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Theo Travis - Slow Life

Not since Paul Horn’s acclaimed recordings in the Taj Mahal has there been a solo flute album that has created as much peace of mind. There is something to be said for looping flutes...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Terri Lyne Carrington - Jazz Is a Spirit

The talent of a prodigy does mature after a time, especially if surrounded by competent mentors in the entertainment industry. Terri Lyne Carrington came up from several very notable early...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Steve Roach - Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces

With this epic length 4CD set (also available as two 2CD sets), Roach has reached a new pinnacle of his floating ambient craft — that drifty, dreamy soft wall of sound that engulfs the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-08-01)

Steve Roach - Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces

Of the wide body of Steve Roach’s work, my favorites probably largely come from his explorations in amorphous, drifting soundscapes, so the release of a 4 CD set focusing on this surreal...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2003-08-01)

This solo release finds the Yes guitarist in a rather mellow mood, favoring light latin sounds with only sparse percussion. Paul Sutin’s keyboards and percussion provide relatively basic... » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2003-08-01)

Steve Hackett - To Watch the Storms

Hackett’s first new studio disc since 1999’s Darktown finds the guitarist in an...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-08-01)

Spring Heel Jack - Amassed

Coxon and Wales are at it again! The results of their first attempts to assimilate free jazz into techno on their last album only fueled the fire for further attempts to create valid collages...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Spaced Out - Slow Gin

Every bassist who thinks they know how to play only needs to listen to the fourth track, “Minor Blast,” on this, the third album by Canadian quartet Spaced Out; for all but a very few...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-08-01)

Soft Works - Abracadabra

A lot of excitement surrounded the formation of this band, whose early performances did not bode well, in how they were described as rather tilted towards wayward soloing. Holdsworth is the one...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2003-08-01)

Soft Works - Abracadabra

Any album that includes a Soft Machine connection and features players such as Hugh Hopper, Allan Holdsworth, and Elton Dean is due to attract quite a bit of attention. Abracadabra is a...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2003-08-01)

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