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Charles Lloyd: Tone Poem

Read "Tone Poem" reviewed by Eric Gudas


Charles Lloyd and The Marvels' April 2017 performance at UCLA's Royce Hall, with guest vocalist Lucinda Williams, was nothing but highlights--from Lloyd's dance moves across the stage as one or other of his bandmates soloed, to Williams' impassioned performances on such songs as Bob Dylan's “Masters of War" and Jimi Hendrix's “Angel." They also played a song by Beach Boys. ("In My Room"). But the night really got going when the band played about fifteen minutes of Ornette Coleman material, ...

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Charles Lloyd & the Marvels: Tone Poem

Read "Tone Poem" reviewed by Vic Albani


Ecco il terzo lavoro di Charles Lloyd con i suoi Marvels, lo straordinario combo con Bill Frisell alla chitarra, Greg Leisz alla pedal steel guitar, Reuben Rogers al basso e Eric Harland alla batteria. Dopo I Long to See You del 2016 (con ospiti speciali come Norah Jones e Willie Nelson), e Vanished Gardens del 2018 (con -quella volta -un ospite speciale del calibro di Lucinda Williams) su Tone Poem Lloyd sceglie di lavorare senza ospiti e senza vocalist in ...

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Lyle Workman: Uncommon Measures

Read "Uncommon Measures" reviewed by Mike Jacobs


If there's a major takeaway to be had from listening to guitarist Lyle Workman's Uncommon Measures, it's the palpable sense that all of his impressive musical experience has been poured into it. And to that end, Workman certainly doesn't bury the lead. The epic opening track “North Star" can single-handedly make sense of Workman's entire decades-long resume. It's a CV that includes working in and with bands (Bourgeois Tagg, Jellyfish, Frank Black), being a “hired gun" guitarist (with such icons ...

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Charles Lloyd and the Marvels: Tone Poem

Read "Tone Poem" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


The download comes down the i-pipe in a virtual blue folder titled Charles Lloyd Tone Poem and the first thought upon initial listening is 'damn right it is'! It is a deceptively graceful covers album which immediately makes all the songs—many by none other than Ornette Coleman, Gabor Szabo and Leonard Cohen—their own highly active ecosystem of blurry form, focused response, and whatever else tickles Lloyd's fancy. Lloyd has been a genuine, spiritual force since the moment he ...

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Anjani: Blue Alert

Read "Blue Alert" reviewed by Jim Santella


With its program of popular songs by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas, Blue Alert settles in gently for an audience in love. Don't look for sheets of riveting sound to fill the room with propulsive action, or thunderous backbeats to shake your bones in a fascinating rhythmic groove. This is not that kind of album. Anjani's performance brings out the beauty of each song through natural means as she warms with piano and keyboard in support of her evocative vocals.

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Bill Frisell: The Intercontinentals

Read "The Intercontinentals" reviewed by AAJ Staff


It's time to admit a bias. Anyone who covers Boubacar Traoré automatically scores points in my book. The Malian guitarist is infinitely remote to anyone outside Mali, but that isn't for any good reason except the vagaries of the recording industry. It's fitting that guitarist Bill Frisell would choose “Boubacar" as the opener to The Intercontinentals given the international flavor of the record, the omnipresence of Malian percussionist Sidiki Camara, and the way blues from Mali builds feeling and depth ...

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Bill Frisell: The Intercontinentals

Read "The Intercontinentals" reviewed by Farrell Lowe


With the release of The Intercontinentals, Bill Frisell invites us into a lush and verdant musical world. On this outing he has chosen to work with five superb musicians from various parts of the planet. The eclectic range of instruments employed herein include electric and acoustic guitars, subtle electronics, calabash, djembe, vocals, oud, bouzouki, pedal steel guitar, and violin. This music reminds me of the color green in the way it surges with masterful precision, swells with quiet drama, recedes ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Chicken Or Pasta

Self Produced
2023

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Tone Poem

Blue Note Records
2021

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Uncommon Measures

Blue Canoe Records
2021

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Blue Alert

Columbia Records
2006

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The Intercontinentals

Nonesuch Records
2003

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Spaghetti Western

From: Chicken Or Pasta
By Greg Leisz

Noble Savage

From: Uncommon Measures
By Greg Leisz

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