive affair. Working with a quintet featuring tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Bobby Timmons,...
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ATTILA ZOLLER·LEE KONITZ·ALBERT MANGELSDORFF - Zo-Ko-Ma (1969)
Guitarist Attila Zoller, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff had played with one another on earlier occasions for over a decade, but this 1968 recording was their first...
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ANTHONY WILSON TRIO - Our Gang (2001)
Most of Anthony Wilson's recordings to date tend to put the focus on his writing, so this workout by the guitarist in a trio is a welcome change of pace. Wilson has a melodic and boppish style with an...
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ANTHONY WILSON NONET - Power Of Nine (2006)
Anthony Wilson is a superior straight-ahead guitarist who is also a very talented arranger-composer. His nonet plays in the Los Angeles area, performing his arrangements and mostly Wilson's...
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ANTHONY WILSON - Campo Belo (2010)
The 2011 CD by guitarist Anthony Wilson is a gentle, thoughtful collection of tunes for guitar, piano (and sometimes accordion), bass, and drums, plus the occasional dash of clarinet. It's sunny,...
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AUGUSTO PIRODDA·GARY PEACOCK·PAUL MOTIAN - No Comment (2011)
Pianist Augusto Pirodda, on his fifth long player, plays with the melodic, insinuating sensitivity that belies his brief recording career.In fact, No Comment, put to tape in 2009 but just out on the...
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Codona - Codona (1978)
Tracks1. Like That Of Sky (Walcott)2. Codona (Cherry/Walcott/Vasconcelos)3. Coleman Wonder a) Rece Face (Ornette Coleman) b) Sortie (Ornette Coleman) c) Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)4. Mumakata...
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CLUSONE 3 - Clusone Trio (1992)
The Clusone Trio (also known as Trio Clusone and Clusone 3) was a creative, international group of skilled musicians who blended improvisation, original compositions and old jazz chestnuts into a music...
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CLUSONE TRIO - I Am An Indian (1994)
The trio of Michael Moore (on clarinet, alto and bass clarinet), cellist Ernst Reijseger and percussionist Han Bennink mixes together very explorative playing with a full knowledge of the tradition and...
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MICHELE RABBIA·MARILYN CRISPELL·VINCENT COURTOIS - Shifting Grace (2006)
Michele Rabia offers an exciting work of compositions and improvisations, out of melodic and rhythmic shackles.After learning percussion and drums in Italy in the early 1980s, Michele Rabbia left her...
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ANDREW CYRILLE QUINTET - My Friend Louis (1992)
Fiery, rampaging session with drummer Andrew Cyrille anchoring a stirring set featuring the dynamic Oliver Lake on alto and soprano saxophone. This is uncompromising, exciting material, far from sedate...
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ANDREW CYRILLE·ANTHONY BRAXTON - Duo Palindrome 2002 Vol. 1 (2004)
Tracks1. Duo Palindrome 2002 2. The Loop 3. Interlacing 4. Celestial Gravity 5. Quickened Spirits 6. Effluence 7. Composition No. 310 8. Ascendancy ANTHONY BRAXTON reedsANDREW CYRILLE drumsAll music...
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SHEILA JORDAN & ARILD ANDERSEN - Sheila (1977)
This was a breakthrough recording for Sheila Jordan. She recorded a superb album for Blue Note in 1962 and then was off records (and only working in jazz on a part-time basis) up until the mid-'70s....
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ANTHONY BRAXTON - If My Memory Serves Me Right (1987)
Despite the excellence of this performance by Mr. Braxton's quartet in 1987, with Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, and pianist David Rosenbloom (who preceded Marilyn Crispell), the slim rating on this...
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JOANNE BRACKEEN - Turnaround (1992)
The talented and highly original pianist Joanne Brackeen leads an all-star quartet (with Donald Harrison, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith) at Sweet Basil altoist for this 1992...
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JOANNE BRACKEEN - Alf (1977)
This is one of the more obscure Joanne Brackeen recordings. Although the pianist is heard in a trio with guitarist Ryo Kawasaki and bassist Clint Houston, the music sounds nothing like Nat King Cole or...
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