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Arthur Blythe - Exhale (2003) {Savant Records SCD 2050}
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© 2003 Savant Records | SCD 2050
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Post Bop / Saxophone

Arthur Blythe's alto saxophone was first heard in combination with Bob Stewart's tuba during the late '70s on Blythe's earliest albums Metamorphosis, The Grip, and Bush Baby. Exhale, which was released by Savant Records in 2003, was something like the 14th Blythe album to feature Stewart on the big horn. Stewart's pre-Blythe adventures included dates with Taj Mahal, the JCOA, Charles Mingus, Lester Bowie, Sam Rivers, and Gil Evans. His muscular bass clef virtuosity has always proven peculiarly well suited for interaction with Blythe's soulful soaring alto sax.

Leo Kottke - My Father's Face (1989) {Private Music 2050-2-P}
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© 1989 Private Music | 2050-2-P
Finger-Picked Guitar / Progressive Folk / Contemporary Folk / New Acoustic

Guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke has never been a fan of his own singing, observing once that it resembles "geese farts on a foggy day." Be that as it may, his voice (both vocally and lyrically) is an essential element of his persona, one he's too-often neglected. This cogent 1989 collection balances the Minnesotan's trademark knuckle-busting 12-string exhibitions ("William Powell," "Theme from 'The Rick and Bob Show'") with memorable lyric-based songs.

The Bill Holman Band - A View From The Side (1995) {JVC-2050-2 20bit K2}
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© 1995 JMI / JVC | JVC-2050-2 | 20bit K2 Super Coding
Jazz / Big Band / Post Bop

Although he never seems to win any popularity polls, Bill Holman is among the most respected and unique arrangers of the last 40 years of the 20th century. This CD features his band of the mid-'90s, an outfit that includes many of the top Los Angeles-based musicians. Holman's writing is often colorfully overcrowded (rewarding repeated listenings) yet logical, with the charts progressing and developing from beginning to end rather than repeating the same basic ideas continuously.