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Take Five With Lisa Hilton, Revisited

by AAJ Staff
December 6, 2022

Meet Lisa Hilton Lisa Kristine Hilton is a composer, pianist, producer and bandleader. Growing up on California's beautiful central coast, Hilton was so entranced with the piano that she taught herself to play with a colored keyboard guide and composed simple songs before beginning piano lessons. Attending college in San Francisco, she missed the creativity she had ...

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Take Five with Neal Barnard of CarbonWorks

by AAJ Staff
December 6, 2022

Meet Neal Barnard: Raised in North Dakota's cattle country, Neal Barnard grew up studying piano and cello. Barnard started composing and recording songs in the 80s. With a penchant for the avant-garde, Neal constantly writes songs that defy any genre categorization. He chooses unconventional time meters as well, in order to “tilt the song ever so ...

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Freddie Hubbard: Complete Blue Note & Impulse

December 6, 2022

Even if you own all 10 of the Freddie Hubbard albums covered on The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse '60s Studio Sessions, the newly released seven-CD set from Mosaic Records, this box is a must. The albums in the box were recorded between 1960 and 1967. First, the box's sound is fantastic. It's much ...

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Backgrounder: Leny Andrade, 1968

December 3, 2022

In 1968, Brazilian singer Leny Andrade released an album with celebrated vibraphonist Breno Sauer. The album, Leny Andrade, was recorded in Mexico, where Andrade would spend five years before moving on to the U.S. and Europe. On the album, Andrade and Sauer were joined by Adão Pinheiro (p), Portinho (b) and Erneo Eger (d). Many Brazilian ...

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Wes Montgomery Live in Europe, 1965

December 1, 2022

Fortunately for us, guitarist Wes Montgomery went over to Europe in the spring of 1965 and toured. We're lucky, because Montgomery wound up on European TV shows during many of his stops, resulting in lots of video clips. Yesterday, I decided to string together all the live 1965 dates I could find on YouTube, giving you ...

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Bill Evans: Soundcheck in Paris, 1979

December 1, 2022

Forty-three years ago, on November 26, 1979, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera were booked to perform at Theatre de la Ville at Espace Cardin in Paris. The concert that evening was recorded for broadcast, and the two subsequent live albums would become known as The Paris Concert/Edition One and The Paris ...

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Oscar Peterson: Live in Zurich, 1971

November 29, 2022

Pianist Oscar Peterson had some year in 1971. He recorded Oscar Peterson in London (in March), In Tune with the Singers Unlimited (in July), Reunion Blues with the Milt Jackson Quartet (in July), In Concert (in July) and Great Connection (in October). What all of these albums have in common is they were recorded in Europe. ...

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Take Five with Bob Holz

by AAJ Staff
November 28, 2022

Meet Bob Holz Bob studied at Berklee College of Music with Gary Chaffee andJoe Hunt. He went on to study privately with Billy Cobham. Bob has worked with John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Ralphe Armstrong, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke, Darryl Jones, Jean-Luc Ponty, Dean Brown, Alex Acuna, Airto Moreira, Ric Fierabracci, Brandon Fields, Chet Catallo, ...

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Video: Giants of Jazz in Holland, 1972

November 27, 2022

The Giants of Jazz was a bebop supergroup assembled by George Wein in 1971 after a riot at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., suspended the event. To recoup the losses, George sent the newly formed sextet and the festival itself out on tour. Starting in the fall, the Giants performed in Australia followed by ...