JazzTimes (p.110) - "Sunnyside's identity may best reveal itself in the consistent smarts that define its artist roster....Reliable mainstreamers mix with edgier players and idiosyncratic individualists who fall between the cracks."23.42604
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5.729912
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JazzTimes (p.94) - "[Klein has] a keen ear for catchy melodies, malleable yet infectious rhythms and dramatic musical progressions that make many of the pieces feel like stories."5.729912
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JazzTimes (p.120) - "Fratzke keeps his bass lines relatively simple and pounds out lines of single notes. When he hooks up with King in one of his rowdier moments, as on 'Starchild Cranium," they can really generate a lot of intensity."5.729912
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JazzTimes (11/03, pp.101-2) - "Guitarist Lubambo features flawless technique, with classical chops spicing his aggressive attacks..."i5.729912
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The Wire (4/03, p.72) - "...The effervescent rhythms and 'white keys' scales of Malian music work perfectly with the trombonist's jovial streak..."JazzTimes (8/03, p.140) - "...This is the record of an extraordinary international intelligible and emotive musical conversation..."5.729912
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5.729912
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JazzTimes (pp.121-122) - "[L]eonhart demonstrates her stunning intelligence with virtuoso treatments...Absolute magic."5.729912
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Living Blues (p.75) - "[A]n evocative and affectionate look at the pianist's latter-day career as an expatriate blues celebrity."5.729912
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JazzTimes (pp.106-7) - "Malaby, on tenor and soprano, absolutely shines on this session....This is a balanced group perfectly matched with the material."5.729912
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Down Beat (p.63) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Not since Charles Mingus has there been a big band with a sound as profoundly determined by the idiosyncrasies of its bass-playing leader."JazzTimes (pp.69-70) - "To a surprising degree, Holland's arrangements retain for his big band the meticulous clarity and the lightning reflexes of his small group."5.729912
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The Wire (5/03, p.63) - "...This marvelous disc showcases all the virtues and endearing peccadilloes of one of the most uncompromising and authentic improvisers..."5.729912
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JazzTimes (p.99) - "[Rodman is] joined by Steve Swallow, who plays electric bass as fluid, luminous and articulate as any guitar."5.729912
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JazzTimes (p.93) - "FULL MOON MUSIC ultimately wins you over...if you surrender yourself to Donelian's solipsistic, dartingly lyrical ruminations."5.729912
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Down Beat (4/01, pp.73-4) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...The singer veritably inhabits the verse....compellingly integrating her personal narrative with the music..."5.729912
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JazzTimes (pp.89-90) - "The production is sparse, but somehow bold and three-dimensional."JazzTimes (p.104) - "The production is sparse but somehow bold and three-dimensional."5.729912
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Down Beat (p.67) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "McCaslin's tenor has never cut so deep, exploiting the tricky rhythms to build febrile improvisations that highlight his superb understanding of the groove and rhythmic displacement."5.729912
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5.729912
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JazzTimes (p.113) - "Tebar sounds very comfortable in the company of his elders, swinging with rhythmic assuredness and requisite grease, coupled with blazing Bensonesque technique."5.729912
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JazzTimes (pp.130-131) - "The album] features Bonfa's rhythmically charged guitar style and his extraordinary, expressive vocal."5.729912
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JazzTimes (6/03, p.113) - "...HOMAGE TO ART is Barretto's uplifting tribute to his old friend, giving the Jazz Messengers' hard-bop tunes an Afro-Cuban framing....This is the best jazz album Ray Barretto has ever made..."5.729912
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