Sunday, May 31, 2015

MARCUS BELGRAVE'S LIFE CELEBRATED

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Marcus Belgrave Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave was known as a music educator, a mentor, and a jazz giant. Saturday, afternoon his family,...
Monday, May 25, 2015

A BRIEF LOOK AT THE LATEST STUDIO RECORDINGS FROM RUSS NOLAN, REGGIE QUINERLY & DAVID BERKMAN

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  Deep down saxophonist Russ Nolan is a savant of  Latin jazz and of authentic post-bop. Nolan stayed loyal to that comfort-zone...
Monday, May 11, 2015

EDDIE HENDERSON, STEVE TURRE & WES MONTGOMERY LATEST ALBUMS ARE MUST HAVES

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Collective Portrait, Eddie Henderson’s latest album on Smoke Session Records, is a thorough representation of his net worth as a jazz t...
Saturday, May 2, 2015

ANOTHER ECLECTIC LINEUP FOR THE DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL

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Pat Metheny From now to Labor Day weekend, you have enough time to grow an extra pair of ears. Lord knows, you will need them to hear ...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

A LOOK AT NEW ALBUMS BY HAROLD MABERN, ASHAKI ZEIGLER, JACKY TERRASSON & VINCENT HERRING

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To call the jazz pianist Harold Mabern a legend is a gross understatement. Piano God would be a more fitting distinction. Mabern's m...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

'SPHERICAL' TIM WARFIELD'S NEW RECORDING IS ALL ABOUT MONK

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“Spherical” is saxophonist Tim Warfield’s eighth album for Criss Cross Records. The album is dedicated to the iconic pianist Thelonious ...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

WAYNE SHORTER'S QUARTET RETURNED TO THE PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

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Brian Blade, Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci Several things are apparent when you catch the Wayne Shorter Quartet live. On...