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Features

A Bouquet for Albert


Holy Ghost sets the platinum standard for Aylerology.

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Basso Profundo


Two Brahmins of the bull fiddle take stock in the state of their art.

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Early Bricks in the House of Eicher


Three recent reissues uncover evolutionary evidence of the ECM sound: Dave Holland & Barre Phillips' Music From Two Basses, Steve Kuhn's Trance and Julian Priester's Love, Love.

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Four Games of Hopscotch


Assif & amigos down by the schoolyard.

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Group Chemistry 101


The V5 present a sweeping travelogue of their Polish Holiday, leaving no aural postcard or souvenir unturned.

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Have Tenor, Will Travel


Saxophonist David S. Ware trawls the tape vaults for a trifecta of classic concert dates

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Leading the Blind to See: Three Days at the Vision Festival 2003


Derek Taylor offers snapshots from New York City's largest free jazz celebration.

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Lectures in Esperanto


ESP endures and improves thanks to the merits of four recent reissues, and Derek Taylor's overview.

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Left Foot Forward, Don’t Look Back (Derek Taylor)


Derek Taylor fills us in on his favorite jazz releases (and more) from 2006.

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Lyons' Pride


Ayler Records' labor of love pays homage to the unsung altoist of free jazz yore, Jimmy Lyons.

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Music Before Architecture


Alto saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc at the tail end of the comeback trail.

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Not Just For the Cognoscenti


Six More Shots from the Gold Label Blue Note Bottle. Dusted's Derek Taylor tends the bar.

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Not Just For the Cognoscenti 2


Another half dozen pours from the cognac of jazz labels, this time with an emphasis on titles long sequestered in the cellar.

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O.D.’ing on Auld Lang Syne (Derek Taylor)


Dusted’s Derek Taylor looks back at the year in jazz.

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Surrounded by a Sea of Silver Foliage


Derek Taylor assesses the merits and mien of 2007's bumper jazz crop.

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The Year In Music (Derek Taylor)


Derek Taylor lays out his favorite mementos of 2003.

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The Year In Music by Derek Taylor


Silver Platters That Made My Eyes Twinkle In 2004. (Derek Taylor)

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Reviews


Artist: Tom Abbs & Frequency Response

Album: The Animated Adventures of Knox

Label: 482 Music

Review date: Feb. 19, 2006

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Artist: Cannonball Adderley

Album: Why Am I Treated So Bad!

Label: Capitol

Review date: Jun. 28, 2006

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Artist: Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake

Album: Back Together Again

Label: Thrill Jockey

Review date: Mar. 4, 2004

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Great Black Music


Artist: Art Ensemble of Chicago

Album: Tribute to Lester

Label: ECM

Review date: Sep. 5, 2003

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Artist: Albert Ayler

Album: Live on the Riviera

Label: ESP-Disk

Review date: Apr. 12, 2005

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Artist: Albert Ayler

Album: Slugs' Saloon

Label: ESP-Disk

Review date: Dec. 11, 2005

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Artist: Baby Dodds

Album: Talking and Drum Solos

Label: Atavistic

Review date: Jan. 13, 2004

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Artist: Billy Bang

Album: Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids

Label: Enja / Justin Time

Review date: Apr. 26, 2007

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Artist: Matt Bauder

Album: Weary Already of the Way

Label: 482 Music

Review date: Apr. 27, 2004

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Two Tenor Team-Up


Artist: Louie Belogenis & Tony Malaby

Album: Twice Told Tales

Label: DIW

Review date: Aug. 17, 2003

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The Clark Kent of Free Jazz


Artist: Rob Brown Trio

Album: Round the Bend

Label: Bleu Regard

Review date: May. 11, 2003

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Artist: Brötzmann & Zerang

Album: Live in Beirut 2005

Label: Al Maslakh

Review date: Nov. 22, 2006

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Artist: Brötzmann / Nielsen / Uuskyla

Album: Medicina

Label: Atavistic

Review date: Nov. 8, 2004

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Artist: Brötzmann/Wilkinson Quartet

Album: One Night in Burmantofts

Label: Bo'Weavil

Review date: Jan. 10, 2008

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Artist: Sandy Bull

Album: Still Valentine’s Day 1969

Label: Water

Review date: Oct. 3, 2006

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Artist: Dave Burrell's Full Blown Trio

Album: Expansion

Label: High Two

Review date: Aug. 4, 2004

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Bright Moments Suffuse Bass/Sax Summit


Artist: Daniel Carter and Rueben Radding

Album: Luminescence

Label: AUM Fidelity

Review date: Feb. 16, 2003

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Artist: Serge Chaloff

Album: Boston Blow-Up!

Label: Capitol

Review date: Jun. 29, 2006

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Artist: John Coltrane

Album: Interplay

Label: Prestige

Review date: Oct. 4, 2007

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Artist: Miles Davis

Album: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions

Label: Prestige

Review date: May. 25, 2006

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Of Palindromes and Power Trios...


Artist: Whit Dickey’s Trio Ahxoloxha

Album: Prophet Moon

Label: Riti

Review date: Mar. 27, 2003

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Artist: Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra

Album: Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra

Label: Thrill Jockey

Review date: Feb. 1, 2008

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Artist: Doug Wieselman

Album: Dimly Lit: Collected Soundtracks 1996-2002

Label: Tzadik

Review date: May. 19, 2004

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Artist: Sophie Dunér Quartet

Album: The Rain in Spain

Label: CIMP

Review date: Jul. 30, 2006

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Artist: Dominic Duval & Joe McPhee

Album: Rules of Engagement Vol. 2

Label: Drimala

Review date: Nov. 25, 2004

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Gale Force


Artist: Eddie Gale

Album: Ghetto Music & Black Rhythm Happening

Label: Water

Review date: Dec. 18, 2003

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Artist: John Edwards & Mark Sanders

Album: Nisus Duets

Label: Emanem

Review date: Oct. 29, 2003

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Artist: Alčmayčhu Eshčté

Album: Éthiopiques 22: More Vintage!

Label: Buda Musique

Review date: Nov. 26, 2007

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Artist: John Fahey

Album: Sea Changes & Coelacanths: A Young Person’s Guide to John Fahey

Label: Table of the Elements

Review date: Dec. 4, 2006

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Sonic Semaphores


Artist: Fengxia / Fuchs / Turner

Album: The New Flags

Label: a/l/l/

Review date: May. 20, 2003

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Artist: James Finn

Album: The Great Spirit

Label: Not Two

Review date: Feb. 9, 2006

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Artist: Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano

Album: The Beloved Music

Label: Family Vineyard

Review date: Mar. 3, 2006

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Artist: Anat Fort

Album: A Long Story

Label: ECM

Review date: Apr. 18, 2007

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Bow to the Baritone


Artist: Free Base

Album: The Ins and Outs

Label: Emanem

Review date: Jul. 4, 2005

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Pipecleaner Men


Artist: Frode Gjerstad & Derek Bailey

Album: Nearly a D

Label: Emanem

Review date: Jun. 17, 2003

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Artist: Joe Giardullo 4tet

Album: Now Is

Label: Drimala

Review date: Sep. 15, 2003

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Artist: Frank Gratkowski & Misha Mengelberg

Album: Vis-ŕ-Vis

Label: Leo

Review date: Jan. 26, 2007

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Artist: Heartless Bastards

Album: Stairs and Elevators

Label: Fat Possum

Review date: Feb. 2, 2005

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Artist: Heartless Bastards

Album: All This Time

Label: Fat Possum

Review date: Aug. 6, 2006

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Trojan Horse


Artist: Dave Holland Quintet

Album: Extended Play

Label: ECM

Review date: Sep. 9, 2003

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Artist: Hound Dog Taylor

Album: Release the Hound

Label: Alligator

Review date: Jun. 14, 2004

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Holy Ghost Power


Artist: Reverend Charlie Jackson

Album: Gods Got It: The Legendary Booker and Jackson Singles

Label: CaseQuarter

Review date: Aug. 7, 2003

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Artist: Keith Jarrett

Album: Radiance

Label: ECM

Review date: Jun. 2, 2005

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Superlatives Fall Short


Artist: Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette

Album: Always Let Me Go

Label: ECM

Review date: Apr. 16, 2003

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Artist: Kidd Jordan

Album: Palm of Soul

Label: AUM Fidelity

Review date: Jun. 3, 2006

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Artist: Peter Kowald

Album: Duos 2: Europe America Japan

Label: FMP

Review date: Feb. 9, 2004

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A Matriculation in Monk


Artist: Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet

Album: School Days

Label: Hat Hut

Review date: Apr. 23, 2003

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Artist: Daniel Levin Quartet

Album: Don't Go It Alone

Label: Riti

Review date: Nov. 19, 2003

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Artist: David Liebman

Album: The Distance Runner

Label: Hatology

Review date: Jan. 16, 2006

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Soothing Scintillations


Artist: John Lindberg

Album: Ruminations Upon Ives and Gottschalk

Label: Between the Lines

Review date: Jul. 31, 2003

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Artist: Raphé Malik Quartet

Album: Last Set: Live at the 1369 Jazz Club

Label: Boxholder

Review date: Oct. 31, 2004

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Artist: Malik, McPhee & Robinson

Album: Sympathy

Label: Boxholder

Review date: Jul. 6, 2004

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Artist: Mark O'Leary

Album: Self Luminous & Chamber Trio

Label: Leo

Review date: Apr. 22, 2005

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Artist: Bennie Maupin

Album: Penumbra

Label: Cryptogramophone

Review date: May. 1, 2006

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Artist: Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath

Album: Bremen to Bridgewater

Label: Cuneiform

Review date: Mar. 24, 2004

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Artist: John McNeil

Album: East Coast Cool

Label: Omnitone

Review date: Jan. 3, 2006

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Artist: Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6

Album: Into The Barn

Label: Hatology

Review date: Jan. 18, 2006

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Artist: Charles Mingus

Album: In Paris

Label: Sunnyside

Review date: Jun. 5, 2007

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Artist: Charles Mingus

Album: Cornell 1964

Label: Blue Note

Review date: Jul. 23, 2007

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Artist: Roscoe Mitchell & The Transatlantic Art Ensemble

Album: Composition/ Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Label: ECM

Review date: Jun. 27, 2007

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Artist: Moondog

Album: Moondog/Moondog 2

Label: BGO

Review date: Oct. 2, 2003

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Artist: Paul Motian

Album: Time and Time Again

Label: ECM

Review date: Apr. 6, 2007

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Artist: Paul Motian

Album: Garden of Eden

Label: ECM

Review date: Feb. 5, 2006

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Artist: Bob Mould

Album: Body of Song

Label: Yep Roc

Review date: Jul. 27, 2005

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Artist: Bob Mould

Album: District Line

Label: Anti-

Review date: Feb. 5, 2008

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Artist: Isaiah Owens

Album: You Without Sin Cast the First Stone

Label: CaseQuarter

Review date: Jul. 14, 2004

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Artist: Korla Pandit

Album: The Grand Moghul Suite/The Universal Language of Music

Label: El

Review date: May. 1, 2008

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Artist: William Parker

Album: Sound Unity

Label: AUM Fidelity

Review date: May. 4, 2005

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Artist: Evan Parker

Album: The Snake Decides

Label: Psi

Review date: Nov. 24, 2003

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Artist: William Parker

Album: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series

Label: AUM Fidelity

Review date: Feb. 5, 2006

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The Ice Storm


Artist: Evan Parker & Paul Lytton

Album: At the Unity Theatre

Label: Psi

Review date: Jul. 7, 2003

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Tone World Collage


Artist: William Parker Violin Trio

Album: Scrapbook

Label: Thirsty Ear

Review date: Jun. 19, 2003

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Three Familiar Improv Faces Adopt Fresh Guises...


Artist: Parker/ Morris/ Drake

Album: Eloping With the Sun

Label: Riti

Review date: Mar. 2, 2003

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Artist: Parker/ Schlippenbach/ Lytton

Album: America 2003

Label: Psi

Review date: Sep. 23, 2004

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Artist: Parker/Campbell/Carter/Silva

Album: Fractured Dimensions

Label: FMP

Review date: Oct. 12, 2003

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Artist: Ivo Perelman Double Trio

Album: Suite For Helen F.

Label: Boxholder

Review date: Mar. 14, 2004

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Artist: Sam Rivers / Adam Rudolph / Harris Eisenstadt

Album: Vista

Label: Meta

Review date: Aug. 9, 2004

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Artist: Sonny Rollins

Album: Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert

Label: Milestone

Review date: Nov. 9, 2005

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Ivory Hunter


Artist: Noah Rosen Trio

Album: Trips, Jobs & Journeys

Label: Cadence Jazz

Review date: Jun. 11, 2003

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Artist: Roswell Rudd

Album: Blown Bone

Label: Emanem

Review date: Oct. 25, 2006

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Artist: Wadada Leo Smith & Adam Rudolph

Album: Compassion

Label: Kabell/Meta

Review date: May. 1, 2006

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Bottle Up and Go!


Artist: Paul Rutherford

Album: Chicago 2002

Label: Emanem

Review date: Mar. 17, 2003

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Artist: Schlippenbach Trio

Album: Compression

Label: a/l/l/

Review date: Jan. 20, 2005

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Artist: Louis Sclavis & Jean-Marc Montera

Album: Roman

Label: FMP

Review date: Mar. 3, 2006

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Artist: Aram Shelton

Album: Arrive

Label: 482 Music

Review date: Sep. 16, 2005

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Book By Its Cover


Artist: Archie Shepp

Album: I Know About the Life

Label: Hatology

Review date: Aug. 22, 2003

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Artist: Sonny Simmons

Album: Jewels

Label: Boxholder

Review date: Nov. 17, 2004

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Artist: Sirone

Album: Live

Label: Atavistic

Review date: Oct. 8, 2005

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Artist: Wadada Leo Smith

Album: Snakish

Label: Leo

Review date: Jun. 26, 2005

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Artist: The Spiritualaires

Album: Singing Songs of Praise

Label: CaseQuarter

Review date: Apr. 20, 2007

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Artist: Larry Stabbins

Album: Monadic

Label: Emanem

Review date: Dec. 14, 2003

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Artist: Sticks and Stones

Album: Shed Grace

Label: Thrill Jockey

Review date: Apr. 30, 2004

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Artist: Robert Stillman

Album: Horses

Label: Mill Pond

Review date: Feb. 19, 2006

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Artist: Sonny Stitt

Album: Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952

Label: Concord

Review date: Aug. 10, 2006

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Artist: Stone House

Album: Likewise

Label: Riti

Review date: Nov. 24, 2003

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Artist: Sun Ra

Album: Disco 3000

Label: Art Yard

Review date: Nov. 1, 2007

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Artist: Sun Ra

Album: Piano Recital

Label: Golden Years of New Jazz

Review date: Oct. 7, 2003

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Artist: Sun Ra

Album: Heliocentric Worlds, Vols. 1-3

Label: ESP-Disk

Review date: Mar. 23, 2005

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Artist: John Surman

Album: Way Back When

Label: Cuneiform

Review date: Jun. 9, 2005

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Artist: Sylvie Courvoisier

Album: Abaton

Label: ECM

Review date: Dec. 8, 2003

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Artist: Tab Smith

Album: Crazy Walk

Label: Delmark

Review date: Aug. 24, 2004

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Artist: Cecil Taylor

Album: Algonquin

Label: Bridge

Review date: May. 26, 2004

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Septuagenerian’s Stew


Artist: Cecil Taylor Ensemble

Album: The Light of Corona

Label: FMP

Review date: Apr. 3, 2003

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Artist: Cecil Taylor Quartet

Album: Incarnation

Label: FMP

Review date: Mar. 17, 2004

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Artist: Trio X

Album: Roulette at Location One

Label: Cadence Jazz

Review date: Oct. 25, 2006

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Hardly Anonymous


Artist: Trio X

Album: Journey

Label: CIMP

Review date: Jun. 23, 2003

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Artist: Assif Tsahar / Cooper-Moore / Chad Taylor

Album: Digital Primitives

Label: Hopscotch

Review date: Jan. 25, 2007

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Artist: Assif Tsahar/ Cooper-Moore/ Hamid Drake

Album: Lost Brother

Label: Hopscotch

Review date: Jan. 24, 2006

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Muted Ecstasy


Artist: Tsahar/ Kowald/ Murray

Album: MA

Label: Hopscotch

Review date: Jul. 16, 2003

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Artist: V/A

Album: Waves in the Ether: The Magical World of the Theremin

Label: Rev-Ola

Review date: May. 26, 2004

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Artist: V/A

Album: Free Zone Appleby 2003

Label: Psi

Review date: Sep. 29, 2004

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Artist: V/A

Album: Angola Prison Spirituals

Label: Arhoolie

Review date: Oct. 6, 2003

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Artist: V/A

Album: Audiology II: 11 Groups in Berlin

Label: a/l/l/

Review date: Oct. 21, 2003

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Artist: Ken Vandermark's Free Fall

Album: Furnace

Label: Wobbly Rail

Review date: Jan. 9, 2004

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Artist: Robin Williamson

Album: Skirting the River Road

Label: ECM

Review date: Sep. 17, 2003

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Artist: ZZ Top

Album: Chrome, Smoke & BBQ

Label: Warner Brothers

Review date: Dec. 7, 2003

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