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Article: Album Review

Wide-Eyed Lounge Cats: The Watermelon Sessions

Read "The Watermelon Sessions" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


Originally developing from rock music, jam bands have become a unique genre of music. Considering the improvised nature of the music, it is hardly surprising that many jazz artists have become major players in the jam base. Groups such as Snarky Puppy and Medeski, Martin and Wood have embraced the genre while keeping true to their ...

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Article: Album Review

Bonzo Squad: Pachyderm

Read "Pachyderm" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


The Chicago-based quartet Bonzo Squad describes their music as “comfort in chaos." While this description might give an impression of free-form experimentation, it is not the case. The chaos aspect of their sound comes from a unique mixture of structure and improvisation, and for these guys, the comfort definitely outweighs the chaos. With Pachyderm, the group ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

DouBt: Mercy Pity Peace & Love

Read "DouBt: Mercy Pity Peace & Love" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Quick, name a jazz-rock trio fronted by a dazzling virtuoso keyboardist and a prodigiously talented electric guitarist that plays in a hyper-aggressive no-holds-barred style which combines edgy free improv with a heavy '70s rock sound. If you answered “the original Tony Williams' Lifetime" you aren't alone. One current trio actively probing the outer reaches of jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 at Rockwood Music Hall, September 25 at Midnight

Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 at Rockwood Music Hall, September 25 at Midnight

Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 Saturday, September 25, 2010 At Midnight Free Admission Rockwood Music Hall (Second Stage) 196 Allen Street New York, New York 10002 Trombonist and composer Josh Roseman brings his “Joshua 3" group to Rockwood Music Hall for the first time on Saturday, September 25 at midnight. He will ...

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News: Video / DVD

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense DVD & VOD Release Due May 11

Pre-order it now at shop.allaboutjazz.com BUY IT AT shop.allaboutjazz.com Theatrical Length Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding & Bill Frisell “[Icons] depicts jazz as a living, breathing and ever-evolving musical art form, and ...

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News: TV / Film

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Four-Part Documentary

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Four-Part Documentary

Four-Part Jazz Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Jason Moran, The Bad Plus The Documentary Channel Exclusive Premiere Of All Four Episodes Begins April 20 Episode One Premieres April 15 at Jazz At Lincoln Center Paradigm Studio partners with Don Q Rum in association with Rums of Puerto Rico to present Icons ...

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Article: Album Review

Medeski Martin and Wood: Zaebos: Book of Angels, Vol. 11

Read "Zaebos: Book of Angels, Vol. 11" reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan


Just take a moment to absorb this disc's exhausting title; yeah... this probably isn't what you should pick up after drawing the name of your Erskine Hawkins-loving grandpa when figuring out whose Secret Santa you're going to be; that is, unless said grandpa has a penchant for atonal, acid-tinged klezmer-jazz. Hey, you never know. To the ...

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Article: Live Review

Medeski Martin and Wood Live: Spontaneous Combustication

Read "Medeski Martin and Wood Live: Spontaneous Combustication" reviewed by Doug Collette


Medeski Martin & Wood Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont February 21, 2008 Having launched their own record label, Indirecto, so auspiciously in 2007 with a reunion session with John Scofield, Out Louder, Medeski Martin and Wood are taking the next logical step of independent artists in charge of their ...


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