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culturevulture.net April 21, 2002 Phil Freeman |
The New Deal The New Deal, on their eponymous new CD, seem to have created an entirely new type of music, rooted as much in jazz's high-speed interaction as in techno's endless oceans of sound...  |
Audiophilia December 2001 Michael McClennan |
Naxos Jazz Legends Naxos Jazz Legends has the lofty goal of creating a library of restored classic jazz recordings. Duke Ellington: Cotton Club Stomp 1927-1931, and Nat King Cole: Transcriptions Vol.1, 1938, are an impressive beginning to this collection...  |
Audiophilia November 2001 Michael McClennan |
Harry Connick Jr.'s 30 Somewhere along the way, vocal jazz started to lose its charm. Somehow, we began to believe that overdubbing and editing every nuance of a recorded performance was not only acceptable, but was commonplace. How refreshing then to hear a recording like Harry Connick Jr.'s 30...  |
culturevulture.net October 29, 2001 Phil Freeman |
Dark Day/Live in Verona - Fred Anderson Quartet Anderson's music has a lightness not only of tone but of spirit...  |
culturevulture.net October 7, 2001 Phil Freeman |
Corridors & Parallels - David Ware Review of 'Corridors & Parallels,' new jazz release by David Ware. The music is beautiful, powerful and in a few cases unforgettable.  |
culturevulture.net September 3, 2001 Phil Freeman |
Come What May - Paula West A review of 'Come What May,' the new jazz/cabaret CD by singer Paula West: 'an extremely self-assured, unobtrusively beautiful album'...  |
Macworld September 2001 David Ferris |
Pro File: The Digital Drummer Omar Hakim has gone from banging on a toy drum as a child to mastering a Roland V-Drums kit in his adulthood, never missing a beat. How has the jazz and pop percussionist kept on top of things as the music world has gone increasingly digital?  |
Salon.com July 11, 2001 Michael Monteleone |
Ken Nordine At 81, the man who brought the world Word Jazz (and whose voice any god would envy) has released a dazzling new CD...  |
Audiophilia June 2001 Heather Bambrick |
Jackie Allen: Which A classical vocalist once told me that her vocal instructor advised her against singing either jazz or pop, saying performing in these styles would 'ruin her vocal chords, technique, and sound'. Obviously, Chicago-based Jazz chanteuse Jackie Allen did not follow this type of thinking...  |
Salon.com May 11, 2001 Charles Taylor |
"Calle 54" A loving "Buena Vista Social Club"-style hymn to the rhythm and life of salsa...  |
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