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Art 'Spike' Schloemer - TransFUSION (2011)

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 10 Jan 2012 11:14:07 | Comments : 1

Art 'Spike' Schloemer - TransFUSION
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Spicy Keys Records | 2011

“Art 'Spike' Schloemer ist one of the few musicians who was "born 2 groove". He began his piano studies at the age of six and starting performing professionally throughout Europe after graduating from Conservatory of Music. During his productive career as a pianist, composer, bandleader and educator, Art has performed in many different settings and styles. His versatile approach has allowed him to erase the artificial boundary line between contemporary jazz, rock, electro-funk and world, sounding like himself in all idioms. Aside from the work of his special guests, Schloemer is responsible for the entirety of TransFUSION, making the disc an otherwise incredible singular achievement. Through his compositions, arrangements, multi-instrumental playing and programming, the keyboardist always manages to sound like he's looking forward -- even as he reaches backward for inspiration.”
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Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - The Goat Rodeo Sessions (2011)

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 08 Jan 2012 21:35:54 | Comments : 3

Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - The Goat Rodeo Sessions
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Chamber Jazz, Bluegrass | Filesonic, Filepost
Sony Classical | 2011

“The Goat Rodeo Sessions is an ambitious and groundbreaking project that brings together four string virtuosos: world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile. While each artist is a prominent figure in his own music sphere, they have come together as a unified ensemble on a most remarkable and organic cross-genre project. The music, including two tracks with female vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, feels both new and familiar it's composed and improvised, uptown and down home, funky and pastoral and above all, uniquely American.”
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J.B. Lenoir - Vietnam Blues: The Complete L&R Recordings (1995)

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J.B. Lenoir - Vietnam Blues: The Complete L&R Recordings
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Acoustic Blues | Filesonic, Filepost
Evidence | 1995

“Unlike any blues music released in the 1960s, the idiosyncratic acoustic forms created by J.B. Lenoir during his tenure with L&R Records recall traditional country blues while simultaneously pushing the genre in new directions. Miles removed--in conception and feel--from the electric Chicago blues of his early career, Lenoir's L&R work is wholly acoustic, intensely personal, and seems to pulse and surge to its own uniquely designed metronome. VIETNAM BLUES collects Lenoir's last two albums (before his untimely death in 1967), 1965's ALABAMA BLUES and 1966's DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI, both of which were produced under the supervision of blues icon Willie Dixon.”
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Steve Coleman And Five Elements - The Mancy Of Sound (2011)

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Steve Coleman And Five Elements - The Mancy Of Sound
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Pi Recordings | 2011

“The Mancy of Sound is the follow-up release from influential alto saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman to last year’s critically acclaimed Harvesting Semblances and Affinities. That album was a statement of purpose that announced the return of Coleman to popular consciousness. The CD was named by Ben Ratliff in the New York Times as his #1 album of 2010 and was also voted among the top ten releases of 2010 in both the Jazz Times and Village Voice Critics Polls. His performance was thought by many to be the highlight among the almost forty bands that performed at the June 2010 Undead Festival in New York.”
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Jean-Paul Celea & Francois Couturier - Passaggio

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Jean-Paul Celea & Francois Couturier - Passaggio
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Jazz/Modern Postbebop | Filesonic, Filepost
Nocturne Productions | 1990

“Musicien précoce, il entame dès l'âge de 5 ans des études de violon classique au conservatoire de Strasbourg. En 1968 il décide de s'orienter vers la contrebasse, qu'il étudie jusqu'en 1973 au conservatoire de Paris. Toujours très jeune il intègre d'importantes formations comme l'Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, puis de 1973 à 1977 le prestigieux Ensemble intercontemporain, à l'époque encore dirigé par son fondateur Pierre Boulez.Il choisit ensuite de se consacrer au jazz et aux musiques improvisées et intègre le quintette de Jacques Thollot.”
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Guitar Pete - Raw Deal (2011)

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 29 Dec 2011 12:47:00 | Comments : 2

Guitar Pete - Raw Deal
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Heavy Blues Rock | Filesonic, Filepost
Grooveyard Records | 2011

“Way-kool 4th studio disc by this bad-ass, killer blues/rock axeripper from NYC featuring 9 tracks - 56 mins. of mega-awesome, powerful, over the top, southern-fried blues-based, retro-70s, heavy guitar jammin' power trio riffage that will rock your world. Guitar Pete Brasino is a supreme six string Riff-master who goes for the throat with his axe and takes no prisoners with his tough, brutal, mind-blowing heavy guitar assault. Lock up your daughters, because Guitar Pete is in town and there is a serious "Raw Deal" goin' down. An incredible heavy guitar riff:monster that is Highly recommended to fans of Leslie West / Mountain, Hendrix, Trower, SRV, ZZ Top, Blackfoot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bonamassa & Zakk Wylde.”
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Jay Gordon and the Penetrators - Immortal (2010)

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 28 Dec 2011 09:16:31 | Comments : 1

Jay Gordon and the Penetrators - Immortal
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Heavy Blues Rock | Filesonic, Filepost
Shuttle Music | 2010

“This is an arena rock CD complex and textured that will pull you into dark mysterious places. Weather your a straight up blues fan, rocker or metal freak, you'll be digging the action of Jay's great fret work. Amazing solos that are well orchestrated that will peel the paint off the walls. Sharon on bass, anchors all the tracks while laying it down and dirty with the drummer Abe as he carves up the beats red hot. Songs that rock and vocals that soar, this trio were all born under the same bad sign and sounds like a thousand harleys.”
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Billy Cox - Old School Blue Blues (2011)

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 26 Dec 2011 22:24:14 | Comments : 0

Billy Cox - Old School Blue Blues
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Blues-Rock | Filesonic, Filepost | 2011

“Billy has said many times the music that Jimi Hendrix played was nothing more than loud Blues. “OLD SCHOOL BLUE BLUES” is Billy Cox’s latest album. Billy wanted to return to a traditional blues feel. ROCKIN AND ROLLIN ON is the vanguard of the album. It serves to remind the listener that just like Jimi, although he has a Blues Soul, Billy's Spirit is definitely Rock and Roll. Songs with the rhythmic cadence of Salsa and R&B help to season this mostly Blues album.”
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Francois Couturier - Tarkovsky Quartet

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Francois Couturier - Tarkovsky Quartet
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moderne creative, contemporary jazz | Filesonic, Filepost
ECM| 2011

“The music on this album, with its suite-like sequence of compositions that flow like a cinematic reverie, comes across as a film-like invitation to a voyage. The spare, gently unfolding and intensely atmospheric melodies and moods deliver an invitation to listen with open ears...and to dream. Each composition is a mysterious, delicate gem, while the titles are full of references to Tarkovsky's life and work: "A celui qui a vu l'ange" is the epitaph found on his tombstone, while "Tiapa" and "Maroussia" are nicknames for his youngest child and his mother.”
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Oz Noy - Twisted Blues Volume 1

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 25 Dec 2011 18:35:50 | Comments : 2

Oz Noy - Twisted Blues Volume 1
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Progressive Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Rock | Filesonic, Filepost
Abstract Logix | 2011

“New York based plectorist extraordinaire Oz Noy makes his Abstract Logix debut with "Twisted Blues", his most eclectic album to date that displays his signature guitar sounds as well as for the first time showcases his profound love of blues. The guitar prowess featured on Twisted Blues Vol. 1 is obviously top notch but some tracks, like the eight-plus-minute “Two Centers,” feel a little long. For fans of instrumental jazz, blues, or rock, Oz Noy probably has something for them.”
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Joe Beck - Trio 7

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 10 Dec 2011 17:56:23 | Comments : 3

Joe Beck - Trio 7
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Jazz, Guitar | Filesonic, Filepost
Whaling City Sound | 2007

“Trio 7 is the kind of record that can only be made when everyone involved can relax and just let the music go where it will. In the liner notes, bassist Santi Dibriano and drummer Thierry Arpino relate how they spent two days at Beck's Connecticut home having fun while they explored the tunes. This feeling is resonantly audible from the opening deep groove of John Coltrane's "Impressions." Beck maintains connections to many styles, including progressive rock and funk, and he can shift gears, as well as which electronic effect he uses, at will.”
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Terry "Buffalo" Ware - Reverb Babylon

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 08 Dec 2011 17:07:44 | Comments : 2

Terry "Buffalo" Ware - Reverb Babylon
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Surf, Instrumental | Filesonic, Filepost
OkieMotion Records | 2011

“Guitar driven, melodic instrumental compositions, rich ballads, and evocative interpretations of songs by artists such Jimmy Webb, Carole King & Howard Greenfield, John Fullbright and Jim Hoke. With Reverb Babylon, his fourth solo album, Ware put 10 guitars and seven amplifiers through their paces as he and a complementary troupe hit the tone, taste and talent marks. The disc features pop (the Howard Greenfield/Carole King Crying in the Rain), country-flavored slide (Ware's Slidin' Into the Blue Door), surf (Jim Hoke's Subway Surfin'), the three-part, atmospheric title track and Spaghetti Western-ready (Ware's Tarnation Station). Ware and company mix up tempos and styles, building interest all the way. His guitars are the center of attention, but piano, organ, accordion and mandolin add very cool texture.”
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Howard Glazer & The EL34's - Liquor Store Legend

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 08 Dec 2011 13:50:34 | Comments : 0

Howard Glazer & The EL34's - Liquor Store Legend
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Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues | Filesonic, Filepost | 2007
Random Chance Records / USA

“Liquor Store Legend from Detroit's Howard Glazer and the EL34s, is raw and rowdy barroom fare with a gritty edge. Glazer, best known as Harmonica Shah's foil, is a competent vocalist and a serious blues-based guitarist. On "Hanging by a Thread" and "Let's Go for a Ride," he amps up the Chuck Berry template like it's the early '70s. "Gas Pump Blues" and "Burning Ain't No Fun" have a Chicago blues feel, "Got to Get Going" and "Next Train Out" are acoustic Delta, and "Bar Fly Boogie" is power boogie, Top tracks include "Waling in the Rain" and "Take Me Baby." If your turn-ons include overdirven amplifiers and unassuming, retro blues-rock, this is for you.
~Tom Hyslop (Blues Review)
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Dirty Dave Osti - Burning Down the Dirtshack

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 07 Dec 2011 14:57:12 | Comments : 0

Dirty Dave Osti - Burning Down the Dirtshack
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Blues-Rock | Filesonic, Filepost
Grooveyard Records | 2011

“Killer 2nd studio disc by this excellent blues/rock axeslinger from California featuring 11 tracks of awesome, brain-damaging, hard-hitting, dynamic, blues-based, retro-70s, heavy guitar power trio mojo that will rock your good jam:house into the dirt floor. Diggin' deep on the riffage that matters with full-tilt Stratocasters blazing in the midnight sun, Dirty Dave Osti gets down on his axe, rips it hard and sets the six string dirtshack on fire. A fierce and powerful essential modern day "old school" bluesy heavy guitar rocker that is highly recommended to fans of Hendrix, Trower, ZZ Top & Johnny Winter.”
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Blues Trackers - Smells Like Trouble...

Posted By : karfaks | Date : 07 Dec 2011 12:38:44 | Comments : 0

Blues Trackers - Smells Like Trouble...
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Blues-Rock | Filesonic, Filepost
BT Records | 2011

“This is an incredible album full of a solid sound coming out from many music styles. Pure electric blues together with a funky rock feel. Folk acoustic guitars against sweet atmospheric “delay” electric guitars. Soulful blues vocals harmonized together with gospel group vocals. The first time for the Blues Trackers releasing an album consisted only from their own music. After ten years with this line up the band made this album as a turning point to their musical journey.”
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