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Review by ...., March 13, 2001
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This review is from: Freedom Vessel (Audio CD)
OK, we are sickened by the amount of fun these guys arehaving. What's the matter with desolate guilt ridden music? Well, totell you the truth, it ..., so here we bring you some brassy jazzthat wipes the cool off the mirror and hazes it up with somethingincredibly hot. George Kahn is what the teeming listeners wouldconsider a `mature' composer and musician, in the sense that heincorporates what we here in the Land of Phrygia Musical Appreciationand Phenomenal Artists College feel to be the most intense, if not themost difficult, music to master in the world. Classical music hascadence, structure, and is imprisoned or freed by the conductor. Butwhen it comes to pure agility and stamina, Acid Jazz outshines anyother genre in the abilities of the artists. That's where the crucialelement comes in? Is it credible? For George, we would have to say no,it's not that credible. It's ... Incredible!
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SWEET SOUNDS, May 19, 2006
This review is from: Freedom Vessel (Audio CD)
Free-flowing as usual, George Kahn makes his music seem so effortless! His love of what he plays is rather evident. Check out those ivories! This collection of musicians is a smashing quintet! Eric Marienthal and Bobby Rodriquez are perennial favorites.
"Evan's Seven" is as smooth as silk with the intermingle of George's piano keys and Eric's sweet sax. "Freedom Vessel", the title song, is satisfying yet soothing. A certain smoldering tension exists in "Bill and Gil's Excellent Adventure". Eric's sax will blow the top of your head off and George's piano is creatively frenetic. Then add Bobby's trumpet to the mix and you have a wonderful experience that is over eight minutes long! George plays a touching tribute to Judy Garland on the piano in "Over The Rainbow". "The Garden" is a gorgeous finale with Bobby on trumpet and George on piano.
Once you are "hooked" on the music of George Kahn, you are a fan for life. But beware, this is a musician with a rare talent who knows how to pick an entourage to back him. Buy and enjoy!
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Freedom Vessel, February 25, 2001
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FREEDOM VESSEL by jazz pianist George Kahn, features trumpeter Bobby Rodriguez in a tight sextet format. Most of the original compositions are homages to the various influences in George‚s life, from Gil Evans>to Miles Davis. It‚s a straight-ahead treatment, if that‚s your cup of tea, though his interpretation of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, does skirt dangerously close to nostalgic sappiness (but I love that tune, so who cares). This is balanced out by a whimsical treatment of The Way You Do the Things You Do. You can check George out online at http://www.MP3.com/georgekahn See for yourself.
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