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A 1970s' Artifact?: Records You Simply Couldn't Hide From

September 30, 2011

By Mark Saleski Back in the 1970s, there were a handful of records you just couldn't get away from. They This was a good thing if you liked the particular record. If not, well, you were kinda screwed ... and god forbid your girlfriend/boyfriend had something on your “hate list" ... bad scene there. Heck, I ...

Sabir Mateen's Quartet Gives Us "Just a Little Something," Volume One

September 30, 2011

Tenor-reedman Sabir Mateen, through a long tenure with drum-giant Sunny Murray, with his own groups and other significant associations, has proven to be one of New York's prime avant jazz figures in recent years. He's absorbed the free tradition and realized his original, personal version of it. Albums made with his own groups can come in ...

What Jazz Musicians Expect from Journalists and Critics - PT. 3

September 28, 2011

NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson is one of the most erudite musicians, a true master of elocution and language. A man of abundant wisdom and wit, Golson is one of the most agreeable people in the music. When posed with our dialogue question, it seems this is a subject Benny has been contemplating for some time; ...

Have a Cigar!: Celebrating Pink Floyd's Massive New Reissue Project

September 29, 2011

Psych-rockers Pink Floyd and EMI are launching an exhaustive re-release campaign, beginning today. You could say that tickled us ... pink. Released under the banner “Why Pink Floyd?," the band will start by issuing remastered editions of all 14 of its albums, with a staggered schedule to follow of unreleased material from its archives for super-deluxe ...

Joe Lovano Quintet - Village Ryhthm (Soul Note, 1988)

September 28, 2011

Before saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano became a household name with his lengthy tenure at Blue Note Records, he gigged constantly and recorded both as a leader and as a sideman. This album features all original compositions save one, Charles Mingus' lush “Duke Ellington's Sound of Love." Joining Lovano on this album is a potent group ...

Jazz Around Town: Rochester Jazz over the Next 7 Days... Check It Out!

September 29, 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm Jon Greeno Trio @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm  Gap Mangione @ Pittsford Grill, 6:00 pm Michael Vidala Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Adam Unsworth & Ellen Rowe in an evening of original jazz compositions and standards for ...

Bluiett, Bistro Among Riverfront Times "Best of St Louis" Winners for 2011

September 29, 2011

The Riverfront Times' 2011 “Best of St. Louis" issue is out, and this year's winner for “Best Jazz Artist" is baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. (Bluiett also won the BOSTL award two years ago, with pianist Peter Martin getting the trophy in 2010. ) Jazz at the Bistro once again is the winner in 2011 for “Best ...

The Jazz Session #313: Wadada Leo Smith

September 29, 2011

Alvin's Swinging Cousins

September 29, 2011

In 1959, a furious race began between two sets of squeaky-voiced woodland creatures. You're surely familiar with Alvin and the Chipmunks, that trio of furry vocalists with sped-up voices who had a thing for pop music. Well, they also had company. There was a bebopping duo known as the Nutty Squirrels, created by Alexander “Sascha" Burland and ...

Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood: New Live Album out November 8

September 29, 2011

MEDESKI SCOFIELD MARTIN & WOOD TO RELEASE MSMW LIVE: IN CASE THE WORLD CHANGES IT'S MIND On November 8, 2011, Indirecto Records releases MSMW LIVE: In Case the World Changes Its Mind, a double-live album featuring guitar guru John Scofield and genrebusting improvisational jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood. Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood first recorded ...