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Stranger Things by James Bazen
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7 tracks | 49 minutes
Released May 2003
on James Bazen
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:07 Gentle Breeze lyrics BUY MP3 07:07 Gentle Breeze lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:07 Gentle Breeze
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 Frenzy lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 Frenzy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 Frenzy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:43 Afternoon of A Cat lyrics BUY MP3 07:43 Afternoon of A Cat lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:43 Afternoon of A Cat
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:16 Time Again lyrics BUY MP3 06:16 Time Again lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:16 Time Again
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:09 Stranger Things lyrics BUY MP3 06:09 Stranger Things lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:09 Stranger Things
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:55 I Thought About You lyrics BUY MP3 06:55 I Thought About You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:55 I Thought About You
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"Beneath the mild-mannered exteriors beats the soul of the Blakey-Silver tradition" - JazzTimes Feb. 1992
Bio / Background
AMG REVIEW: Native Floridian James Bazen arrived in Maryland via North Carolina, New Orleans, and Chicago before ending up among the environs of Washington, D.C.
He started a booking agency cum record company called Music Unlimited to record his material.
On this the initial release, Bazen relies principally on his own compositions, along with a piece by trumpet/flügelhorn player Mike Davis with a classic standard as the penultimate item on the program.
Compositional skills are not wasted on Bazen.
Some of the material recalls the hard-blowing days of the Blue Note/Prestige releases of the 1950s, such as the aptly named "Frenzy." On the other end of the spectrum, "Gentle Breeze" gets the smooth jazz treatment as Bazen takes up the horn of choice for that style, the soprano sax, working with the other mainstay of smooth, Mark Cook's synthesizer.
Acoustic regains preeminence especially on a well-conceived Mike Davis-composed "Time Again.
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