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'REVIEW: Steve Turre, 'Colors for the Masters,' Smoke Sessions Records

Trombonist/Composer Steve Turre is not only creating 'Colors for the Masters' (Smoke Sessions Records)...but colors WITH the masters. Yeah, this session must have smoked alright! One of the greatest living trombone men, Steve Turre, has, as his core band, none other than bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Jimmy Cobb, masters all, on five originals and five standards.
  • 'REVIEW: John Beasley, 'Presents Monk'estra Volume #1,' Mack Avenue Records

    Who better than Monk Institute Music Director John Beasley to finally create something that might have been thought of years ago: the concept of a "Monk'estra," which is, of course, a full-fledged 15-man orchestra doing nothin' but the hard, complex, circuitous compositions by The High Priest Of Bebop, baby, Thelonious Monk [1917-1982].
  • 'REVIEW: Eddie Turner & Trouble Twins, 'Naked...In Your Face,' 7-14 Productions

    Born in Cuba, raised in Chicago, Eddie Turner played in San Francisco with Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth in the 1970s, Colorado's hard-rock Zephyr in the 1980s and The Otis Taylor Band in the 1990s. In the new millennium, his 2005 'Rise,' 2006 'Turner Diaries' and 2010 'Miracles & Demons' made him his generation's equivalent of Hound Dog Taylor or Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Now, he's 'Naked...In Your Face' (7-14 Records) on his first ever concert CD.
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