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Modern Man: Convergence
by Michael P. Gladstone
Modern Man, not to be confused with the folk/comedy group of the same name, is a mainstream bop sextet. The only player I'm familiar with is trumpeter Greg Gisbert. According to Bobby Shew's liner notes, the group has recently added trombonist Mark Patterson to the front line of trumpet and sax. The eight tracks consist of original compositions from five of the group members. The album was recorded in Denver, presumably close to the offices of Colorado-based Capri Records, who ...
read moreBassist/Composer Thomson Kneeland Releases New CD Titled "Mazurka for a Modern Man" on Weltschmerz Records
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Thomson Kneeland's latest album, Mazurka for a Modern Man, is the culmination of a compositional project he completed in 2007, working with the late percussionist Take Toriyama, guitarist Nate Radley, Trumpeter David Smith & alto saxophonist Loren Stillman; the core of the musicians shared a broad vocabulary from ten years of playing together almost weekly: Balkan folk music, Indian tihais, drum'n'bass, electronica, rock, and of course, jazz and improvised music. They completed fourteen compositions in the studio in April 2007; ...
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