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Album Review

New Vocabulary: New Vocabulary

Read "New Vocabulary" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 3, 2015

Saxophonist Ornette Coleman has such an original voice that his horn would be recognizable if he sat in with a Japanese noise band. Like late-Miles Davis appearances, the pleasure is hearing his distinctive blues-drenched sound, the plaintive cry of his alto saxophone. He last surfaced, on a recording that is, with Sonny Rollins' Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy, 2011) making a guest appearance in 2010 at the Beacon theatre to accompany Rollins on “Sonnymoon For Two." New Vocabulary ...

Live Review

Soule Monde at Higher Ground, South Burlington, Vermont

by Doug Collette
January 3, 2015

Soule Monde Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington, VT December 27, 2014 Since they began playing as a duo a few years ago as Soule Monde, drummer Russ Lawton and keyboardist Ray Paczkowski have refined the chemistry they discovered as perennials in the Trey Anastasio Band. Opening slots like the ones this late December weekend at Higher Ground will only serve to heighten their visibility while simultaneously deepening their musical camaraderie. Opening with numbers ...

Live Review

Chris Isaak Holiday Tour 2014 at the Paramount

by Christine Connallon
January 3, 2015

Chris Isaak Holiday Tour 2014 The Paramount Huntington, NY December 18,2014 A week before Christmas, the chilly winds swirling around the north shore of Long Island welcomed Chris Isaak and his band to the Paramount in Huntington for his 2014 Holiday Tour. Holiday spirit was in the air and the crowd was ready for a show. The night kicked off with a short but well received opening set by singer/songwriter Jeff LeBlanc, who ...

Interview

Olivia Trummer: Threading Gold

by Ian Patterson
January 2, 2015

Singer/pianist and composer Oliva Trummer is spreading her wings. After four albums leading bands, the Stuttgart-born musician is venturing out as a solo artist, with her latest album Fly Now (Contemplate, 2014) garnering positive reviews internationally. Since appearing at 12 Points in 2013 Trummer has played with Jimmy Cobb and supported Charles Lloyd, while her 2014 tour of Ireland and the UK was crowned by a sold-out gig at the EFG London Jazz Festival. If hitherto Trummer has mainly worked ...

Year in Review

Top 25 MP3 Downloads: 2014

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2015

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured MP3 is downloaded, and the following represent our top 25 in 2014. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! 1. Duende de Luz (05:34) By: Javier Alcantara From: Short Stories (Self Produced) 2. Call Me Winter (5:37) By: Jackie Allen From: My Favorite Color (Avant Bass) 3. Ronin (6:04) ...

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Year in Review

Top 12 "Most Recommended" Album Reviews: 2014

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2015

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is recommended, and the reviews listed below represent our top twelve published in 2014. Mists--Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra Jack Cooper by C. Michael Bailey Published: September 21, 2014 Shrimp Tale Alan Chan by Jack Bowers Published: July 1, 2014 Conversations About Thomas Chapin Stefano Leonardi / Stefano ...

Rediscovery

Gong: Gazeuse!

by John Kelman
January 2, 2015

Gong Gazeuse! Virgin1976 Today's Rediscovery is Gazeuse! (released in North America as Expresso, by Canterbury-related band Gong, caught in a period of significant transition. The group first came together under the leadership of Australian-born Daevid Allen, an early member of Soft Machine who, after being denied reentry into the UK due to visa problems in 1967, remained in France and formed Gong largely around a group of French musicians including saxophonist/flautist Didier Malherbe, ...

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

January 2015

by Mr. P.C.
January 1, 2015

Dear Mr. P.C.: I was driving on a highway yesterday, and the person in front of me was going way too slow. But I couldn't pass her because there were double lines on the road and lots of curves. So instead I drove right up to her bumper and tailgated her until she drove at the correct speed. What I'm wondering is, can I do something like that to a drummer who is dragging?

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Year in Review

Top 12 "Most Read" Album Reviews: 2014

by Michael Ricci
January 1, 2015

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Album Review

Rhythm Method: By The Bye

Read "By The Bye" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
January 1, 2015

Rhythm Method--a quintet of some of Dublin's finest contemporary musicians--was founded by guitarist Shane Latimer and bassist Cormac O'Brien in 2009. Trumpeter Bill Blackmore, Rhodes keyboardist Darragh O'Kelly and Latimer form a probing three-pronged front-line, with O'Brien and drummer Shane O'Donavan plying lithe grooves. The division of labor, however, is not quite that simple, for like the Miles Davis' electric groups that seem to provide much of the collective inspiration, everyone rides the interlocking rhythms. However, whereas Davis' groups jammed ...