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JOE GILMAN TRIO/View So Tender-Wonder Revisited V. 2: If the original Ramsey Lewis Trio had stayed together to see Stevie Wonder’s 70s heyday, you can almost imagine their record company telling them to sit down and make a record that probably would have sounded just like this. Powered by a delightfully swinging, classy jazz piano trio, this crew has their eye on the ball, their finger on the pulse and has a knack for merging two modes that reach back 40 years making it all sound right in the moment. A Stevie Wonder tribute might not be the hippest idea floating around right now but this set makes you glad someone thought of it. Check it out.
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LORI HEHR PUBLIC RELATIONS
EMILY BEZAR/Exchange: Most definitely an art chick all the way to the core, Bezar has been at this long enough that you get the feeling she’s not going to outgrow it like Laurie Anderson or Kate Bush. Existing somewhere in that vortex where Zappa meets King Crimson and goes out for coffee with Bjork, this is sincere on the edge music. Certainly not to be appreciated by fans of gossip blogs, this is where art rock resides in 2008.
1000 (DemiVox)
NICOLE ZURAITIS.COM
NICOLE ZURAITIS/Spread the Word: There’s just something about jazz songs in the classic American song bag that favors thrushes with dusky altos. Young Zuraitis has unique leg up on the field with her lighter than air voice and her understanding and appreciation of the lyrics she singing that seems to reach beyond her years. Musically, even though she’s traveling the ground we know quite well, her light but swinging touch is quite welcome. Giving us quite an accomplished outing for having to do everything on her own, this is a singer we can enjoy now and keep an eye on for the future. Hot stuff.
(www.nicolezuraitis.com)
RED CAT PUBLICITY
WEE TRIO/Capitol Diner Vol. 1: The three cats in this trio came together by happenstance in Brooklyn and proceeded to take on the kind of tour that certainly forges friendship by fire. After all the misadventures they went through, they came home and recorded this spirited vibe/bass/drum trio set in four hours. Mixing their jazz outlook with their punk ethos and some Zappa undertones, they craft a nice set of punchy new jazz. With an eye and ear for the offbeat, this crew has a knack for turning life’s lemons into musical lemonade.
2 (Bionic)
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
SECKOU KEITA QUINTET/Silimbo Passage: The master kora player checks in with a new date that’s certainly to the left of Loreena McKennitt but its African world beat energy has the kind of shot in the arm for last record could have used. Of course, you won’t understand the Senegalese vocals, but they weave nicely into this world beat tapestry. An intimate recording that never crosses the line into preciousness, this is an engaging, laid-back outing that is absolutely perfect for when you want to listen to something foreign sounding but can’t quite put your finger on what it is you want to hear. Insidiously adventurous, this is music wide open adult ears will have a hard time resisting.
2006 (World ArtVentures)
Volume 31/Number 282
August 8, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
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Lake Zurich, IL., 60047
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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