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Since returning to active playing in 2005 after a career as a boxing manager, pianist Charles Farrell has released eleven CDs, played with Ornette Coleman, and received a composers grant from The Hillsborough County (Florida) Arts Council (resulting in the CD Cass Street Bridge, Tampa, Florida 2007). He is a Boxing Writers Association of America prize winner. His most recent CDs, “Cats & Dogs” and “Live in Cambridge,” featuring his collective trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Jim Schapperoew, were recorded in September, 2011. Two solo piano albums “Weather” and “8029 North Nebraska” were also released in 2011.

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Spike Wilner, La Tendresse…

Pianist Spike Wilner was first brought to my attention by the saxophonist… more »

Irène Schweizer, To Whom It Ma…

I wonder if even the most knowledgeable of jazz listeners in the U.S. tak… more »

Benny Moré, Cuba, Cubaneando…

Once or twice in a generation, a figure turns up in music whose influence… more »

Steve Lacy Quintet, Estilhacos…

The late soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy is better represented through rec… more »

Masabumi Kikuchi Trio, Sunrise…

Pianist Masabumi Kikuchi plays like he's trying to wrestle something new … more »

Bruce Katz Band, Transformatio…

Pianist/Hammond B3 player Bruce Katz mines the informed equidistance betw… more »

Charles Gayle Trio, Streets…

Tenor saxophonist (and occasional clarinetist, pianist, violinist and sto… more »

Mark Turner, SOLOS: The Jazz S…

The early 21st century has produced few more intelligent voices in contem… more »

Ahmad Jamal, It’s Magic…

Pianist Ahmad Jamal has recorded a considerable number of albums, but It'… more »

Leny Andrade, The Best Of (Liv…

Leny Andrade has a voice as big as the world. It wouldn't be out of the q… more »

Don Perignon Y La Puertorrique…

Don Perignon leads a big, glossy, meticulous band that simply never misse… more »

Ismael Miranda, Tequila Y Ron…

With his slightly nasal voice, which generally pitched somewhat sharp, Is… more »

Andrew Hill, Compulsion…

The darkest of jazz composers and band leaders, Andrew Hill, in creating … more »

Clyde McPhatter, Lover Please:…

He wasn't as smooth as either Jackie Wilson (who emulated him) or Sam Coo… more »

The Drifters, The Good Life wi…

Songs from Broadway musicals and Tin Pan Alley often find sympathetic int… more »

Eddie “Guitar Slim…

Doug Sahm called him "that great Sagittarian," and did a devout cover of … more »

Dave Douglas, GPS, Vol 2: Oran…

It may not seem kind to refer to a man still in his 40s as an "elder stat… more »

Alan Wilkinson, Practice…

Practice is Alan Wilkinson's State of the Union saxophone précis. It take… more »

David S. Ware, Organica (Solo …

A few decades can make a world of difference in how a jazz musician's pla… more »

Booker Little, Young Men from …

Memphis during the late '40s to early '50s was an incredible incubator fo… more »

Bud Powell, Bud Powell’s…

Pianist Bud Powell's career had near cinematic arc. He had all of the tec… more »

Miles Davis Quintet, Live in E…

Can there be any argument that (aside from possibly John Coltrane's class… more »

Thelonious Monk Quartet with J…

Two things are fairly obvious from the start of this Carnegie Hall perfor… more »

Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldma…

One of many interesting things about Hotel du Nord, an album co-led by pi… more »

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