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ANDREA CENTAZZO·GIANLUIGI TROVESI - Shock!! (1984)
Tracks1. Shock!!2. Cen.tro3. Tro.ce4. Shockmaker´s Shop5. A Day In Tunisia6. She Shook The Shock & ShotGIANLUIGI TROVESI bass clarinet, piccolo clarinet, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone ANDREA...
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BILLY BANG - The Fire From Within (1985)
Cut during a ten-year run on the Italian Soul Note label, Billy Bang's The Fire From Within nicely shows off the violinist's unique approach to post-bop jazz from swingers to ballads, trad to free....
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STEVE LACY·MAL WALDRON - Let's Call This Esteem (1993)
Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron have performed together so many times that it's easy to take them for granted. But that would be a mistake. Every one of their duos is filled with surprises and roads taken...
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MAX ROACH DOUBLE QUARTET - Bright Moments (1987)
The combination of drummer Max Roach's regular group (which includes trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater, tenor saxophonist Odean Pope and electric bassist Tyrone Brown) with the Uptown String Quartet to form...
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MASABUMI KIKUCHI·GARY PEACOCK·PAUL MOTIAN - Tethered Moon / Triangle (1991)
Tracks1.Little Abi (Masabumi Kikuchi)2.The Song Is You (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II)3.Introduction 1 - I Fall In Love Too Easily (Peacock/Kikuchi/Motian/Styne/Cahn)4.True U (Gary Peacock)5.Gaia...
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MARILYN CRISPELL·ANDERS JORMIN·RAIMOND STRID - Spring Tour (1995)
Tracks1 Spring Hood (Strid) 2 Tune For Charlie (Crispell) 3 Querit (Jormin) 4 Not Wanting (Jormin) 5 Horto (Jormin) 6 Night Light Beach (Crispell) 7 Circum Spectrat (Jormin) 8 Cogito (Jormin) 9 J. C....
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MARTY EHRLICH - Malinke's Dance (1999)
After a seven-year recording hiatus, Ehrlich's Travelers Tale quartet revives the spirit of that band with new material and a couple of older faves. Fellow saxophonist Tony Malaby, electric bass...
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MARTY EHRLICH'S RITES QUARTET - Frog Leg Logic (2011)
The title track from Marty Ehrlich's second Julius Hemphill inspired 'Rites Quartet' release, Frog LegLogic, triggered a memory.It transported me back to my university days when the album I was...
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MARTIAL SOLAL·ÉRIC LE LANN - Portrait In Black & White (1999)
Tracks1. The Man I Love (G. Gershwin)2. Portrait In Black And White (A. Carlos Jobim)3. Round About Midnight (t. Monk)4. Well You Needn't (T. Monk)5. Body And Soul (Heyman/Green)6. Le Bleu D'Hortense...
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PETER EPSTEIN QUARTET - Polarities (2013)
Polarity, depending on the usage of the word, can reference opposites, the carrying of positive and negative charges, or attraction to a specific point, object, or idea; saxophonist Peter Epstein's...
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MARY HALVORSON - Calling All Portraits (2008)
Tracks01. Calling All Portraits (Jessica Pavone) 02. Anxiety Disorder (Ches Smith) 03. The 5 (Mary Halvorson) 04. Twenty Five (Halvorson/Pavone/Smith/Hoff)...
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MATANA ROBERTS - Live In London (2011)
Finally another album by Matana Roberts. The Chicago altoist is kind of underrecorded, and I assume not always too happy with the exposure she gets.This live performance, recorded at the The Vortex in...
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MATANA ROBERTS·SAM SHALABI·NICOLAS CALOIA - Feldspar (2014)
With her Coin Coin project Matana Roberts has become everybody’s darling, from papers like the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times to jazz magazines and radio programs, even to media beyond the...
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WOLRD SAXOPHONE QUARTET - Plays Duke Ellington (1986)
On their first six recordings, the World Saxophone Quartet (comprised of altoists Oliver Lake and Julius Hemphill, tenor saxophonist David Murray, and baritonist Hamiet Bluiett) stuck exclusively to...
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BILL BARRON - Modern Windows Suite (1961)
It is well-known that tenor saxophonist Bill Barron was highly regarded by fellow musicians and his many students, and underappreciated by the general public. This recording displays all the why's and...
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BILL BARRON - Hot Line·The Tenor Of Bill Barron (1962)
Tenors Bill Barron and Booker Ervin team up on this frequently exciting quintet outing with pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Larry Ridley and drummer Andrew Cyrille. Barron's five advanced originals...
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TED CURSON - The New Thing & The Blue Thing (1965)
Few musicians have gotten as much continued recognition from one sideman appearance as Curson has from his participation on the stupendous Mingus Presents Mingus record. Even as the weak link in that...
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BUSTER WILLIAMS - Crystal Reflections (1976)
Tracks01. Prism (Williams) 02. The Enchanted Flower (Barron) 03. I Love You (Porter) 04. I Dream Too Much (Kern) 05. Vibrations (Ayers) 06. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers-Hart) 07. I Dream Too Much...
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LARRY CORYELL·STEVE KHAN - Two for the Road (1978)
Intermittently on the road as an acoustic duo between gaps in the schedules of their respective ultra-hip fusion bands, Larry Coryell and Steve Khan managed to record several shows and then panned the...
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LARRY CORYELL - Restful Mind (1975)
Guitarist Larry Coryell recorded several sessions for the Vanguard label during the '70s with varying results. He did manage two classics, Spaces, and this one, The Restful Mind. It is no small...
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