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
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Miles On Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis
Shelton Hull finds there is much to learn in this collection of conversations with the enigmatic and innovative trumpeter, not nearly as reticient with interviewers as legend has it.
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
Random Acts of Happiness (Summerfold). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Charlie Parker
Bird’s Best Bop on Verve (Verve). Review by Bill Campbell.
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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