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Vandermark 5 Special Edition - The Horse Jumps and the Ship is Gone (Not Two, 2010)
Multi-reedist Ken Vandermark's great modern jazz ensemble The Vandermark 5 has been one of the top flight working bands in jazz for the past two decades. On this album, the core group of Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis on saxophones and clarinet, Kent Kessler on bass, Tim Daisy on drums and Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello is ...
Take Five With Beat Kaestli
by AAJ Staff
Meet Beat Kaestli: Beat Kaestli is a Swiss vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer. When faced with the choice of a promising singing career in his homeland or broadening his musical horizon in the US, he decided to make New York City his new home. While honing his craft alongside noteworthy jazz performers, such as Jane Monheit, ...
Dave Burrell Plays His Songs Featuring Leena Conquest (Rai Trade, 2010)
Pianist Dave Burrell and vocalist Leena Conquest have both been associated with the jazz avant-garde, Burrell on the basis of some very influential records as a leader and a sideman since the 1960's, and Conquest for her wonderful singing on various projects by bassist William Parker. On this album they defy any easy pigeon holing or ...
Blues, Touch, Bop and Rhythm: In the Hands of Kenny Barron
In the midst of a tour of America's Heartland, NEA Jazz Master pianist Kenny Barron took time to address a Saturday morning gathering of students and miscellaneous enthusiasts in Iowa City, a prelude to the evening's concert with his trio and special touring partner David Sanchez. The billing information suggested a more formal presentation, but Barron ...
Afrocubism, a Stunningand Emotional Experience
By Danny Melnick President Absolutely Live Entertainment LLC The AfroCubism concert at New York City's Town Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 9 was a stunning and emotional experience. As one of the presenters of the evening, it was a great honor for me to participate in this event. The music was very inspirational in that ...
Other Places: Learning Through Hearing
Jazz as an academic discipline has made huge strides in colleges and universities, even in high schools and middle schools. Students can major in jazz studies in music departments where 40 years ago they would have been suspended for jamming in practice rooms. The University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Illinois, Berklee College ...
Jazz This Week: Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet, Victor Goines, Trio Tres Bien, and More
It's another busy weekend for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with a variety of styles, from traditional to experimental, on offer from both touring and local performers. Let's go to the highlights: Cabaret St. Louis continues their fall season this week with singer Valerie Lemon, who will perform her show spotlighting the music of ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Jovino Santos Neto (Part 2)
Whether similarities are readily apparent on the surface, musical styles share common roots from around the world. We hear an end product that has reached our ears after many different connections with established traditions. We tend to forget that these finely shaped musical products developed through a number of interactions, mostly because we don't obviously see ...
Interview: Phil Ramone (Part 4)
In 1967, Phil Ramone began engineering a string of Dionne Warwick's hits by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. If Bacharach and David were America's equivalent of Lennon and McCartney (perhaps even bigger by some accounts), then Phil was akin to George Martin. But unlike the Beatles, there was no overdubbing. Instead, everything was recorded at once, ...
Jambase Questionnaire: Soulive
Welcome back to JamBase's baker's dozen to the bright lights of the music world. Last time we heard from Rubblebucket. Jazz has been mulling over The Beatles since the Fab Four first started cranking out hits. But unlike other forms of pop opportunism in the genre, The Beatles provided sexy grist for robust jazz musicians, providing ...
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