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'REVIEW: Ivas John, 'Good Days a Comin',' Right Side Up Records

If you didn't know any better, you might think, after hearing 'Good Days a Comin' (Right Side Up), that you're digging some itinerant flat- and finger-picking folk singer who rides the rails 1940s hobo-style like Woody Guthrie. Then you'd realize it's a Southern Illinois University graduate named Ivas John whose mastery of both Appalachian mountain music and Mississippi Delta blues coalesces within the soul of this one mighty fine singer-songwriter.

By Mike Greenblatt

'REVIEW: Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions, 'Istanbul Underground,' Nublu Records

East meets West in this delicious fusion of jazz, world, rock, prog, soundtrack (for a movie that doesn't exist) and engaging instrumental Euro-Pop. There's no telling where it will take you until you go there...and you find yourself wanting to return. 'Istanbul Underground' (Nublu Records), by Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions, is like walking out of your hotel room onto the main thoroughfare of the Turkish metropolis, closing your eyes and breathing it all in.

By Mike Greenblatt
'REVIEW: Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison, 'In Movement,' ECM Records

Drummer Jack DeJohnette, 73, has played on more ECM records than any other musician. Why, then, is the 'In Movement' ECM debut of his new trio with tenor/soprano/sopranino saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and electric bassist/electronics master Matthew Garrison major jazz news?

By Mike Greenblatt

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'REVIEW: Ivas John, 'Good Days a Comin',' Right Side Up Records

'REVIEW: Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions, 'Istanbul Underground,' Nublu Records

'REVIEW: Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison, 'In Movement,' ECM Records

'REVIEW: Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow, 'Andando el Tiempo, ECM Records

'REVIEW: The Mighty Orq, 'Love in a Hurricane,' Connor Ray Music

'REVIEW: Mark May Band, 'Blues Heaven,' Connor Ray Music

'REVIEW: Blind Boys of Alabama, 'Spirit of the Century,' 'Higher Ground,' Omnivore Recordings

'REVIEW: Restroy, 'Saturn Return,' Milk Factory Productions

'primephonic: Finally a Quality Digital Audio Service for Classical Music

'REVIEW: Spin Cycle, 'Spin Cycle,' Sound Footing Records

'REVIEW: Cason Fentress and the Euphonious Express, 'Clear Cool,' Self-Released

'REVIEW: Myriad3, 'Moons,' Alma Records

'REVIEW: Eric Bibb, 'The Happiest Man in the World,' Stony Plain Records

'REVIEW: Rocco John Quartet, 'Embrace the Change,' Unseen Rain Records

'REVIEW: Patrick Cornelius, 'While We're Still Young,' Whirlwind Recordings