JAZZ CORNER Presents: Charles Lloyd – The Water Is Wide (2000)
Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide (ECM, 2000) The soulful expression on The Water Is Wide, or should I be describing it as expressionism [?], lends itself...
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JAZZ CORNER Presents: Wayne Kramer and The Lexington Arts Ensemble – Lexington (2014)
Wayne Kramer and The Lexington Arts Ensemble - Lexington (Industrial Amusement, 2014) Wayne Kramer – Guitar, Producer Dr. Charles Moore - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Arranger Ralph “Buzzy” Jones –...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Dr. Lonnie Smith – Evolution (2015)
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Evolution (Blue Note, 2015) It’s been what [?], forty or forty-five years since Dr. Lonnie Smith, the godfather of the Hammond B3 organ, and...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Stanley Turrentine – A Bluish Bag (2007)
Recording in an endless variety of forms and genres, here, we find Stanley Turrentine creating a template for Blue Note Records, ushering a style known as Soul Jazz...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Dexter Gordon – Gettin’ Around (1966)
The proof that one can have a presence in jazz without being muscular is Dexter Gordon; especially so on “Gettin’ Around.” Of course there are those, and rightly...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Heads of State – Search for Peace
Heads of State - Search for Peace (Smoke Sessions Records, 2015) Gary Bartz - Saxophones Larry Willis- piano Buster Williams - bass Al Foster - drums “Supergroups” are...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: A Gathering Of Minds – Montreaux, July 23, 1982
A Gathering Of Minds - Montreaux, July 23, 1982 (Upbeat/Unofficial Release ) Listen Billy Cobham – Drums Didier Lockwood – Violin ...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Dawn Of Midi
Ola psychedelic people. Happy autumn and I wanted to put a few cranks on the jazz review/sausage machine and toss some records out for your listening pleasure. Today's...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Charles Mingus – ‘The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady’ (1963)
I probably shouldn’t be reviewing any Jazz for awhile, as I just laid down some remarks concerning Bitches Brew, and now it seems that everything is overshadowed by...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: The Larry Young Trio – Testifying (1961)
The Larry Young Trio - Testifying (New Jazz Record, 1961) Listen: https://www.youtube.com Jazz recordings are not only difficult to write a reviews for, they’re also problematic in their personal...