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Claudio Roditi: Impressions

[9.May.08] :. John Coltrane makes it to Rio, as Brazil’s most unsung trumpeter pays the kind of unselfconscious tribute seldom heard up north.

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Various Artists: Beats, Bites & Öxle

[1.May.08] :. Rainer Trüby, of Trüby Trio and Jazzanova fame, concocts what is essentially a standard issue mix.

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Akoya Afrobeat: P.D.P. (President Dey Pass)

[22.Apr.08] :. Afrobeat by name, Afrobeat by nature, New York’s multicultural Akoya troupe solidify the city’s standing as retro-beat capital of the world.

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Various Artists: Miles from India

[18.Apr.08] :. Indo-jazz on a venerable scale as the cream of Miles Davis’ electric era players reconvene, not so much to reminisce on the old times as to reinvent them.

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Jackie Oates: The Violet Hour

[16.Apr.08] :. Sophomore album from West country girl Jackie Oates -- brother of Jim Moray -- suggests a new English folk dynasty may be in the works.

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Chicha Libre: ¡Sonido Amazonico!

[27.Mar.08] :. For those about to chicha, we saludos you: the man who tapped an Amazonian goldmine unveils his own homage to pre-digital Peru.

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