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Various Artists: “The Passion Of Charlie Parker” (Impulse, 2017)

July 25, 2017August 10, 2017 Kevin O'Connor13274

I’ll be honest, when I pulled this one out of the padded envelope, I thought: “It’s the answer to a musical question nobody asked.” Vocalese tributes to instrumental lions are as common in jazz as airplane noise in South Minneapolis, and about as welcome to this Bancroft resident. Many of them are ill-conceived and even […]

Joel Shapira: In Essence (2017)

July 25, 2017August 10, 2017 Kevin O'Connor12452

The guitar, and its distant kin, the piano, are self-contained orchestras. Few other instruments possess their range in dynamics and melodic potential. If you’re going to master either, it helps to be keenly aware of that. It also doesn’t hurt to have a universal sphere of interests. I can’t think of too many guitar players, […]

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Various Artists: “The Passion Of Charlie Parker” (Impulse, 2017)

Joel Shapira: In Essence (2017)