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(5) String Yamaha BB5 with Bartolini Pickups and a Badass Bridge signed by Victor Wooten. Nemisis 200 Bass Combo Amp.
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Bill Cunliffe: Abstract Truth 2
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Bill Cunliffe is a jazz pianist who teaches at California State Uuniversity at Fullerton. Originally from Massachusetts, Cunliffe attended Duke University and studied with Mary Lou Williams while she was there between 1977 and 1981. He toured with Buddy Rich, performed behind Frank Sinatra and worked with Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody. Cunliffe won the 1989 Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano Competitionwinning the approval of tough judges, pianists Hal Galper, Ahmad Jamal and Barry Harris. ...
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Little Big-Band John Vanore and Abstract Truth Score Points for "Contagious Words"
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
John Vanore's big band Abstract Truth comes at you in subtle ways on their third CD Contagious Words (Acoustical Concepts 44). It's music that uses all the mainstream notes, but combines them often in ways that are different. It's a 12-person ensemble that has been hanging in since 1981. As a trumpet player himself, John has fashioned a group with a lot of brass power, John plus 3-5 others on trumpet-fluegel, then French horn and two trombones. They are augmented ...
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John Vanore & Abstract Truth Will Make You Love Jazz on Their New Release
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 9, 2010-New York, New York-John Vanore & Abstract Truth tear things up on their second release, Curiosity, which is being rereleased in 2010. The original album was released in 1991, but this remastered edition is a must-have for jazz fans.
Abstract Truth, Vanore's Philadelphia based band consists of more than a dozen musicians, with Vanore's trumpet featured most prominently. Vanore is accompanied on Curiosity by Michael Mee, Mike Falcone, Rocco Bene, Joe Fallon, Brian Groder, Kevin Rodgers, Mike Galan, ...
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Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth at Jazz Standard (NYC) Tonight
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All About Jazz
Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (Between Park / Lexington) New York, NY 10016 212-576-2232 7:30 PM EDT | 6:45 PM DOORS Dick Oatts – saxophone Bob Sheppard – saxophone Claudio Roditi – trumpet Luis Bonilla – trombone Christian Howes – violin Bill Cunliffe – piano and arranger Martin Wind – bass Clarence Penn – drums With his new Resonance Records CD, The Blues and the ...
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Bill Cunliffe's "The Blues & the Abstract Truth, Take 2" CD Release Party - March 5
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All About Jazz
Bill Cunliffe The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2" CD Release Party at April Williams' Upstairs at Vitellos Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a saxophonist, arranger, and composer who seemed everywhere in the 1960s. In popular culture, Nelson is best remembered for his television scoring for shows including Ironside, Night Gallery, Columbo, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman and Longstreet. In jazz culture, Nelson is remembered for his masterpiece The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1961). The ...
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Pianist/Arranger Bill Cunliffe Revisits a Jazz Classic with "The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2"
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All About Jazz
With his new album, The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2, pianist Bill Cunliffe doesn’t so much reinvent a modern jazz classic as open it for incisive interpretation. Working with clean, uncluttered arrangements and a stellar cast of improvisers, Cunliffe explores Oliver Nelson's beloved 1961 album for Impulse! And the results are consistently riveting. Putting a personal spin on Nelson’s six original tunes, including the standard “Stolen Moments,” Cunliffe creates a state-of-the-art jazz statement, while contributing two superb compositions ...
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Announcing the Winners of the "Bill Cunliffe - The Blues and The Abstract Truth, Take 2" Giveaway!
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All About Jazz
Enter the Resonance Records "Bill Cunliffe - The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2" Giveaway Contest
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Resonance Records Bill Cunliffe - The Blues and The Abstract Truth, Take 2 giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE lucky winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 30th. Click here to enter the contest
(Following Bill Cunliffe at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! Your Friends at Resonance Records
As a concept disc, Bill Cunliffe's The Blues And The Abstract Truth, ...
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