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Tangerine Dream - Live in America 1992 (2011)

September 6, 2011

Tangerine Dream—or as they were known, back when I was in school: The guys who did the weird music for the “Risky Business" soundtrack—had gotten significantly less weird by this point. Founding member Edgar Froese is the lone hold over from Tangerine Dream's 1971-77 whoa-man synthesizer-soundscape hey day, a period that also included keyboardist Peter Baumann ...

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Trio 3 Plus Geri Allen - Celebrating Mary Lou Williams Live at Birdland New York (Intakt, 2011)

September 6, 2011

When the pianist Geri Allen joined the well established Trio 3 (Oliver Lake on alto saxophone, Reggie Workman on bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums) it proved to be an auspicious occasion, captured on this album live in concert at Birdland in New York City. While the participants have serious avant-garde cred, they have no problem ...

News: Recording

Jazzwax List: Labors of Love

September 5, 2011

On Labor Day, we wistfully celebrate the end of summer and hope to take advantage of sales. But originally, the holiday was created to give workers a day off. The first Labor Day dates back to 1894, following the deaths of unionized workers by the U.S. Military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike. To commemorate ...

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Harris Eisenstadt - Canada Day 2 (Songlines 2011) ****a1/2

September 5, 2011

By Joe Higham Personnel: Nate Wooley: trumpet; Matt Bauder: tenor saxophone; Chris Dingman: vibraphone; Eivind Opsvik: bass; Harris Eisenstadt: drums, compositions. One might expect daring musical adventures from this group of forward thinking musicians, yet the album the second in the Canada series, is not as avant-jazz as one might expect, however that doesn't mean it's ...

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John Coltrane - The Impulse! Albums Volume 4 (Hip-O Select, 2011)

September 5, 2011

This ongoing series of boxed sets has been taking the recordings of saxophonist and composer John Coltrane and restoring them to their original LP format, stripping alternate takes, extra liner material and the like while returning the music to its originally released format, with the artwork and notes as appeared during their first release in 1965-1968. ...

News: Festival

The Night the Music Stopped in Detroit

September 5, 2011

This is my fourth consecutive Detroit Jazz Festival and I have always been amazed at the weather—I've only sat through one rainy set and we had some off and on drizzle another afternoon. Until tonight. Fortunately I had taken a break to meet friends for a bite so I was not actually caught by the storm ...

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Gimme Five: The Pat Metheny Trio

September 4, 2011

By Mark Saleski Many artists, when asked to pick a favorite from their own discography, will lean toward their most recent release. Sure, I can see that. You work on new material, it's fresh and exiting, and right there in the front of your mind. I've wondered what Pat Metheny's response would be if he was ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2011 Jazz Preview, Part Two

September 4, 2011

Today, we continue with part two of our video sampler previewing some of the touring jazz and creative music performers who will be visiting St. Louis this fall. (For part one, see this post.) First up is guitarist Stanley Jordan, who will be here with his trio to perform ...

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News: Performance / Tour

A Tour of Treme with Donald Harrison and Glen David Andrews

September 4, 2011

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE I welcomed Donald Harrison (alto saxophone, congas) and Glen David Andrews (trombone) to our studios on Thursday, both of whom were born in New Orleans' Treme neighborhood, cut their musical teeth on the music of Treme, and can be seen in the HBO television series, Treme. Currently ...

News: Festival

Massachusetts Welcomes Tourists This Labor Day Weekend

September 4, 2011

Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox Officials at the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism are putting out the welcome mat for visitors to enjoy Labor Day weekend in Massachusetts, with a full schedule of fun and inexpensive travel ideas. Executive Director Betsy Wall told The Boston Globe, “The storm has come and gone, but summer is ...