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Take Five With The New Five

by AAJ Staff
November 7, 2009

Meet The New 5: The New 5 is a cohesive group based in Austin, TX whose sound is rooted in the post-bop tradition but with a forward-leaning edge. Four of the five members of the group have or are working on their doctorates in music from the University of Texas. Thomas Heflin and Chris Budhan have their doctorates in Performance. Michael Arthurs is finishing his doctorate in Jazz Composition. Peter Stoltzman is completing his doctorate in Music and Human Learning. ...

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Jason Lindner: Now Vs. Now

by Lyn Horton
November 7, 2009

In the debut of the project Now vs. Now, keyboardist and composer Jason Lindner seizes onto a multi-lingual, multi-faceted approach to convey a global message of peace through non-violence. The group includes Panagiotis Andreou on electric bass and drummer Mark Guiliana, providing a core for the multi-ethnic group of artists Lindner has chosen to augment his trio: Baba Israel recites his poetry as well as provides beat-box grounding; trumpeter Avishai Cohen and saxophonist Anat Cohen both add brass coloration; Yosvany ...

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Mysterium: An Electric Soundpainting Septet

by Elliott Simon
November 7, 2009

This reviewer heard drummer Eric John Eigner's Mysterium project around five years ago, about the same time as picking up on guitarist Adam Cai's Pipe (TrueFalse, 2005). Both these trio releases were thrill-rides that aurally assaulted with an instrumental and compositional mix that leaned heavily on their respective leaders. Their playing field was bounded by a stylistic mélange of free, funk and psychedelia. Since that time Eigner has come up with a bigger roller coaster, make that amusement park, and ...

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Leo Records 30th Anniversary

by Martin Longley
November 7, 2009

Vaycheslav Guyvoronsky / Andrey Kondakov / Vladimir VolkovChristmas ConcertLeo Records2008 Carl Ludwig Hubsch's Longrun Development Of The UniverseThe Universe is a DiskLeo Records2009 Various ArtistsCollaborations: 2004 and 2007 Leo Records2009 Jan Klare / Wilbert de Joode / Michal Vatcher / Bart MarisPlayed 1000Leo Records

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ECM at 40: Remembering Weather Report/Lost on the Way/The Moment's Energy/Dresden

by Jeff Stockton
November 7, 2009

Miroslav Vitous Group w/ Michel Portal Remembering Weather Report ECM 2009 Louis Sclavis Lost on the Way ECM 2009 Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble The Moment's Energy ECM 2009 Jan Garbarek Group Dresden ECM 2009

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Ron Carter: Super Sideman

by Ken Dryden
November 7, 2009

Attila Zoller/Ron Carter/Joe Chambers Common Cause Enja 2009 Sadao Watanabe with the Great Jazz Trio I'm Old Fashioned Test of Time 2009

Ron Carter has long been one of the most in-demand bassists, a talented player in both jazz and classical music. He has appeared on hundreds of recording sessions during the last five decades, ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: Koan, The Winding Shell & Labyrinth

by Wilbur MacKenzie
November 7, 2009

Tyshawn SoreyKoan482 Music2009 Jesse ElderThe Winding ShellOff2009 Jacam ManricksLabyrinthManricks Music2009 For decades, the trend has been for drummers in jazz to move away from timekeeping and towards a multi-faceted element of the ensemble's texture. This trend is particularly present on Tyshawn Sorey's new record Koan. The ...

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Chet Baker's Quiet Sound Endures

by Chris Kompanek
November 7, 2009

Chet Baker Strollin' Enja 2008 Chet Baker Broken Wing Inner City 2009 John Proulx Baker's Dozen MAXJAZZ 2009 As iconic as any jazz musician, Chet Baker's gentle, understated playing and crooning ran counterpoint to his tumultuous life. Two late life recordings capture an introspective legend, voice ...

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Miles Davis: Miles & Kind of Blue

by Stuart Broomer
November 7, 2009

Miles Davis Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Prestige Year Miles Davis Kind of Blue:Legacy Edition Columbia/Legacy Year

In 1955, after a few years working with pick-up bands and fuelled by a legendary comeback appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Miles Davis assembled the band that's since become known as the ...

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Solo Saxophones: Roscoe Mitchell, Paul Flaherty & John Butcher

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 7, 2009

Roscoe Mitchell Nonaah Nessa 2008 Paul Flaherty Aria Nativa Family Vineyard 2009 John Butcher Resonant Spaces Confront 2008 The solo horn concert was one of the landmarks of the early days of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. It wasn't without precedent (see Sonny ...