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News: Recording

Just Jazz!

January 11, 2011

Like many “lost" jazz albums, there is a convoluted story behind this album. But the result, certainly as presented on this Jazz Beat CD, is worth the telling. The Audio Fidelity label had helped revolutionize stereophonic recordings in 1957. By April 1962, the label commissioned the great Benny Golson, who was then at the helm of ...

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News: Interview

Introducing Roxy Coss - Going for Adds January 10, 2010

January 10, 2011

INTRODUCING ROXY COSS WE ARE GOING FOR ADDS AT RADIO STARTING JANUARY 10, 2010 New York City based musician and composer Roxy Coss is making a name for herself as a versatile, original voice within the vibrant and thriving jazz scene today. All About Jazz is saying, “Coss is head and shoulders above many of the ...

News: Recording

The Lee Shaw Trio - Live at Art Gallery Reutlingen (ARC, 2011)

January 10, 2011

I have fond memories of seeing pianist Lee Shaw many times when I was living in upstate New York, so I was excited to see that she was still playing well and releasing two albums this year, this one from a German jazz festival and another from Albany with her one time student John Medeski. On ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, January 7-13

January 10, 2011

Diversity reigns as Jazz 2011 gets underway, from the bluesy swing of Debbie Duncan to the virtuosic eccentricities of Stanley Jordan to such favorites as Benny Weinbeck and Bruce Henry and some edgy stuff from Zeitgeist. Notably absent however is the long-standing Fat Kid Wednesdays gig at the Clown Lounge, a Monday night staple for modern ...

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News: Recording

Joe Farrell CTI Classics Now on CD

January 10, 2011

During the 1960s, reed player Joe Farrell (born Joseph Carl Firrantello) had logged many hours and waxed many sides with Maynard Ferguson, Charles Mingus, Jaki Byard, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra and Elvin Jones, with whom he had the greatest opportunity to prove his mettle as a fine soloist. Still, despite these notable associations, hardly anyone ...

News: Recording

Recent Listening: Partyka-Philipp, Blackwell-Smith, Hackett-Haggart

January 9, 2011

Flip Philipp & Ed Partyka Dectet, Hair Of The Dog (ATS). In their third album as co-leaders, Philipp and Partyka make a substantial addition to the recorded history of medium-sized jazz groups. From bands led by Fletcher Henderson through Red Norvo, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Miles Davis,Gerry Mulligan, James Moody, Shorty Rogers, Dave Brubeck, Teddy Charles, ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Coming up Next Week at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

January 9, 2011

Today, let's take a look at some videos of musicians who will be performing next week at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. First up is trombonist, composer and electronic musician Christian Pincock, who's playing on Friday, January 14 at LNAC. Pincock performs using a valve trombone and a computer-based ...

News: Performance / Tour

Christian Pincock, Moyindau to Play in January at Lnac

January 9, 2011

The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center has announced two shows in January that may be of interest to fans of jazz and improvised music: Trombonist and electronic musician Christian Pincock will play LNAC on Friday, January 14. Pincock performs improvised and composed music using a valve trombone and a computer-based instrument he created using MAX/MSP software. “Using ...

News: Recording

UK - Danger Money (1979)

January 9, 2011

By Pico It's not a unique story when it's about a 70s progressive rock that went through rapid lineup changes and ultimately broke apart after “artistic differences." That's essentially the narrative of the short-lived supergroup UK, which existed roughly from 1977 to 1980. It's also not all that surprising that somehow in a group of uber ...

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News: Award / Grant

Grammys to Honor the Man: Roy Haynes

January 9, 2011

The annual Grammy Awards are a funny thing. Sometimes one wonders from what fishbowl they pulled out names to nominate for the awards. Sometimes real deserving folks win. But so much great music never any notice. And yet everyone would like one on their mantel, it only for the cachet. But dammit if they didn't do ...