John Hilderbrand
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Induce – Coltrane’s Brain
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I just happened across the track “Coltrane’s Brain (The Rebirth)” by Induce. It has my attention. It’s a nu-jazz/acid jazz/whatever jazzy label you want to apply piano/contemporary sound with dialogue about jazz. It’s memorable. It comes from his album Cycle. Regrettably, a Google search doesn’t provide much more information about the man or the album….
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Impulsive! Track Listing
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Here is the lineup of songs, original artists, and reworkers for the forthcoming Impulsive! release: “A Helluva-Town” George Russell // SA-RA “Go” Remix “II B.S.” Charles Mingus // RZA’s Mingus Bounce Mix “Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac” Dizzy Gillespie // Gerardo Frisina remix “Spanish Rice” Chico O’ Farrill and Clark Terry // DJ Dolores remix “Mizrab”…
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Nu Jazz (or is it Nu-Jazz?) Defined
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I’ve always had trouble identifying, and sometimes describing nu jazz, a genre I greatly enjoy. Here is the best definition (Wikipedia) I’ve found.
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News Bits: Jazzanova, Hargrove and DeFrancesco Go Def, Steve Khan
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Jazzanova is the latest to be granted access to the Blue Note vaults. They’ve mixed 26 songs from the esteemed label’s catalog for Blue Note Trip v.4. The selections are excellent. I don’t know if it’s been released here in the U.S. but it is available . Roy Hargrove and Joey DeFrancesco collaborate on a…
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Beyond the Sound Barrier from the Wayne Shorter Quartet
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I can’t do a better job of describing or promoting Wayne Shorter’s latest release, Beyond the Sound Barrier, than this new interview with the man by Bill Milkowski at at the Abstract Logix site. What more can be said of the incredible abilities of Shorter and his quartet of Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian…