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

Oklahoma drummer Scott Neumann, 54, and California saxophonist Tom Christensen, 55 relocated to New York City in the late '80s, became known by gigging out a lot, formed a quartet with guitarist Pete McCann and bassist Phil Palombi, called the band and CD Spin Cycle (Sound Footing Records), yet separated themselves from the glut by including the grunge-punk "Smart Aleck" right smack dab in the middle of nine other originals.
  • 'REVIEW: Cason Fentress and the Euphonious Express, 'Clear Cool,' Self-Released

    Singer/songwriter Cason Fentress has had a long and circuitous journey but with the self-release of 'Clear Cool,' he has finally found himself amid what could have easily been a ruined life, hampered by alcoholism, meningitis and divorce. Sure, it took him a little longer to get here but 'Clear Cool' is the type of 5-song EP that leaves one hungering for what he could possibly do over the course of a full-length.
  • 'REVIEW: Myriad3, 'Moons,' Alma Records

    Get ready to take off as Canada's prog-jazz trio Myriad3, for its third CD, sets its sights on the heart of the 'Moons' (Alma Records). If 2012's 'Tell' and 2014's 'The Where' were any indications, 'Moons' is where they want to be: packed with surprise, voluptuous weirdness, classical gas and an eccentric eclectic no-holds-barred vision of instrumental music run amok.
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