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Album Review

Vox Arcana: Aerial Age

by Nic Jones
July 27, 2010

This is drummer Tim Daisy's working trio. His other work with Ken Vandermark has in recent years mapped out new territory for the always vibrant Chicago creative music scene. Daisy's compositions make up the whole program on this title and it's clear from them that his influences range from that city to schools outside of the improvised music continuum; if this implies a broad outlook then that's pretty much close to the truth for all the chamber music implications of ...

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Interview

Steve Cardenas: From K.C. to N.Y.C.

by Matthew Warnock
July 27, 2010

Kansas City has had a long and storied place in jazz history. From Count Basie, to Charlie Parker and Lester Young, some of the best and brightest in the genre have either been raised or cut their teeth in K.C. While there seems to be an historical tinge to the city whenever its contribution to jazz is concerned, the Paris of the Plains still produces many top-notch instrumentalist and vocalists from its clubs, high schools and universities. With such a ...

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Album Review

Tomisheep: Rhodes Trip

Read "Rhodes Trip" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
July 27, 2010

Tamas Barany studied for eight years at the Bela Bartok Music Academy in his native Hungary and in 2004 was appointed a Knight in the Order of Saint George (Eastern Europe's oldest chivalric order, established in 1326), an appointment he accepted as a pianist, accompanied by an oath to protect the origins of traditional Hungarian music.Barany relocated to Montreal as a composer, arranger and keyboardist for hire, session work that seemed to satisfy more professional needs than creative ...

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Album Review

Carmen Souza: Protegid

Read "Protegid" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
July 27, 2010

One often hears the expression, “It's all over the map." But it's rarely used been more truthfully or appropriately than when applied to Protegid, the third album by vocalist Carmen Souza, born in Lisbon, of Cape Verdean descent, and now residing in London. Singing in a colorful, eclectic Portuguese-based Creole, Souza illuminates, stretches, and snaps back the elastic connections between Latin, African and Arabic music, American jazz and the music of Cape Verde.Souza conclusively proves that the “world ...

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Live Review

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 7: Molde Jazz, Days 5-6

by John Kelman
July 27, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 [Editors Note: From July 6 to July 26, 2010, All About Jazz Managing Editor John Kelman will travel throughout Norway to cover both the Kongsberg Jazz Festival (also participating in Silver City Sounds) and Molde Jazz. He'll also spend a week between the two famous festivals in Oslo, where he'll check out the scene, talk to musicians and ...

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From the Inside Out

Sing it Out to Swing it Out!

by Chris M. Slawecki
July 27, 2010

Through samples and loops, vocalese accompaniment within a chorus, harmony behind a verse, or a featured vocalist singing standard verses and choruses, the human voice brings a warm commonality to music from almost every space and time, including these six new and recent releases. Joe Cuba A Man & His Music--El Alcalde del Barrio Fania Records 2010 Exhaustive and exhausting (because you won't be able to stop dancing), A Man & His ...

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Album Review

Daniel Meron: Directions

Read "Directions" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 26, 2010

Pianist/composer Daniel Meron makes an emphatic debut with Directions, a quintet album of stylish and original tunes. Meron grew up in Israel and was appointed Chief Musical Arranger to the Israeli military's performance troupes during his service. It's an unusual apprenticeship for a jazz musician, but on the evidence of this album it's an effective one. A scholarship to Berklee College in 2007, where he was taught by Greg Osby and Joe Lovano, was followed by a move to New ...

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Album Review

HAT: Local HAT

Read "Local HAT" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
July 26, 2010

Too much of it might be undesirable but a little psychedelia is good thing. The Catalan-based group simply called HAT offers it up on Local HAT, with its unique blend of modern jazz that touches on everything from abstract, rock, avant-garde, catchy pop-influenced hooks, and whatever else spawns from its richly diverse music environment surrounding Barcelona, Spain. The group's leaders--guitarist Jordi Matas and keyboardist Sergi Sirvent--have collaborated in various works with forward-thinking momentum, as heard in Matas' ...

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Album Review

Rich Corpolongo Trio: Get Happy

Read "Get Happy" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron
July 26, 2010

Tenor saxophonist Rich Corpolongo is a well-known figure on the Chicago jazz scene, having performed for decades with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé and drummer Barrett Deems' big band. An author of four books on improvisation, Corpolongo is known for exploring a variety of jazz styles, from standard swing to avant-garde. For Get Happy, his third release on Delmark Records, the veteran reed man recalls the piano-less trio sound of tenor giant Sonny Rollins, with a straight-ahead live ...

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Contributor News

State of AAJ: July 2010

by Michael Ricci
July 26, 2010

Dear fellow AAJ contributor, 2010 is shaping up to be the most important year in All About Jazz's 15 year history and I wanted to share our progress since our March newsletter.Index The State of AAJ Label Profile Assignments: Interested? Track Reviews Wanted The AAJ Store: Check Us Out What's Coming Soon Think Strategically New Columns Upload Your Photos to the Gallery Email Notifications: Give Your Articles a Viral Boost P. S. ...