

The Hokum High Rollers: Maiden Melodies
I’m breaking some of my own rules in sharing this album with you. For one I’ve no certainty that this band will be around for
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Secondhand Street Band: JKUSH & The Rhythm Section
Larger groups of musicians appearing under a shared name in different places are nothing new to jazz. It goes back at least as far as
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Original Dixieland Rock ‘N’ Roll Band: The Old Man Mississippi
Tex Rubinowitz and Bob Newscaster’s Original Dixieland Rock ‘N’ Roll Band is the result of an idea nurtured over twenty years. Tex was a superstar
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Patrick von Wiegandt and the Swanky Phenomenon
Patrick von Wiegandt is a whirlwind. You’ll spot him in Hollywood, then London, then Hawaii, then New York, and everywhere he lands he seems to
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John Hasbrouck: Don’t Walk Away from the Stove
In an era when many review copies come as downloads, or even streaming links, I was overjoyed to receive an exceptionally packaged LP with equally
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Reeder & Dag Off-the-Cuff
Two complementary musicians with distinct approaches to career “rendezvous in a Manhattan apartment” and record spontaneous arrangements of American Songbook material. Grand piano and snare
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