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This is another album that has been in storage for a while before being released. A collective group with Bobby Bradford on cornet, Ken Rosser on guitar and electronics and Tom Heasley on tuba, this music is very spacious and abstract. Spaciousness and...
Recorded in New York City in 1993, it is surprising that this fine set of burners and blues had to wait so long to be released. The group, consisting of Dr. Lonnie Smith on organ, Peter Bernstein on guitar and Ray Drummond on drums was performing...
Trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas works in a variety of contexts, but rarely in the big band format. He fills in this gap in his discography with an interesting album, collaborating with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and conductor and arranger Jim...
This album features pianist and composer Eric Muhler leading a band with Michael Wilcox on bass, Sheldon Brown on saxophones and Brian Andres on drums. The music has a modern mainstream feel to it, reminding me of the likes Don Grolnick, Bob Berg and...
Saxophonist and composer Seamus Blake has become an established bandleader and a first call sideman for the likes of John Scofield and the Mingus Big Band. On this album, he is joined by David Kikoski on piano, Lage Lund on guitar, Matt Clohesy on...
