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 | Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band: Season Of Changes (CD: Verve)
Season of Changes is the third album and first Verve release by Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, the visionary ensemble that matches renowned drummer/composer Blade with the formidable talents of pianist and composer Jon Cowherd, Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Chris Thomas (bass), Myron Walden (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) and Melvin Butler (tenor saxophone).The album features nine moving new works by Blade and Cowherd, and offers a compelling distillation of the compositional eloquence and collective chemistry that have made Blade and his longtime bandmates one of contemporary jazz's most respected ensembles. True to its title, Season of Changes (produced by Blade and Cowherd) finds the players pursuing their collective muse into emotionally evocative new territory. The album opens with the gently striking "Rubylou's Lullaby," one of the album's six Blade compositions, followed by Cowherd's driving, multi-movement "Return of the Prodigal Son," which showcases Rosenwinkel's stellar guitar work and Butler's emotive tenor. The title track is a modern epic that reveals Cowherd's depth and growth as a composer, as well as his ability to write for the band's collective expression. Another highlight is "Most Precious One" and its companion piece "Most Precious One (Prodigy)." The former starts off with Thomas' steady bass mantra, and then transitions into a more layered, beat-driven performance of the composition. The album closes with the Blade composition "Omni," which features Walden's soaring alto. (Verve Music Group)
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Hank Roberts: Green (CD: Winter & Winter)
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 | Gerald Cleaver: Gerald Cleaver's Detroit (CD: Fresh Sound New Talent)
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Bobby Watson: Love Remains (CD: Red)
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 | Kenny Garrett: Beyond The Wall (CD: Nonesuch)
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Chris Potter: Underground (CD: EmArcy)
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 | Chris Botti: When I Fall In Love (CD: Columbia)
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Ravi Coltrane: In Flux (CD: Savoy Jazz- US Import)
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 | Terence Blanchard: Flow (CD: Blue Note)
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Mingus Big Band: Live In Time (CD: Dreyfus Jazz, 2 CDs)
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 | Mingus Big Band/ Orchestra/ Dynasty: I Am Three (CD: EmArcy)
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Joshua Redman: Freedom In The Groove (CD: Warner Bros)
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 | Joshua Redman: Wish (CD: Warner Bros- US Import)
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Joshua Redman Elastic Band: Momentum (CD: Nonesuch)
The new album by the acclaimed saxophonist's Elastic Band (organist Sam Yahel, drummers Brian Blade and Jeff Ballard), featuring guest appearances by Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Guestlove (Roots), bassist Me'Shell NdegeOcello, SF Jazz Collective trumpeter Nicholas Payton, vibraphonist Stefon Harris and guitars Jeff Parker, Eric Krasno, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Peter Bernstein. (Warner Jazz)
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 | Joshua Redman: Back East (CD: Nonesuch)
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Kurt Rosenwinkel: Deep Song (CD: Verve)
Following a string of three acclaimed recordings for Verve Records that firmly established him as one of the most strikingly original new voices in jazz as both guitarist and composer (2000’s The Enemies of Energy, 2001’s The Next Step and 2003’s Heartcore), Kurt Rosenwinkel returns with an all-star outing that is perhaps his most luminous and accessible to date. Joined by his high-profile colleagues Brad Mehldau on piano and Joshua Redman on tenor sax, along with Larry Grenadier on bass and either Ali Jackson or longtime associate Jeff Ballard on drums, Rosenwinkel plumbs the depths of emotion and lyricism on Deep Song. (Verve Music Group)
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 | Greg Burk Trio: Checking In (CD: Soul Note)
Checking In features ten original tracks that range from melodically seductive to entirely free composed tone poems, all meant to utilize not only Burk's range of composing and playing experience, but the specific personalities and abilities of each musician in the trio. (gregburk.com).With Jon Robinson (bass) & Bob Moses (drums).
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Greg Burk: Ivy Trio (CD: 482 Music)
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 | Kyle Eastwood: Paris Blue (CD: Candid)
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Harry Connick Jr: Other Hours- Connick On Piano 1 (CD: Marsalis Music)
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 | Bill Charlap Trio: Somewhere- The Songs Of Leonard Bernstein (CD: Blue Note)
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Bill Charlap Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard (CD: Blue Note)
Charlap’s first live recording date, The Bill Charlap Trio Live at The Village Vanguard, is a nine-song snapshot of the New York-born and -based pianist who supplies a rigor-meets-romance musical sensibility. The superb CD features the pianist and his longstanding, decade-old trio of bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, a brilliant rhythm team with two of the most informed musicians on their instruments. The date features tunes from such renowned jazz composers as Gerry Mulligan and Jim Hall and music from the Great American Songbook. (Blue Note Records)
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 | Chris Cheek & The Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues Cruise (CD: Fresh Sound New Talent)
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