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ROBERT GLASPER

http://www.myspace.com/therealrobertglasper

 

 

Not long after the arrival of pianist Robert Glasper on the New York City jazz scene, Ben Ratliff of the New York Times declared that Glasper’s trio “deserves comparison with the best of the newer piano trios, those led by Jason Moran, Bill Charlap and Brad Mehldau.” So it’s fitting that Glasper has decided to feature his trio exclusively on In My Element, his ravishing sophomore release for Blue Note Records. Joined again by his compatriots Vicente Archer on bass and Damion Reid on drums, Glasper displays musical maturity well beyond his 27 years, articulating bold ideas about what a jazz piano trio can achieve in the new millennium.

 

 

JACKY TERRASSON

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For his first album since 2003’s Smile, pianist Jacky Terrasson returns with heightened vitality on a superb solo outing, Mirror. The CD is a wide-ranging collection of re-envisioned standards, a jewel of a new standard and six song-like originals, all delivered with a spontaneous joie de vivre. His first solo project has been in a germination stage for several years, as he waited for the right time to undertake the daunting challenge of going it alone in the studio.

 

STEFON HARRIS & BLACKOUT

http://www.myspace.com/stefonharris

 

 

Message to jazz fans and lovers of great music: 30 year old Stefon Harris is the most accomplished, innovative and creative vibraphonist—and marimbist—to come down the pike since Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson. Overstatement? PR hype? Naw, son. You see, Stefon has found a way to make music that is nothing less than the aural distillation of the sights, sounds, people, places, events, and culture going down, in and around him. And like his heroes, youngblood's creative muse and artistic vision is activated by what happened to him yesterday, what he's going through today and what he wants tomorrow to be. Exhibit A: Stefon Harris & Blackout's Evolution.

 

DON BYRON

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Don Byron digs into a Lester Young classic—and much more—on Ivey-Divey, the clarinet virtuoso’s fifth Blue Note release. Centered around Byron’s effervescent new trio with piano rising star Jason Moran and drumming paragon Jack DeJohnette, Ivey-Divey is a master class in jazz chemistry circa 2004—a worthy successor in spirit to tenor sax legend Young’s mid-’40s trio with Nat “King” Cole and Buddy Rich.

 

 

MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD http://www.myspace.com/medeskimartinandwood

 

Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005, is a collection from Medeski Martin & Wood that spans the five ground-breaking albums that the improvisational trio (keyboardist John Medeski, bassist Chris Wood, drummer Billy Martin) has made for the label. MMW’s unique sound (which Esquire described as “tough, driving grooves [that] split the difference between jazz and funk”), and relentless touring ethos have earned them legions of fans throughout the world. Note Bleu was released as a single-disc CD and as a double-disc CD/DVD Deluxe Edition with additional rare audio tracks, music videos, concert footage, documentaries, and photo galleries.
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