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Gato Barbieri: El Sertao (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

It's a shame that Barbieri, after rediscovering his South American musical roots in the '70's after flirting with the...

Chick Corea and Return to Forever: 500 Miles High (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 12, 08

Before Return to Forever became an electric fusion powerhouse, they were a mostly acoustic outfit that presented a he...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TUNES THAT TAKE YOU PLACES

Artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's Note: Walter Kolosky recently contributed memorable Dozens columns o...

Chick Corea & Return to Forever: Light as a Feather (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 29, 09

Light as a Feather was Return to Forever's second album. Because the first record, Return to Forever, wasn't released...

Miles Davis: Little Church (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

The wonders of this piece are many. You can listen two different ways with contrasting results. The focused vantage y...

Keith Jarrett: The Magician in You (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Expectations was Jarrett’s only recording for Columbia and it was the earliest masterpiece in his career as a bandlea...

Stan Getz (featuring Chick Corea): La Fiesta (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 24, 07

Stan Getz was not just one of the greatest tenor saxophonists in the history of the music, but also an acute judge of...

Michel Portal: The Sandpiper (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 10, 08

French reeds wizard Michel Portal is an endless searcher and traveler. He is a respected clarinetist in the classical...

Wayne Shorter (with Milton Nascimento): Miracle of the Fishes (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

With his 1975 release Native Dancer, Wayne Shorter fully embraced the Brazilian influence that had been present in h...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Wayne Shorter: Children of the Night (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

"Children Of The Night" appeared frequently on set lists for Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers during Wayne Shorter’s tenu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Keith Jarrett: Common Mama (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

(Editor's note: With the enormous amount of revered material Keith Jarrett has released as a solo performer and with ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

Atypical experimentalism rules Antonio Carlos Jobim's "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun." The hippie-minded ...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Andorinha (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

"Andorinha" sounds like most Jobim from the era, complete with a few added musical features. The electric keyboards ...

Milton Nascimento: Courage (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 24, 09

"Although Nascimento speaks little English," Ralph Gleason writes in the liner notes to this release, "he sings it wi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILTON NASCIMENTO

Milton Nascimento rose to fame a few months after “The Girl from Ipanema” earned its Grammy as “record of the year....

Moreira, Airto (Guimorva) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Moreira, Airto (Guimorva), percussion, drums, singer; b. Itaiopolis, Brazil, 5 August 1941. Itaiopolis is a small vil...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Brazil (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 19, 08

There are many places to start with Ary Barroso's wonderful song written about his homeland. All of the essential ele...

Return to Forever: Captain Marvel (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 06, 09

Return to Forever's first album marks one of the greatest accomplishments in fusing Latin music with jazz. Although t...

Return to Forever: Spain (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 06, 09

"Spain" is the best-known and most-covered song Chick Corea has written in his 40+ year career. Regarded as one of th...

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: Peace One (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

No less a guitarist than Pat Metheny says that this album changed guitar playing. It was in the midst of the hea...

Donald Byrd: Estavanico (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Electric Byrd is Donald Byrd's most appealing effort from his brief fusion period, which predated his R&B work with t...

In Conversation with Anat Cohen and Duduka Da Fonseca posted in Features and Interviews April 25, 09

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