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Mike Mainieri - Crescent - NYCTwo Greats Remembered. Mike Mainieri - Crescent - NYC 6041: (Mike Mainieri, Vibraphone; Charlie Mariano, Alto Saxophone; Dieter Ilg, Double Bass) It’s always tragic when we lose another talented jazz player. Recently,...

Mike Mainieri - 12 Pieces and Crescent  was first introduced to vibraphone artist Mike Mainieri via a CD of his from last year, namely 12 Pieces, featuring Mainieri and guitarist Marnix Busstra.  It contains some beautiful work.  I listened to it a few...

Lamperetta's Jazz Beat: Mainieri, Ilg, Mariano re-imagine Coltrane's legacy by James Lamperetta John Coltrane is a towering figure in the world of jazz. Though he recorded for only 20 years, he infused his music with a level of instrumental virtuosity and...

Trane tributes remain a reliable if sometimes rote jazz tributary. Vibraphonist Mike Mainieri seems to recognize their resilient ubiquity on this outing, tweaking the formula in a number of intriguing ways and coming up with a program both familiar and...

Editor's Picks by Ed Enright On this two-CD set, recorded in 2005 with the since-deceased alto saxophone great Charlie Mariano, vibraphonist Mainieri pays tribute to the music of John Coltrane. Joined by bassist Dieter Ilg, the drumer-less trio covers...

By Mark Corroto Nearly forty-five years after the death of John Coltrane, jazz players still feel compelled to negotiate his music. Young cats wrestle with the harmonic complexities and attempt to conquer the saxophonist icon's mighty energy. Luckily,...

by Pete Pardo Mike Mainieri should be no stranger to jazz and fusion fans alike, as the vibraphone legend not only played with Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Billy Holiday, and Wes Montgomery, but also fronted his groundbreaking jazz-fusion act Steps Ahead...

Mike Mainieri with Charlie Mariano and Dieter Ilg, “Crescent” (NYC, two discs). There are quite a few notable and appealing things about this two-disc tribute to the music of John Coltrane led by the vibraphonist most famous for his band Steps Ahead....

BY C. MICHAEL BAILEY The special duet relationship shared by vibraphonist Mike Mainieri and alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano was captured and released as Crescent, on the suggestion of the then dying Mariano. The result is one of those special odd trio...

Mainieri has worn many skins over the course of his career.  When you own your own label, you have the freedom to do it your way as well.  This double cd is the product of passion throughout.  The vibe player teams with sax man Charlie Mariano, in what...