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Garmarna - Hildegard von Bingen

When I first heard that Garmarna’s next album was going to consist entirely of music by 12th Century composer Hildegard von Bingen, I was a bit concerned. But I was assured they weren’t going New...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Germán Bringas - Improvaciones en NY

To paraphrase Isaac Newton: for each number of Exposé, there is a CD released by Germán Bringas. Everything he puts out finds him in different guise: avant pop, big band...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2002-04-01)

Giles > Giles > Fripp - The Brondesbury Tapes

The early exploits of Giles, Giles and Fripp have always been a footnote considering the impact of the first King Crimson album on unsuspecting English and US audiences. Their only album, The...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Glass - No Stranger to the Skies

The little town of Port Townsend, Washington has special significance to me – I have some very fond memories from there dating back to the 70s. So when I first heard about Glass, a progressive band...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Gongzilla - Live

Musically, Gongzilla is the branch of the Gong family tree which favors instrumental fusion with heavy guitar and vibraphone. Historically, Gongzilla is the descendent of Pierre Merlin’s Gong...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Graham Collier - The Third Colour

Graham Collier has been a consistent fixture on the UK jazz scene as composer, player, and young talent advocate since the early 60s. Being the first British jazz player to be awarded a grant for...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness

I have a tendency to run screaming from new prog albums with 60-minute tracks, but coming from the metal scene, a 60-minute track is a rare and often fascinating excursion. I guess it all depends...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2002-04-01)

Greenwall - Elektropuzzles

For this release, the “band” Greenwall consists entirely of keyboardist / programmer Andrea Pavoni. The tracks were all composed from 1994 to 1998, and comprise an interesting spectrum...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Greg Weeks - Awake Like Sleep

Awake Like Sleep is a lazy psychedelic exploration of interior spaces, and comes off a bit like a very introverted Meddle-era Pink Floyd without lead guitar. Greg Weeks has a soft...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Interférence Sardines - Zucchini

We were hideously late reviewing this fine ensemble’s debut recording, Mare Crisium (released in 1998, our review in the last issue). Hopefully we make up for it this time!...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2002-04-01)

James Blood Ulmer - Blue Blood

One of the things about blues music that always loses my interest is the relative lack of harmonic sophistication: the blues almost by definition stick to a set of three or four chords for each...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

James Johnson / Robert Scott Thompson / Ma Ja Le - Forgotten Places & Seed

James Johnson is one of ambient music’s most prolific collaborators nowadays, and as I write this, a 2 CD set with Vir Unis is also now available. The first of the two CDs in question here,...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2002-04-01)

Jan Akkerman - Tabernakel

In Focus, Jan Akkerman was one of the most interesting and distinctive rock guitarists of the 70s, and with this solo album, originally released in 1973, he showed an amazing range. Six of the ten...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Jean-Luc Ponty - Life Enigma

I’m probably not unique in my history with Jean-Luc Ponty. I discovered his inventive, melodic jazz-fusion violin playing with his albums of the 70s like Enigmatic Ocean and...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

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)

Jordan Rudess - Feeding the Wheel

Keyboard wizard Rudess has come up with a chop-filled progressive / fusion outing that should be extremely enticing to fans of the genre. The basic “band” is the remarkable Terry Bozzio...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2002-04-01)

Jordan Rudess - Feeding the Wheel

An all-star cast that includes guitarists Steve Morse and John Petrucci, drummer Terry Bozzio, bassist Billy Sheehan, and violinist Mark Wood joins Jordan Rudess for his latest release —...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2002-04-01)