roy hargrove
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Today’s Jazz Stars Interpret Disney Classics
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Ever imagine The Bad Plus doing music from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast? How about Joshua Redman doing a cover of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from Toy Story? Those notable artists are among the dozen contributing to the…
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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…
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2005 Grammy Jazz Analysis Part 2
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Nominees in the Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Shouldn’t they replace the word “album” with “recording?” Nominees are: Journey by Fourplay, Unspeakable by Bill Frisell, In Praise of Dreams by…
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2004 Grammy Nominees
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There are no real surprises in the list of jazz Grammy nominees for 2004. For Best Contemporary Jazz Album, you’ve got the usual suspects of Yellowjackets, David Sanborn, and Randy Brecker. The reunited Crusaders pick up a nomination as does…