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Come Take a 'Cosmic Adventure' (Sunnyside) with Scott Tixier. You'll be Glad You Did! [REVIEW]
Jim Snidero Recreates Second Great Quintet of Miles Davis on 'MD66,' Savant Records [REVIEW]
It's one thing to be in tribute to an artist, a band or a classic album. It's another thing, and one rarely done if done at all, to be in tribute to a band's fluid changes and personal interplay or chemistry. This is what alto sax man Jim Snidero accomplishes beautifully on 'MD66' (Savant). His muse is the second great Miles Davis Quintet (Hancock, Shorter, Carrter, Wlliams). Yet 'MD66' is almost all-original. 'Opaluna' by Opaluna, Ridgeway Records, is a Samba Salsa Swing Folk Hippie Bonanza [REVIEW]
A meeting of minds, cultures and genres has resulted in the self-titled debut of Opaluna (Ridgeway), a stirring duo combining samba, salsa, rock, folk, swing, modern jazz and world into a cohesive whole. Mexican-American guitarist Luis Salcedo and Columbian vocalist Susana Pineda's 10-track hour should blow your mind as the hippies of their home town of San Francisco liked to say.
