Otis Spann / Lightnin’ Hopkins
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Wadada Leo Smith
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The Quintet
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The Raga Bop Trio
Raga Bop Trio (Abstract Logix). Review by Shelton Hull.
Miles On Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis
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Mel Lewis and His Big Band
Shelton Hull makes a case for Mel Lewis, an underrated and subtle jazz drummer, who is finally starting to get his reissue due - including this excellent concert dvd from 1986.
Max Volume, Max Intensity
Shelton Hull is awed by Mosaic’s exhaustive new Max Roach box set, and how it lovingly excavates and elevates the drumming titan’s dizzying 1950s output to its proper place amongst the greats.
daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra
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Bill Bruford’s Earthworks
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Bill Bruford’s Earthworks
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Charlie Parker
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Eddie Henderson / Roy Haynes
So What / Love Letters (Eighty Eight’s (Columbia)). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Eddie Henderson / Roy Haynes
So What / Love Letters (Eighty Eight’s (Columbia)). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Ravi Coltrane | Max Roach & Clark Terry
| Mad 6 | Friendship (Eighty-Eight’s). Review by Eric J. Iannelli. |
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