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One Track Mind: Andrew Swift, “Understanding” (2012)
Back in 1984 I purchased my first McCoy Tyner album, Dimensions, which was his current release at the time.
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Amanda Ruzza – This Is What Happened (2012)
Amanda Ruzzo is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and English. She’s also extremely fluent in bass guitar.
Eivind Opsvik – Overseas IV (2012)
Sometimes when it comes to listening to music, patience is a virtue… Imagine cueing up a record by a jazz bassist and being greeted with the ornate sounds of a timpani, harpsichord and bowed bass.
Flowtilla – Waves and Particles (2011)
Since its formation as the Len Paterson Trio in 2000, Bay Area funk-jazz outfit Flowtilla has been going against the grain when it comes to funk.
New Music Monday: Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Salgado, Kenny Garrett and OHMphrey
Rock, blues, crazy solo Kiss weirdness, even heavier stuff, some smoking jazz, it’s all there for you this week
New Music Monday: Dr. John, Ian Anderson, Tab Benoit, James Taylor, David Sylvian
Another Monday, another teetering stack of new music goodness — just waiting to be tipped over, then rifled through.
Chad Wackerman – Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations (2012)
The title says it all here, as Chad Wackerman leads a crack group of musicians including ever-adventurous guitar virtuoso Allan Holdsworth through a complex and varied series of dynamics and tempos.
Forgotten series: Robert Wyatt – Comicopera (2007)
“Why would you listen to this?” The question must have travelled through nearly everyone’s mind at some point upon hearing some seemingly offensive bit of music.
Ross Hammond – Adored (2012)
Sacramento, CA-based experimental guitarist Ross Hammond has been making records since 1999, and his latest one Adored features his Quartet of himself, Vinny Golia on saxophones, Alex Cline on drums and Steuart Liebig on electric bass.
Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Legends Live: Stuttgart, 1969 (2012)
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley is the undisputed leader on this date — the big-hearted, soul-lifting center of every song. But the proper focus here might just be on keyboardist Joe Zawinul
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