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News: Recording

Matta Gawa - Ba (2010)

October 17, 2010

By Pico Washington, D.C.'s Matta Gawa's self-described “cinematic chunks of post-hardcore improvised sound" is, however else you might describe it, standing apart from the main body of whack jazz. Sounds created from more than forty guitar pedals creating loops, sample, octave altering, various synthesized noise effects created and layered all at once and rounded out by ...

News: Performance / Tour

Martin Wind Trio and Dee Daniels at the Seasons

October 18, 2010

Hours before Friday night's concert at The Seasons Fall Festival, bassist Martin Wind's trio lost a third of its roster when drummer Matt Wilson returned home to attend to a family medical situation. Wind called Greg Williamson, who drove 150 miles from Seattle to Yakima across the Cascade Mountains in time for a quick talk-through before ...

News: Video / DVD

John Birks Gillespie's 93rd

October 18, 2010

This is the birthday of Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993). In observance, here is a remarkable confluence of the talents of Gillespie and the master composer and arranger Robert Farnon (1917-2005). The piece is Gillespie's “Con Alma," orchestrated by Farnon and conducted by him at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1985. The delay between video and audio is ...

News: Recording

CDs of Note - Short Takes...

October 18, 2010

Luciano Troja, At Home With Zindars (self-produced) This labor of love spotlights the composer, good friend and perhaps musical twin of Bill Evans. It is long overdue, because the late Earl Zindars had far more impact on Evans than he has generally been credited with. Their relationship dated to their Army days in the early1950s. Italian ...

News: Opinion

My Conversation with Wind.

October 18, 2010

By Matt Lavelle Sometimes my worlds come together. Even NYC feels the change of the seasons at times.We actually had tornadoes touch down in Queens and Brooklyn recently,ripping up and throwing trees around,.causing electrical mayhem.The last few days I've been in wind gusts blowing new yorkers right into traffic.(Stand next to a mailbox if it gets ...

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Article: Live Review

Theo Bleckmann at Le Poisson Rouge: The Music Of Kate Bush

by AAJ Staff
October 17, 2010

Theo BleckmannHello Earth! The Music of Kate BushLe Poisson RougeNew York , NYSeptember 22, 2010 Kate Bush is an iconic singer in the UK and in many other countries. As a nineteen year-old, she released her first album The Kick Inside (EMI, 1978), which contained two major hits: ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Nat Janoff

by AAJ Staff
October 17, 2010

Meet Nat Janoff:Guitarist, composer and teacher Nat Janoff is a graduate of William Paterson University, with a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance. His debut recording, Looking Through, featuring the rhythm section of world renowned electric bassist, Matthew Garrison, and drummer Gene Lake, put Nat on the map as both a player and ...

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Take Five With Jeremy Noller

by AAJ Staff
October 16, 2010

Meet Jeremy Noller: As a jazz drummer and world percussionist, Jeremy Noller represents both sides of a rare musical coin. Since his arrival in New York City in 2003, Jeremy has taken full advantage of the city's diverse music scene, performing with many of the finest jazz musicians, contemporary percussionists, and West African drummers. For his ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Jon C. McGahan

by AAJ Staff
October 16, 2010

Meet Jon McGahan:After Studies at Illinois Wesleyan University and Roosevelt University. Mr. McGahan found himself the chief arranger for both the Deja Vu Big Band and the Ron Smolen Orchestra. Since 1986, Jon has been actively composing, arranging and playing Trumpet, Trombone and Euphonium for these groups, as well as the Revolutionary Swing Orchestra ...

News: Recording

Warren Haynes Solo Album out Spring 2011

October 13, 2010

ALBUM FEATURES GEORGE PORTER JR, IVAN NEVILLE, IAN MCLAGAN, RUTHIE FOSTER, & RON HOLLOWAY Warren Haynes has revealed details of his upcoming solo album in an interview with Relix.com. The album will feature Haynes, George Porter Jr on bass, Ivan Neville and Ian McClagan (The Faces) on keys, vocalist Ruthie Foster, and Ron Holloway on saxophone. ...