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Tag: jazz
Leif Vollebekk
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Jonathan Brenner
Instagram Success (Waterloo 103 Music). Review by Randy Radic.
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Bombay Rickey
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Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm
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Kris Davis
Diatom Ribbons: Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bobby Muncy
Bad Reception. Review by Stacey Zering.
Enzo Rocco
SCRAPS: (very) old and (almost) new solo guitar pieces. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
John Pizzarelli
Stage and Screen (Palmetto Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Chet Baker
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Schubert Uchihashi Kugel
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Delfeayo Marsalis
Uptown on Mardi Gras Day (Troubadour Jass Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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Jason Yeager Septet
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Laszlo Gardony
Close Connection (Sunnyside Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Patricia Brennan
More Touch (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Kirsten Lambert
From a Window to a Screen (BellaJu Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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