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Take Five: Fresh Sounds From Roy Ayers, Brian Landrus, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Matthew Shipp

Nate Chinen

Plus a taste of Michael Olatuja’s new album, featuring Regina Carter.Roy Ayers, “Gravity”Pardon the pun, but right about now it would make perfect sense…
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Take Five: Tony Allen Finds His Groove, Brian Landrus Goes Big, and Two Duos Take Flight

Nate Chinen

Tony Allen, “Wolf Eats Wolf”Tony Allen, the great Nigerian drummer, made his Blue Note Records debut this spring with A Tribute to Art Blakey, a digital…