John Hilderbrand
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Review: The Harlem Experiment
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I’m listening to what may be the coolest contemporary jazz release of 2007. Following their eternally enjoyable Detroit and Philadelphia Experiments, Ropeadope is releasing The Harlem Experiment to retail on October 30. Grammy Award-Winning producer Aaron Levinson has “assembled another genre-bending tribute to perhaps America’s greatest cultural crown jewel.” Genre-bending is accurate – spoken word,…
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Review: Candy Dulfer – Candy Store
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If you’re looking for a contemporary jazz recording that’s not quite a formulaic smooth jazz release and covers a number of styles, your search is over. Candy Dulfer’s latest, Candy Store, is an audio testament to the freedom she felt making it. “I was free from any recording contract,” Candy reports, “so there was no…
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Billie Holiday Remixed and Reimagined
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Billie Holiday gets another remix treatment on August 7 with Billie Holiday: Remixed and Reimagined. It’s Sony/Legacy’s follow-up to last year’s Nina Simone: Remixed and Reimagined. Remixers and artists include Tony Humphries, DJ Logic, Charles Feelgood, DJ Swingsett, Nickodemus, Jazzy Nice, Organica, trumpeter Fabio Morgera (from Groove Collective) and Lady Day Mecca (from Digable Planets)….
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Review: Supercharged from Down to the Bone
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Down to the Bone has the perfect summer soundtrack with their fun and funky new release Supercharged. True to the title, this release is a pumped-up, constant jam that won’t let your body remain idle. It needs a warning label – “Product contains powerful horns (props to Shilts and the D.C. Horns), percolating bass, mean…
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Michael Brecker Has Died
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Modern day saxophone giant died today, January 13, of leukemia. I’ve posted about his battle with myelodysplastic syndrome, a cancer in which the bone marrow stops producing enough healthy blood cells. The disease, known as MDS, often progresses to leukemia. His call for a donor led me to learn about bone marrow donation and register…