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STEFANO BOLLANI TRIO - Falando De Amor (2003)
Stefano Bollani began studying the piano at the age of six and started his professional career at the age of fifteen. After graduating from the Conservatory Luigi Cherubini in Florence in 1993 he began...
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STEFANO BOLLANI - Stone in the Water (2009)
Serendipity can be a wonderful thing. Invited to perform with 2002 JazzPar prize-winner, trumpeter Enrico Rava, pianist and fellow Italian Stefano Bollani first encountered bassist Jesper Bodilsen and...
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MARTIAL SOLAL TRIO - Triangle (1995)
Tracks01 Round About Twelve 02 Isocèle 03 Soliloc 04 Anathème (Thème Pour Anna) 05 A Night In Venezia 06 Monostome 07 Viennoiserie 08 Cygne D'Etang 09 French Lick (Peter Erskine/Marc Johnson) 10...
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GIORGIO GASLINI - Mask (1992)
TracksSCENE DELLA COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE01. Scapino Fa La Serenata Alla Bella Spinetta03. Tartaglia Fa La Dichiarazione D' Amore A Colombina04. Arlecchino Musico Sopraffino05. Masquerade (Homage  Jean...
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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 saxophoneAMIL ALI electric bassROLAND SHANNON JACKSON drums, percussionAll compositions...
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MARC JOHNSON - Two by Four (1989)
This series of duets featuring bassist Marc Johnson with different guests could be considered a tribute to Bill Evans, because it includes such a number of songs associated with the late pianist...
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MARC JOHNSON - The Sound Of Summer Running (1998)
The poetry implied in the title of Marc Johnson's latest disc is very much a part of who he is and the way he creates music. He's one of those bassists who makes his presence felt rather than known....
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TIM BERNE·BILL FRISELL - Theoretically (1984)
It doesn't take long for Tim Berne to assert his presence on Theoretically, his outstanding 1986 collaboration with Bill Frisell. Over the guitarist's carefully orchestrated acoustic parts, the alto...
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CHARLIE HADEN·KENNY BARRON - Night and The City (1998)
The third in a series of Charlie Haden duet projects for Verve in the 1990s finds the increasingly nostalgia-minded bass player working New York City's Iridium jazz club with pianist Kenny Barron....
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SUN RA - Solo Piano·Volume 1 (1977)
Without his Intergalactic Space Research Arkestra to hide behind, Sun Ra recorded Solo Piano, Vol. 1, revealing a tender, gentle side always lingering but never entirely present in his days leading his...
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SUN RA - St. Louis Blues (1978)
The second Sun Ra solo piano sets from 1977 finds the normally forbidding keyboardist digging not only into four fairly accessible originals, but "St. Louis Blues,""Three Little Words," and...
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SUN RA AND HIS INTERGALACTIC RESEARCH ARKESTRA - It's After The End Of The...
Tracks01. Strange Dreams/Strange Worlds/Black Myth/It's After the End of the World02. Black Forest Myth03. Watusi, Egyptian March04. Myth Versus Reality (The Myth-science Approach)/Angelic...
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SUN RA ARKESTRA - Mayan Temples (1990)
One of the finest Sun Ra recordings from his final years, this effort is particularly recommended due to the many Ra keyboard solos and John Gilmore features, the latter of which include a tenor...
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FRANZ KOGLMANN - A White Line (1990)
A White Line is, in many ways, Austrian composer, arranger, flugelhorn player, and bandleader Franz Koglmann's most controversial work because in it, he dares to use race as a compositional element....
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WEATHER REPORT - Live In Tokyo 1972
While side two of I Sing the Body Electric gives us heavily edited glimpses of Weather Report as heard live in Tokyo, this two-disc Japanese import contains entire group ensembles from that concert --...
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PAUL BLEY - The Floater Syndrome 1962-1963
Paul Bley's Savoy recordings of 1962-63 were an extension of the innovations of Bill Evans and served as a transition to the avant-garde. Bley, who would offer other pianists a more lyrical alternative...
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BILLY BANG - A Tribute To Stuff Smith (1992)
Forty years before recording this very interesting CD, keyboardist Sun Ra made his debut on records on a duet with violinist Stuff Smith, playing a haunting version of "Deep Purple." For this CD (one...
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AKI TAKASE - ABC (1987)
Tracks1. I Hear Your Music2. Dohke3. Down Dance4. Arishihi5. ABC6. Subconscious Lee7. Silent Night8. Jan 19th (dedicated to my mother)AKI TAKASE pianoCECIL McBEE bassBOB MOSES drumsSHEILA JORDAN...
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LYLE MAYS QUARTET - The Ludwigsburg Concert (1993)
He has been referred to as Pat Metheny's alter ego, in the way that Billy Strayhorn was to Duke Ellington. Pianist/composer Lyle Mays was born with perfect pitch in a tiny rural hamlet of Wisconsin....
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BOB MINTZER - Hymn (1990)
Tracks1. Duo2. Hymn3. Re-Re4. Modern Day Tuba5. Children's Song6. Little Motif7. Weird Blues8. Improvisation (Mintzer/Abercrombie/Johnson/Erskine)9. The Dark SideMARC JOHNSON bassPETER ERSKINE...
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