Sunday, November 29, 2009

Kenny Rankin - Inside (1975)

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Released in 1975 this was his 4th album folowing the 1972's Like A Seed.

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Calvin Keys - Vertical Clearance (2006)

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Seventh solo release of the bay Area guitarist and his second with the Wide Hive label. Keys is joined by among others Sonny Fortune, Phil Ranelin, Doug Carn, Roger Glenn, and Babatunde as well as many other notable players.

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Pure Fire! A Gilles Peterson Impulse Collection (2006)

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"This time Gilles Peterson, the British DJ and tastemaker, focuses on jazz released on Impulse during that label's golden years in the 1960s. While this may not seem like a revelatory achievement on Peterson's part, the compilation does, in fact, live up to the title Pure Fire. Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, and Yusef Lateef are only a few of the artists featured, and the music represents a dynamic cross-section of post-bop, modal, and free jazz influence. " (Dusty Groove)

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Dave Stryker - Big City (2005)

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Robert Walter - There Goes The Neighborhood (2001)

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Musicians:
Robert Walter : Hammond organ
Harvey Mason : Drum
Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Red Holloway : Saxophone
Chuck Rainey : Bass
Chuck Prada : Percussions

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Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom - Finding My Way (2004)

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Jimmy McGriff - In A Blue Mood (1992)

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" ... Jimmy McGriff's 1991 release In A Blue Mood ranked as one of his most controversial. McGriff, certainly among the finest wailing and soul-jazz organists ever, spent as much time playing the Kurzweil 1200 synthesizer as he did the Hammond (and it was B-5 rather than the classic B-3), was joined by then-Prince saxophonist Eric Leeds, and also backed on two cuts by vocalists. It was far from late-night soul-jazz at its best; still, McGriff did play a couple of nice solos when he did turn to the organ. "Blue Juice," "The Bird," and "Charlotte" are strong McGriff vehicles; the others were done with style ..... "(AMG)

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Pee Wee Ellis - Ridin' Mighty High (2000)

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Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis joined the James Brown Revue in 1965 and began arranging with James Brown right away; he co-wrote the hits "Cold Sweat" and "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud". In the 90's he started to release his own albums. Ridin Mighty High released in 2000 is essentially a gospel album and has been Pee Wee's most successful album yet.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Phil Ranelin - Remixes (2002)

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From Hefty records that bring us the reissues of Ranelin's mid-'70s albums The Time Is Now! and Vibes From the Tribe. The label gathers some of the most prominent names in indie electronic music (Prefuse 73, Telefon Tel Aviv and others) and gives them the original tapes from both of Ranelin's albums to create some jazz/electronic experiments.

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Matt Renzi - The Cave (2005)

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Matt Renzi : Saxophone
David Ambrosio : Bass
Russell Meissner : Drum

The Cave

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David Binney - Balance (2002)

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Musicians :
David Binney : Alto,Tenor Saxophone
Wayne Krantz : Guitar
Uri Caine : Piano,Synth
Tim Levebre : Bass
Jim Black : Drums

Guests :
Adam Rogers : Guitar on #6,12
Fima Ephron : Bass on # 6, 11
Donny McCaslin : Tenor Sax on # 5,6,8,9
Tanya Henri : Vocals
Peck Almond : Brass
Kenny Wollesen : Broom on # 12
John Haffner : Alto Sax On # 1

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Deep Blue Organ Trio - Folk Music (2007)

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Bobby Broom (guitar)
Greg Rockingham (drums)
Chris Foreman (Hammond b-3 organ)

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Steve Turre - One 4 J (2003)

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As one of the late JJ Johnson’s most devoted disciples, Steve Turre gathered other trombonists, 6 in all including himself, to record this album playing some of Johnson's best-known works, including "El Camino Real", "Enigma", and "Lament".
Musicians : Steve Turre, Robin Eubanks, Joe Alessi, Steve Davis, Andre Heyward, Douglas Purviance (trombone);Stephen Scott, Renee Rosnes (piano); Peter Washington (bass); Victor Lewis (drums); Abou M'Boup (African percussion).

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