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Bones: Reptiles
by John Sharpe
The barely-there pastel-colored turtle adorning the cover of Reptiles gives an elegant visual summary of the skeletal but attractive content inside. It's the third release from a young Israeli trio led by Amsterdam-based bass clarinetist Ziv Taubenfeld, which includes his fellow countrymen bassist Shay Hazan and drummer Nir Sabag. Recorded in November 2017 in Netherlands, the limited edition LP comprises three cuts written by the reedman, one collaborative effort, and three unaccompanied pieces named after the album title.
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by Glenn Astarita
This is the second release by the experimental European trio, simply known as Bones. Led by bass clarinetist Ziv Taubenfeld, the program is mainly erected on fragmented motifs and variable currents amid false endings, and an aggregation of renewal processes. And it's an unrestricted engagement, as the musicians are afforded opportunities to expand and contract, while imparting a jaggedly flowing suite of subplots and operating as a cohesive improv unit. Indeed, the musicians are expressive but also work from semi-structured ...
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by Alberto Bazzurro
Un trio felicemente strutturato, a nome collettivo ma il cui nume tutelare appare senz'altro Ziv Taubenfeld, autore di tutto il materiale proposto, ci si rivela in questo bel lavoro, fresco di stampa per i tipi della Leo Records. A differenza di una generosa fetta produttiva della casa russo-londinese, infatti, qui le strutture espositive sono ben presenti e avvertibili, con dinamiche piuttosto marcate e conseguente logica inclinazione a non perdersi in troppi fronzoli. Si parte su temperature piuttosto ...
read moreBackgrounder: Frank Wess's 'Trombones & Flute'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Frank Wess was a powerhouse big-band tenor saxophonist and flutist and a lyrical player in small groups, especially those he led. One of my favorite ensemble albums by Wess is Trombones & Flute, which he recorded for Savoy in July 1956. The personnel featured a chunk of Count Basie's band, for which Wess played at the time. The lineup included Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Coker, Benny Powell and Bill Hughes (tb), Frank Wess (fl), Ronnell Bright (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie ...
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Matthew Alec And The Soul Electric Release Debut Album 'Cleveland Time' Feat. Tom 'bones' Malone
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Big Picture Media
Jazz fusion ensemble Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric has released their new album Cleveland Time via Cleveland Time Records. Working alongside Cleveland-based producer Jim Stewart, the album was recorded in two separate sessions because of the ongoing pandemic. Fans can stream Cleveland Time from here. Cleveland Time marks the first album release from the group that features Matthew Alec (tenor saxophone and EWI), Brian Woods (piano, keyboards, organs, plus vocals on “Give What You Take” and “Baby You Got ...
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Tutti's Trumpets and Trombones
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Brass heads, listen up. If you aren't familiar with the two albums I came across yesterday, you'll be thanking me by the end of this post. The albums are Tutti's Trumpets (1957) and Tutti's Trombones (1966). Tutti was Salvador Tutti" Camarata—co-founder of London Records, the American arm of English Decca. He also was co-founder of Disneyland Records. London, of course, cleaned up in the 1960s marketing top-selling European Decca artists on the London label in America, from Mantovani to the ...
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Bud Shank and Three Trombones
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Bud Shank was among the most recorded West Coast jazz reed players. He was on more than 600 known sessions, according to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography. Heard most often on alto saxophone, Bud began his recording career in 1947 with Ike Carpenter and then with Charlie Barnet in 1948 before joining Stan Kenton's Innovations Orchestra in 1950. He left the band with Shorty Rogers and others in 1952 to pioneer a more swinging West Coast jazz style in small ensembles, ...
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Pete Magadini: Bones Blues
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The 1970s were a no-man's land for acoustic jazz. The rise of album rock, arena concerts and electronic instruments led to the growing popularity of psychedelic jazz-rock fusion and funk, especially on college campuses. Many jazz labels during this period tended to put much of their budgets behind the new forms, since they commanded the largest slice of sales. The siphoning of budgets and staff to the electric side meant that many acoustic jazz recordings tended to be rambling, boring ...
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Frank Wess: Trombones & Flute
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of my favorite small-group jazz albums of the mid-1950s is Frank Wess's Trombones & Flute. The album, recorded for Savoy in July 1956, paired Wess on flute with four trombonists—Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Coker, Benny Powell and Bill Hughes. They were backed by Ronnell Bright (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b) and Kenny Clarke (d). The gorgeous arrangements were by Frank Foster. At the time, Wess, Foster, Coker, Powell, Hughes, Green and Jones were all members of Count Basie's ...
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2nd CD "Caravan" Released By Dave Chamberlain's Band Of Bones
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David Chamberlain
Caravan, the latest release by Dave Chamberlain's Band of Bones, is getting considerable airplay around the country following its March release. As of May 2, it has climbed to #26 on the Jazz Week charts! Featured as guest artists are STEVE TURRE and Hendrik Meurkens. Turre contributes an original composition, V.O.", and plays both shells and trombone on it. Meurkens plays harmonica on his tune Slidin'." Latin-jazz is represented strongly by the tunes Manteca", Caravan", Sway (Quien Sera)", El Grito ...
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Stix Bones Returns To Host Another Jazz Night At New York’s Legendary Metropolitan Room
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Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
New York, NY: The incomparable Stix Bones will be hosting another Jazz Night at the renowned Metropolitan Room in NYC on Saturday, August 25, 2012, at 9:30 PM. The internationally esteemed Metropolitan Room is one of the most critically acclaimed venues in NYC and home to big name talents as well as rising stars. Jazz Night is a seventy-five minute performance highlighting music from the forefathers of Jazz such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie, and original compositions ...
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Dave Hertzberg's Hearts & Bones unite bluegrass and jazz with infectious melodies on new CD
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Lauren Rogers
It is no exaggeration when Dave Hertzberg's Hearts & Bones claim that they are Busting Out of the Gate" on their latest album, Don't Lose Sight of Your Song. Hertzberg's jamming bass, Alan Grubner's scorching fiddle, Rick Snell's rocking acoustic guitar, Joel Arnow's slamming drums, and Itai Kriss' soaring flute rattle the windows like a high-impact earthquake. No doubt about it: This is a band with relentless energy, but also one with a keen ear for infectious melodies. Grubner's fiddling ...
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The Band of Bones at the Zinc Bar on August 24th
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David Chamberlain
The Band of Bones, led by Dave Chamberlain, returns by popular demand to the Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village. The date is Wednesday August 24th at 7 PM (one set only.) They'll be playing tunes from their new self-titled CD, as well as some new material. The band has recently added vocalist Kat Gang to their ranks, and they're looking forward to a return to Zinc. Here's a list of the personnel: Dave Chamberlain, leader, trombone, flute Tenor trombones: Bruce ...
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