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7k Oaks - 7000 Oaks (Die Schachtel, 2008) ***1/2

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

Ferocious, fierce, frenetic, intense, wild, energetic are words that describe well the overall atmosphere of this music, yet there are moments that are calm, subdued, intimate even. The ferocity is not destructive, the four musicians build huge walls of sounds that come and go, change texture and shape, while keeping their energetic momentum most of the time. Luckily for the listener they are also clever enough to integrate some slower pieces, in which the musicians' emotional qualities, but also the ...

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Dennis Gonzalez Jnaana Septet - The Gift of Discernment (Not Two, 2008) ****1/2

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

On the first, 15-minute long track, small percussion and gong sounds lead you into a hypnotic African-tinged music, a great bass vamp, with the piano playing some inviting chords, a female voice rejoicing after some ten minutes, accompanied by a background trumpet of twice 10 seconds. And yes, you're right, this is trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez for you : all for the music, even if it means a self-effacing approach. On this percussion-heavy band he is joined by Leena Conquest on ...

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A Great Day in Indy: A Photo Tribute to the Indianapolis Jazz Legacy

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

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Revisiting Latin Jazz Classics: At the Black Hawk, Mongo Santamaria

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

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Chet Baker: Twenty Years

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

Chet Baker's life of beauty and pain ended twenty years ago tonight on an Amsterdam sidewalk. He may have killed himself. That is unlikely, in my opinion. He may have fallen from his hotel window. He may have been thrown or pushed. Either way, as hard as Baker was on nearly everyone else in his life, he was even harder on himself. Far from the first gifted artist to burn himself out, Chet did it rather slowly compared with Charlie ...

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Kirk Whalum to Headline Benefit to Relieve Poverty, Hunger and Disease in Developing World

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

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Bebop's Effect on Graphic Arts

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2008

UPA, Bebop, and other Degradations

I read on Cartoon Brew today that a debate of sorts has erupted online about the artistic merits of the animation studio UPA and the studio's contribution to the art form. Blogs point to where many reveal a misunderstanding of innovation and tradition in the arts in general. In particular, I was amused by a comment by animation theorist: I blame bebop which exerted a bad influence even on graphic art on and which wasn't ...

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New Hub for Music: Practice, Practice off Broadway

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2008

DiMenna Center for Classical Music

New York's freelance orchestras have long yearned for such a facility

The Orchestra of St. Luke's intends to buy half of a building in Clinton to create a permanent home for itself as well as rehearsal space for a dog's breakfast of local orchestras. If the plan is realized, it could represent a major boon for New York's classical music scene. The orchestra is expected to announce on Monday that it will buy part of ...

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