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STEVE KUHN TRIO - Live At Birdland (2006)
Steve Kuhn has been recording professionally for close to five decades, most of which time he's operated stealthily, rarely achieving the level of recognition he so richly deserves for contributing his...
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MOYE·SISSOKO·CAPOTE - Folk Bass Spirit Suite (2004)
Tracks01. Folo Folo (Baba Sissoko)02. Mama Marimba (Famoudou Don Moye)03. Salamandra (Maurizio Capote)04. Ma Fille (Baba Sissoko)05. Soumale (Baba Sissoko)06. Dounia (Baba Sissoko)07. African Groove...
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MARIO PAVONE - ARC Trio (2013)
On this terrific piano trio record, veteran bassist Mario Pavone unites with pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Gerald Cleaver for a live outing from Greenwich Village, allowing us to gain a fascinating...
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JIM PEPPER·AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS - Afro Indian Blues (23006)
Why now? Why review a recording of a concert that happened fifteen years ago? For one, because it's taken this long for anyone to get around to releasing the performance on CD. But even more...
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ALBERT MANGELSDORFF - Birds Of Underground (1973)
Tracks1. Wobbling Notes And Fluted Crackle (Mangelsdorff)2. Grive Musicienne (Mangelsdorff/Niebergall/Dudek/Sauer/Giger)3. Birds Of Underground (Mangelsdorff)4. Xenobiosis...
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JOACHIM KÜHN - Sometime Ago (2005)
Tracklist1. Sometime Ago 7:492. Amsterdam 11:493. The Time Keeper 3:364. Autumn Leaves 17:205. Passion And Possession 8:22JOACHIM KÜHN pianoHARRY BECKETT trumpet, flugelhorn (1,2,3,5)JEAN-FRANÇOIS...
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WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET - Breath of Life (1994)
This is the second World Saxophone Quartet disc to feature alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe (who replaced Julius Hemphill) and the first to feature a full rhythm section including bass, piano, and organ....
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GEORGE GRUNTZ - Monster Sticksland Meeting Two (1974)
In 1974, some seven years after the first Basel ‘Sticksland’ meeting, a 36-man percussion extravaganza took place that once again featured a top-flight jazz ensemble together with the Basel drum and...
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OSCAR PETERSON - Great Connection (1974)
This matchup between pianist Oscar Peterson, bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and drummer Louis Hayes directly precedes Peterson's recordings for Pablo. The pianist is in typically brilliant form...
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BIRELI LAGRENE [w/ LARRY CORYELL·VIROSLASV VITOUS] - Special Guests (1998)
Tracks01. PSP No. 2 (Coryell)02. Berga (Lagrène)03. All The Things You Are (Hammerstein/Kern)04. Albi (Lagrène)05. Solo No. 1 (Lagrène)06. Wave (Jobim)07. Gloria's Step (LaFaro)08. All Blues...
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ANTHONY BRAXTON·JOE MORRIS - Four Improvisations (Dou) (2007)
Braxton band members Mary Halvorson and Taylor Ho Bynum urged their leader to collaborate with guitarist Joe Morris and, following a booking at the Crowe Auditorium, Wesleyan University, the twosome...
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ANTHONY BRAXTON·GYORGY SZBADOS·VLADIMIR TARASOV - Tritone (2004)
Perhaps Anthony Braxton's most uncommon yet satisfying CD of the past decade, TrioTone is memorable because the American saxophonist functions as part of an improvising trio rather than promulgating...
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ORNETTE COLEMAN - The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959)
Ornette Coleman's Atlantic debut, The Shape of Jazz to Come, was a watershed event in the genesis of avant-garde jazz, profoundly steering its future course and throwing down a gauntlet that some still...
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JIMMY GIUFFRE·PAUL BLEY·STEVE SWALLOW - Fly Away Little Bird (1992)
Why aren't there more recordings like Fly Away Little Bird? Perhaps it's because there aren't more musicians of this stature. The studio reunion of the legendarily experimental Jimmy Giuffre 3 in 1992...
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PAUL BLEY TRIO - BeBopBeBop (1990)
Tracks01. Now's The Time (Parker)02. My Little Schuede Shoes (Parker)03. Ornithology (Parker)04. A Night In Tunisia (Gillespie)05. Don't Blame Me (McHugh)06. The Theme (Trad.)07. Bebop (Gillespie)08....
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STANLEY COWELL TRIO - Dancers In Love (2000)
Tracks01. Whole New World (Menken/Rice)02. Ole Texa (American Folk Song/Trad)03. Charleston Rag (E. Blake)04. I Never Dreamed (S. Cowell)05. St. Croix (S. Cowell)06. Confirmation (c. Parker)07....
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MAL WALDRON·TERUMASA HINO - Reminicent Suite (1972)
American pianist Mal Waldron's music is often associated with solo piano albums or acoustic trios, but it's less known that his music was of a different nature during the early 70s. After his...
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KRIS DAVIS - Life Span (2004)
Focusing on composition as much as performance, this intriguing programme of originals balances form and structure with free-flowing improvisation. Lifespan is an album that sneaks up gradually; there...
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KRIS DAVIS - Aeriol Piano (2011)
The profile of pianist and composer Kris Davis has been rapidly rising in the jazz world. Recently the recipient of a glowing write-up in the New York Times and the leader or co-leader of several...
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KRIS DAVID - Massive Threads (2013)
The first five minutes of "Ten Exorcists," the opening track of Massive Threads by pianist Kris Davis, consists of minimalist repetitive percussive playing of her prepared piano. The Steve Reich-like...
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