John Hilderbrand
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New Dimensions from Urban Elements
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Urban Elements is a quintet of musicians from Sweden and Chile. I sampled this release simply based on the name of the group and was impressed. This is what contemporary jazz is about! Amazon.com Widgets
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Acid/Electronic/Lounge/Chill Jazz from Living Room
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Discovered Liquid Jazz by Living Room while hunting for new sounds tonight: Amazon.com Widgets
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Contemporary Jazz: How I Got Into It, Part 3
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This is the third part of a three-part series reminiscing on how I got started with contemporary jazz 20 years ago and highlights since. Part one is here; part two here. Eventually, I graduated from the University of Missouri but still stayed on as a volunteer announcer for KBIA for some time. I think at…
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Contemporary Jazz: How I Got Into It, Part 2
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This is the second part of a three-part series reminiscing on how I got started with contemporary jazz 20 years ago. Part one is here. KBIA-FM, one of the top NPR stations in the country, had an evening contemporary jazz program that would have a life-altering affect. One night, I won a GRP sampler in…
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Contemporary Jazz: How I Got Into It, Part 1
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My contemporary jazz journey began 20 years ago, in college. In 1989, I was dating a girl who listened to contemporary jazz. She had cassettes of Spyro Gyra’s Point of View and David Sanborn’s A Change of Heart in her blue Honda. I was a bit familiar with modern jazz (a high school classmate had…