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Album Review

Joel Moore Quartet: Joel Moore Quartet

Read "Joel Moore Quartet" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Certain musical works are meant to be thought-provoking and emotionally moving--even disturbing; others are meant to be soothing and ear pleasing. Joel Moore Quartet's eponymous CD is of the latter kind. The music is a cross between later day soul-jazz and contemporary smooth sounds, with laidback tunes where the improvisation rarely ventures far from the melody, and even when it does it stays in familiar territory. The music is consistent and the tracks do sound similar to one another. The ...

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Interview

Interview: Kat Anderson

Interview: Kat Anderson

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

The week of December 11 will mark a special day in Motown history. Fifty years ago, the two-year-old label had its first No. 1 Billboard pop hit. Earlier in 1961, Smokey Robinson had the label's first No. 1 hit on the R&B chart. But a No. 1 pop hit was a big deal, showing that Motown could crossover and connectwith white teens. The group that pulled off that landmark recording was the Marvelettes and the song was Please Mr. Postman. ...

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Saxophone

Credentials/Background

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