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McCoy Tyner Has Come a Long Way Since His Coltrane Days

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
September 13, 2009

For all the years that have passed and all the music McCoy Tyner has made since he went out on his own, his membership in one of jazz history's greatest groups remains a calling card. Now 70, Tyner will always be the pianist in the original John Coltrane Quartet, which he was a part of from 1960 to 1965, when the group recorded “My Favorite Things," “A Love Supreme" and “Live at the Village Vanguard." Fresh off a trip performing ...

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Benny Golson "Diamonds Are Forever"

Source: All About Jazz
September 13, 2009

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Joseph Bowie Interview "Defunkt Soul"

Source: All About Jazz
September 13, 2009

Joseph Bowie interview “Defunkt Soul 2" This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: David Murray, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee “Scratch Perry", Erika Stucky, Henry Rollins, Rhonda Smith, DJ ...

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Born to Swing: Nat Adderley Jr. Returns to His Roots

Source: Michael Ricci
September 13, 2009

Growing up in a major jazz family, the pianist, composer, and arranger Nat Adderley Jr. was destined to be a musician. His father was the powerhouse cornetist and composer Nat Adderley, who was famed for his work with his brother, the legendary alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball" Adderley. The 54-year-old pianist was born in Quincy, Fla., but grew up in Teaneck from age 5. He began playing the piano soon thereafter. “And I was just 11 when Cannonball and my father ...

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A Jazz Saxophonist Who Embraces Earnestness

Source: Michael Ricci
September 12, 2009

The saxophonist Myron Walden was cultivated at Smalls, New York’s magic garden for jazz musicians in the 1990s. There, in groups and on his own, he began to find his sound and style and temperament as an improviser, most often on alto saxophone. He’s been methodical and emotional, energetic and honest, following chord changes with a focused tone until his long notes start to ripen and burst in the upper register. He’s done this in various settings. One has been ...

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It's His Moment: Listen

Source: Michael Ricci
September 12, 2009

VIJAY IYER’S piano trio sneaked up on listeners when they weren’t really paying much attention to it. It was there in some of the best parts of Mr. Iyer’s impressive recent quartet album, “Tragicomic” (Sunnyside), that don’t include the group’s saxophonist, Rudresh Mahanthappa; it surfaced in occasional gigs or commissions over the past four years for the band’s three other musicians, the pianist Mr. Iyer, the bassist Stephan Crump and the drummer Marcus Gilmore. But “Historicity,” to be released on ...

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Dirty Projectors: Clear Vision

Source: JamBase
September 11, 2009

By: Andrew Bruss

Dirty Projectors For a group that's been touring and recording for the better part of the past decade, Dirty Projectors didn't break into the blogosphere hype machine until the second half of 2009. The release of their latest studio album, Bitte Orca (released June 9 on Domino), has earned them billing on an array of major festivals, an opening slot on tour with TV On The Radio, and the very public adoration of both David Byrne and ...

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Paul Motian Trio Still Leading the Jazz Vanguard

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
September 10, 2009

Jazz has its fair share of musical characters. It's the improvisers' stock and trade to take that personality and translate it through their chosen instrument. While, of course, there are past legends that range from sophistication of Duke Ellington to the rabid virtuosity of Art Tatum to lyrical nuance of Lester Young to the angular brilliance of Thelonious Monk, there are countless others, some even living today. You'll not find a trio of more disparate strong ...

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