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Aug 31, 2010
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The back cover of this disc
reads as follows: “This recording was composed
and produced on top of a single,
51-minute live drum solo by Marco Minnemann.” Minnemann, one of a spare few
drummers who could make such a thing
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Aug 31, 2010
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Esperanza Spalding certainly
has got the world on a bass string
these days. With a fresh sound and a fearlessness
to match her considerable gift, she
continues to turn up on a wide array of
artists’ CDs contributing
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Jul 01, 2010
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Garaj Mahal, More Mr. Nice Guy [Owl Studios]The term “world music”
gets tossed around a lot,
and the instrumental
rock jazz funk dance fusion on Garaj
Mahal’s fourth album could qualify as such,
with Indian, Middle Eastern
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Jul 01, 2010
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Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio, Reclamation [Sunnyside]Five years after recording
music in the wake
of 9 11, New York bassist Stephan Crump’s
Rosetta Trio offers a stirring encore, an intimately
recorded collection of music
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Jul 01, 2010
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Dave Sharp’s Secret Seven, 7 [Vortex Jazz 1969]Ann Arbor, Michigan
doubler Dave Sharp
stays sharp on this
recorded debut of his band Secret Seven.
He’s a serious groover, as the lilting
Afrobeat “Africano” demonstrates, but
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Jul 01, 2010
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Meshuggah, Alive (CD and DVD) [Nuclear Blast]With a conceptual
opening video sequence
and a richly detailed
color booklet that pay explicit homage to
Ridley Scott’s classic space-horror movie
Alien, Meshuggah’s live CD DVD
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Jul 01, 2010
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John Blackwell Project, 4ever Jia [JBP]For his wide-ranging solo
debut, powerhouse Prince
drummer Blackwell
makes the sage choice of
Will Lee as his co-anchor. In addition to his
pocket prowess, Lee serves as co-writer on
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Jul 01, 2010
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The VW Brothers, Muziek [Patois Records]The Amsterdam-born
Van Wageningen brothers
have been tearing it
up as sidemen since the ’80s—Paul as an L.A.
drummer, and bassist Marc Van Wageningen as a Bay Area
badass with everyone
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Jul 01, 2010
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William Parker, Giorgio Dini, Temporary [Silta]Two avant-leaning
upright jazz bassists veteran
musical provocateur
William Parker and classically trained
Italian player Giorgio Dini meet for five
open improvisations that are
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Sep 08, 2009
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Mike Stern, Big Neighborhood
[Heads Up] Jazz fusion über-guitarist Mike Stern throws caution to the wind, assembles a highly unlikely cast of A-listers, and aggressively submerges himself in their divergent timbres and styles
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Sep 08, 2009
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Ivan Bodley, Pigs Feet & Potted Meat
[www.funkboy.net]Best known as one of New York’s top musical directors, bassist Ivan Bodley gathers his keyboardist and drummer, Jim Dower and Joe Goretti, for a goodtime romp through
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Sep 08, 2009
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Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter, Eric Harland, The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival[MJF Records]The Monterey Jazz Festival isn’t only one of the country’s most venerable annual jazz events,
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Sep 08, 2009
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Travis Larson Band, Rate of Change Live
[Precision]Based in the idyllic California Coast city of San Luis Obispo, Travis Larson’s instrumental-rock power trio has been stirring up a signature brew of Steve Morse-influenced riffs
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Sep 08, 2009
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Freddie Washington, In the Moment
[www.readyfreddiewashington. com] For his long-awaited, welldressed debut, the L.A. session legend and Steely Dan bassist reinvents the concept of “quiet storm” with a feel-flush instrumental
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