Eldar | Virtue

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Eldar, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Keyboards, Piano

With his fifth recording attached to his list of accomplishments pianist Eldar strengthens visionary altitude by charting rigid territory that’s captivating, vertically challenging, and his relentless dexterity is simply breathe taking! Virtue, his latest underscores his ongoing symmetric journey therefore defining himself as a impressive voice to reckon with in today’s jazz! ~ The Urban Flux

Eldar, Virtue

Eldar | Virtue [Masterworks Jazz “Sony,” 2009]

Eldar Djangirov continues hell-bent on dazzling audiences with his impressive technique, speed-demon array of notes, and music that is displaying more of a jagged edge and abject angular inventions. The staggeringly pronounced music he is making takes a different turn on Virtue, utilizing horns and synthesizers, but it’s mostly his kamikaze acoustic piano — frequently turning on a dime — that is the centerpiece. Djangirov receives help from Joshua Redman, who plays tenor and soprano sax, and trumpeter Nicholas Payton on one cut apiece, as well as saxophonist Felipe Lamoglia on four selections. Rarely displaying reserve, Djangirov is fully gassed up and ready to wail on these pieces that require acute listening skills to hear everything being dished out, but for him must seem naturally supercharged. – Michael G. Nastos

Source: AllMusic.com

Frank Morrison | Blue Notes

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African American, Art, Frank Morrison

It’s a pleasure to showcase the complex artistry of one of today’s the premier African American artist Frank Morrison …

FRANK MORRISON URBAN MANNERISM COLLECTION

Frank Morrison | Blue Notes [GICLEE]

Frank Morrison, Blue Notes

PRESTIGE RECORDS RELEASES SIDE STEPS

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African American, Bebop, Gene Ammons, Jazz, John Coltrane, PRESTIGE RECORDS, Saxophone, Sonny Rollins

A 5-CD BOXED SET OF JOHN COLTRANE’S PRESTIGE RECORDINGS
AS A SIDEMAN TO A HOST OF JAZZ LUMINARIES

John Coltrane

The artistic prowess of saxophonist John Coltrane was so expansive and influential – even in his own short lifetime, let alone in the decades since his death – that it’s difficult to quantify or differentiate his significance as a leader, a collaborator, a sideman or any other role in the jazz idiom. What’s certain, though, is that some of his most pivotal session work took place on the Prestige label in the 1950s.

Over the past three years, Prestige Records has released boxed sets of Coltrane’s numerous sessions from the mid- to late ’50s, each spotlighting a specific dimension of his tenure with the label. Fearless Leader – released in September 2006, in celebration of Coltrane’s 80th birthday – showcases his recordings as a bandleader. Interplay, released in September 2007, contains Coltrane’s early collaborative recordings with a variety of stellar musicians from the same era.