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Jean-Luc Ponty - Life Enigma

Ponty has staked out a claim over the past 30 years as fusion’s best-known violinist, and he has made numerous albums that belong in the Fusion Hall of Fame (if such a thing existed). He has...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2002-04-01)

Jeff Johnson Trio - Free & The Art of Falling

Bassist Jeff Johnson is one of the regulars in the Origin Records stable, and these two releases see him as leader, first of a trio with drummer Billy Mintz and reedman Hans Teuber, then with a...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

John Greaves - On the Street Where You Live

With this collection of seventeen tracks, John Greaves forgoes his skill for obtuse arrangements and bawdy bass playing for a strictly vocal pass through latenight torch singer terrain. Assisted by...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

John Martyn - Live at The Town and Country Club 1986

John Martyn has been writing personal songs and singing them in his inimitable style for quite some time now, and while he has never become the household name that Van Morrison or Joe Cocker has,...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Kit Watkins - The Gathering & Music for the End

Fans of Happy the Man, beware. These three live CDs are more in the realm of ambient space music than progressive rock. Taken together, they document the musical happenings on the night of March...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Kraan - Live 2001

[Regarding Live 2001]

During the 70s they were Germany’s premiere progressive funk-groove band, beginning their career not far from the jazzier side of the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2002-04-01)

L'Ensemble Rayé - Ein Fest für Pu den Bären

L’Ensemble Rayé’s third (I believe) release is the soundtrack for a Swiss version of Winnie the Pooh. The tunes, mostly instrumental, are a charming combination of innocence and art,...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Lenny White - Venusian Summer & Big City

Looking back thirty years later on the “golden age” of jazz-rock fusion, we tend to focus on the super tight unison lines and complex rhythmic structures of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Marble Sheep - Stone Marby

This album sees Marble Sheep back together in the studio for the first time since about 1993, and a finer example of heavy Japanese psychedelic music I could not name. There are bits of Hawkwind,...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Mujician - Spacetime

Acclaimed UK improvising quartet Mujician is quite possibly the best telepathic set of players on the planet. Pianist Keith Tippett, together with saxophonist Paul Dunmall, bassist Paul Rogers, and...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Mushroom - Foxy Music

Patrick O’Hearn is a fervent disciple on the improvisational side of 70s jazz. Reviving the disparate elements of a groove-informed beat is merely part of his pathway through each band album...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Natsuki Tamura - White and Blue

Relying on a minimalist instrumentation (trumpet, sundry percussion, and drums), composer Natsuki Tamura is interested in filling space not only with free jazz excursions but also with textural...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Niacin - Time Crunch

Time Crunch is Niacin’s fifth overall release and second on Magna Carta. Like their other albums, the music is all-instrumental keyboards / bass / drums. However, the band’s...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2002-04-01)

Oliver Wakeman with Steve Howe - The 3 Ages of Magick

[Regarding The 3 Ages of Magick]

The sons of Rick Wakeman are slowly beginning to follow in their father’s large footsteps as both acclaimed keyboardists and composers....

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Oskar Aichinger - To Touch a Distant Soul

Mainland European Jazz is a true mystery looking from this continent eastward across the Atlantic. To keep tabs on what is happening, what impact there is, and how volatile a jazz scene may be,...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Peter Blegvad - Choices under Pressure

Choices under Pressure is a career retrospective done in a rather oblique (and typically Blegvadian) manner. He has rerecorded more-or-less acoustic versions of some of his best songs from...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live

At long last, a legitimate live release of Pink Floyd’s The Wall is available! The band played this magnum opus in full a mere 29 times, in only four cities. Even bootlegs of it are...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2002-04-01)

Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34: The Complete Trip

History: In 1992, Porcupine Tree was a little-noticed solo project of Steven Wilson. The first album had made little splash on the progressive psychedelic scene. Wilson decided to bring a little...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Pulsar - Bienvenue au Conseil d'Administration

Coming off the success of their first three albums, and facing the rise of the punk esthetic with its corresponding decline in the popularity of complex music, Pulsar began to work within the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Raoul Björkenheim - Apocalypso

The only other release by Raoul Björkenheim I’ve heard is the collaboration he did with Nicky Skopelitis from 1997. I liked that a lot, but with two guitarists, you never know...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)