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HIGH NOTES

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jan 8, 2003
Joshua Redman
Since winning the Thelonius Monk 1991 new jazz player's competition, Joshua Redman's career has been on fast-forward. His rise in popularity was propelled by a contract with Warner Brothers, his greatly noted graduation from Harvard, critical praise from the jazz press and collaborations with a long...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jan 8, 2003
Doves
During the late-'80s halcyon days of rave, Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers Jez and Andy Williams congregated with other high priests of acid-house at Manchester's Hacienda, then the mecca of club culture. But as their group, Sub Sub, evolved from beat worship into melody-driven guitar pop, they began...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jan 8, 2003
Chan Marshall
Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, was raised in the U.S. South by an itinerant pianist and didn't finish school, so it's easy to imagine that much of her childhood and adolescence was spent in her own head. Her songs, while not particularly morbid, nevertheless revel in detailed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 25, 2002
Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan: "The Sequel"
From the opening notes, Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan's "The Sequel" sounds reminiscent of Miles Davis' classic "Kind of Blue." The similar sense of cool working through minor chord changes results in a work of unhurried calm. However, Miller is not indulging in ancestor worship. Each of his bandmates...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 25, 2002
The Pascals: "The Pascals Go"
The Pascals are a quirky collection of outstanding Japanese musicians whose tunes are penned in the spirit of the French composer Pascal Comelade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 18, 2002
Ivy: "Guestroom"
Before Adam Schlesinger penned the catchy title song to Tom Hanks' directorial debut, "That Thing You Do," and formed the excellent power-pop band Fountains of Wayne with Chris Collingwood, he was the impetus behind Ivy, the New Jersey trio that pioneered the French pops revival on the U.S. East Coast....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 18, 2002
"el Christmas: The World in Winter"
Before British label el records went belly up, they were considered one of the hippest dispensers of candy-coated twee-pop and lounge music from the '70s and '80s. A holiday compilation album pulled from el's catalog of aural confectionary makes perfect sense as so much of the holiday season nowadays...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 18, 2002
Chris Botti: "December" & Ella Fitzgerald: "A Swinging Christmas"
At the end of the year, music takes an ugly turn. Blaring from speaker after speaker are the same feeble renditions of songs that sound worse with each passing commercialized year. And what's worse, you probably know all the words. Even on hearing background music, the lyrics start to circle uncontrollably...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 18, 2002
Sparkle Drives: "None But the Righteous"
A few years ago, three tall black men entered 29th Street Guitars on the west side of Manhattan. One of these men began playing the steel guitars at the back of the shop, tearing them up with the power and conviction that should be the envy of any musician. After the three men left, one of the clerks...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 11, 2002
Solomon Burke: "Don't Give Up On Me"
Solomon Burke's new album, "Don't Give Up On Me," is being touted as not only the return of one of soul music's pioneers, but the return of soul singing itself. And while the sixtysomething Burke is in great voice, the record is somewhat frustrating. Producer Joe Henry hired a dozen big-name artists...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 11, 2002
The Roots: "Phrenology"
'They have reached the level of their dreams: a major-label record deal and some international notoriety. But for all that, their concept has not yet blown up, and it is possible it won't."
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 11, 2002
Jimmy Thackery and Tab Benoit: "Whiskey Store"
The album "Whiskey Store" pairs up two guitar wizards, Jimmy Thackery and Tab Benoit, and lets the good times fly. The blues here is tough and uncompromising, but punches with sophistication and technique. It surpasses most recordings for its consistent rollicking energy and devotion to basic blues values...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 4, 2002
Christine 23 Onna: "Acid Eater"
Before you listen to "Acid Eater," you might want to gather a few fetish items; this experience is worth externalizing. Start with a surfboard, a spacesuit and a videocassette of Barbarella.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 4, 2002
"Red Hot" AIDS charity compilations: "Red Hot + Riot"
Tribute albums tend to disappoint because multiartist formats are by nature inconsistent. "Red Hot + Riot," the latest in the decade-old series of "Red Hot" AIDS charity compilations, is a glorious exception. If it's more exciting than any tribute album of recent memory, then it must have something to...
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 4, 2002
Carolyn Leonhart with the David Hazeltine Trio
Female vocalists often incite bickering in the world of jazz. To compare one singer to another will draw nothing but smirks or scoffs from those dedicated to their own divas. However, for those interested in lovely singing, Carolyn Leonhart's Japan dates this month should be welcome relief. As a relative...
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 4, 2002
Aphex Twin: "Out From Out Where"
Techno music is never short on energy, but with artists now letting their laptop algorithms call the shots, electronica often comes up dreadfully short on actual human emotion. Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) best displays this embrace of the cold, clinical side of the sampler. Most of his ambient...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 27, 2002
Sigur Ros: "Kid-A"
When listening to Icelandic postrock outfit Sigur Ros, it's easy to conjure up romantic images of their homeland: frosted clouds framing a cobalt sky, ice monoliths frozen stoically over ancient lava plains, muffled blasts of the geothermal powerhouse deep below. These postcard shots may have held no...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 27, 2002
Cyro Baptista: "Beat the Donkey"
The outrageous percussion, dance and martial arts ensemble known as Beat the Donkey is the glorious creation of the Brazilian-born multi-instrumentalist Cyro Baptista. When not beating the donkey, Baptista is a hired gun for such luminaries as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Herbie Hancock and Trey Anastasio. He's...
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 27, 2002
Wonderful Parade 2002
Every year, the pholks at Philter Records, Japan's phearless purveyors of phoreign indie pop, bring a phleet of artists to these shores for a special showcase called Wonderful Parade. Last year, the pheatured artist was Of Montreal, which has nothing to do with Canada and everything to do with the Elephant...
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 27, 2002
Weather Report: "Live and Unreleased"
Most "live and unreleased" retrospectives contain tracks that were once wisely relegated to storage bins. While such recordings are often excavated for all the wrong reasons, Weather Report's "Live and Unreleased" is the exception. This 18-track, two-CD set is an excellent selection of the band's greatest...
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Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
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