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Bassist/composer Jay Anderson is among the most versatile and respected jazz artists performing today. Born in 1955 in Southern California, Anderson be gan playing acoustic bass at the age of 12. Throughout junior high, high school, and college, Anderson won numerous awards for excellence in both jazz and classical music. One week after receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Performance from California State University at Long Beach, Anderson was asked to join the Woody Herman Orchestra. After touring with the “Herd” for a year, he was called by Carmen McRae and performed with the legendary singer for the next two years. In 1982 Anderson made the decision to move to New York City

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Article: Interview

Meet Brian Lynch

Read "Meet Brian Lynch" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


This article was first published at All About Jazz in March 2000.Though many of his peers have received far more attention from the public and press, the fact is that Brian Lynch is one of the most experienced and talented jazz trumpeters of his generation. Growing up in the Milwaukee area, Lynch took advantage ...

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Article: Play This!

Jay Clayton: Looking Back (Reflections)

Read "Jay Clayton: Looking Back (Reflections)" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, Jay Clayton (October 28. 1941--December 31, 2023) summoned the courage to move to New York in 1963, finding her way into the free jazz scene at a time when singers (excluding Jeanne Lee and a few outliers) were simply not within the ranks of the jazz avant-garde. Her free jazz ...

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Holidays

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Snowbound; My Favorite Things; Solstice; Blue Xmas; What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?; Sleigh Ride; A Child is Born; The Christmas Song; I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

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Voices in Flight

Label: GAM Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Questions and Answers (Play Pen); Ditto; With You (Orange Blossoms) - Body and Soul; You (Hum); Beloved; Beginner; Looking Back (Reflections); Soaring (Lotus Blossom); Haperchance; Eagle Poem; He's A Man (Sagittarius); Like Water Off A Stray Dog; Badadadat; Wondering.

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Empathy

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: If I Should Lose You; Table Steaks; Namely You; Fourth Right; Waltz for Debby; Dolphin Dance; I Wish I Knew; Speak Low.

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Article: Album Review

Jeremy Monteiro: Sings

Read "Sings" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Singapore's King of Swing, as pianist Jeremy Monteiro is fondly known in the Lion City-state, has been plying his professional craft since 1976. Since then, Monteiro has played thousands of gigs, many of those with the likes of James Moody, Jimmy Cobb, Michael Brecker, Benny Golson, Charlie Haden, Jay Anderson and Ernie Watts. Talk about paying ...

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Article: Album Review

Tim Lin: Empathy

Read "Empathy" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Saxophonist Tim Lin, still fresh enough on the scene to be described as a “young lion," tips his horn to a number of his mentors on Empathy, his second album as a leader, following 2021's Romance on Formosa. As on that earlier album, Lin, a first generation Taiwanese-American (from Fremont, CA), has chosen a charming blend ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Magos Herrera, Karl Berger, Asher Gamedze, Gretchen Parlato & More

Read "Magos Herrera, Karl Berger, Asher Gamedze, Gretchen Parlato & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


A remembrance of Karl Berger, the stunning new album by Magos Herrera, and a whole bunch of projects you can find along the Johannesburg-New York-Chicago expressway. Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sam Butler “Storybook" Folklore (Shifting Paradigm) 0:16 Host talks 5:30 Karl Berger, Kirk Knuffke, ...

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Article: Album Review

Karl Berger: Heart Is A Melody

Read "Heart Is A Melody" reviewed by Dave Linn


Karl Berger, one of the more unsung and underrated jazz musicians of our time, passed away on April 9, 2023. He had just turned 88 years old. Berger released several dozen albums as a leader and scores more as a sideman. His discography reads like a Who's Who of modern jazz. He recorded with people such ...


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