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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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Tribaljazz – Co-Founded by John Densmore of The Doors
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Doors drummer John Densmore has co-founded the group Tribaljazz, which “blends and fuses improvisational jazz, beats and world music.” The band consists of two master African drummers, an upright bass player, a multi-instrumental percussionist, a pianist, and co-founder Art Ellis on flute and saxes. With a lineup like that, you know it’s interesting music. Densmore…
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Re-Bop: The Savoy Remixes and a Miles Davis Remix Project
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Remix mania continues with two new compilations. Last week, Savoy Jazz’s Nu Groove imprint released Re-Bop, The Savoy Remixes. Quantic, DJ Spooky, DJ Smash, King Britt, and the ubiquitous DJ Logic are some of the top-notch remixers. Among the artists from Savoy’s catalog that receive the new rub are Charlie Parker (who was remixed in…
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Big Band Remixed + Reinvented!
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The welcome trend of remixing the old to make it new continues with Big Band Remixed + Reinvented. Not all remix compilations are a success but, after listening to the samples of this 17-track release, this one is worthy of notice. There was not a miss in my sampling of the samples. With accomplished mixers…
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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”…