Albums

He and She Wynton Marsalis

May 2009  •  By Josef Woodard

Wynton Marsalis
He and She
Blue Note Records

Music trumps poetry on his latest thematic project

Live at Belleville Arild Andersen

May 2009  •  By Bill Milkowski

Arild Andersen
Live at Belleville
ECM Records

This new trio, led by the veteran Norwegian bassist-composer and featuring Italian drummer Paolo Vinaccia and Scottish tenor saxophonist Tommy Smith, is captured in freewheeling form at Oslo’s Belleville Club. A member of Jan Garbarek’s innovative group...

Me Not Me Marco Benevento

May 2009  •  By A.D. Amorosi

Marco Benevento
Me Not Me
The Royal Potato Family

The keyboardist's latest never quite catches fire

More Albums

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May 2009

The Winterfold Collection, 1978-1986
Bill Bruford

Classic ‘70s/‘80s material from a prog drum master

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May 2009

A Duet of One: Live at the Bakery
Eddie Daniels and Roger Kellaway

Although the jazz catalog is not replete with clarinet/piano duos...

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May 2009

Big Shot
“Papa” John DeFrancesco

The Dean of the Hammond organ, with his famous son in tow

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May 2009

Every So Often
Ellery Eskelin, Sylvie Courvoisier

Ellery Eskelin’s determination to do his own thing at all costs...

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May 2009

Meditations on the War for Whose Great God Is the Most High You Are God
Fat Cat Big Band

The Fat Cat Big Band didn’t earn its name from the stature of...

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May 2009

KiF Express
David Fiuczynski

Guitarist David “Fuze” Fiuczynski set the bar high with his recording...

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May 2009

New Time, New ’Tet
Benny Golson

Just like the title says, with surprises galore

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May 2009

Polytonal Dance Party
Brad Goode

“When I started asking musicians to read theses chords, they wanted...