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News: Recording

Pianist Ricardo Gallo's Tierra de Nadie: The Great Fine Line

April 22, 2011

Some free improv dates are neither here nor there. Ricardo Gallo's The Great Fine Line (Clean Feed 209) manages to avoid that. It's here. By that I mean it has an immediacy. The composed sections structure the freedom in ways that bop heads frame the improvisations. Only this is not bop derived in any palpable way. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, April 22-28

April 22, 2011

Some favorites return, and we celebrate another local CD release. Not a bad way to spend a holiday weekend and hopefully a more spring-like week. Highlights, Last Week Jazz Is Now, Nownet at the Loring Theater (April 15). Jeremy Walker's swan song as music director of his nonprofit Jazz Is Now was an artistic blowout if ...

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News: Interview

Manu Dibango "Africadelic"

April 22, 2011

It's hard to believe there is a musician anywhere on this earth that could mix great jazz chops with a soulful outlook and a worldly attitude and still make it so fun and funky that it doesn't matter what allegiance you address. This stuff rocks. And, amazingly, it's just as timely now as it was back ...

News: Interview

Celebrating Time Out: Mike Richmond on Eugene Wright

April 22, 2011

2009, Dave Brubeck's musical masterpiece Time Out turned 50 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, I produced a podcast series celebrating this timeless work. Along with interviewing Dave Brubeck himself about the album, I also interviewed three additional musicians saxophonist David Sanborn, bassist Mike Richmond and drummer Bill Bruford to discuss the influential work of Time ...

News: Interview

NYU Jazz Interview Series: Lionel Loueke

April 22, 2011

Seemingly shy and gentle were my first impressions of Lionel Loueke. I found him to be somewhat reserved but brimming with great curiosity and genuine thirst for music and self expression. Lionel entered the international jazz arena only a few years ago as a student at the Monk Institute, mentored by the likes of Herbie Hancock ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Daniel Bennett Group: Peace & Stability Among Bears

by AAJ Staff
April 21, 2011

Daniel Bennett GroupPeace & Stability Among BearsBennett Alliance2010 The New York-based Daniel Bennett Group has released its third “bear album," Peace & Stability Among Bears (Bennett Alliance, 2010). The disc is the last in a trilogy of what the former Bostonian describes as a “trilogy of fables" ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: The Brass Isn't the Only Thing Blowing...

April 21, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011 ECMS Jazz Master Class with Howard Potter @ Eastman School of Music, 2:30 pm Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm A. Giannavola @Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Rick Holland Quartet @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 ...

News: Recording

Spotlight: Sounds of Brasil, Ark Ovrutski Quintet

April 21, 2011

The Spotlight Series highlights upcoming Latin Jazz musicians that have yet to reach national recognition. Many of these musicians thrive in local scenes and some tour in support of releases. All these musicians contribute greatly to the overall Latin Jazz scene, and they deserve our “spotlighted" attention. Sounds of Brasil Ark Ovrutski Quintet The ...

News: Recording

Brian Eno: New Album out 7.5

April 21, 2011

NEW ALBUM TO FEATURE POET RICK HOLLAND Roxy Music alumni/Ambient overlord/Superproducer Brian Eno is set to release his new album Drums Between The Bells on July 7. The record will feature the words of poet Rick Holland. Fans will be able to get their hands on multiple versions of the album, including CD, 12" double vinyl, ...

News: Opinion

Shift Happens: A Story of Frustration and Opportunity

April 21, 2011

This guest post comes from Bob Baker of TheBuzzFactor.com, author of “Guerrilla Music Marketing Online," Berkleemusic's “Music Marketing 101“ course, and many other books and promotion resources for DIY artists, managers and music biz pros. Here's a quick story about change that might surprise you... Leo and Harry knew firsthand that new technology has the power ...