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Article: Album Review

Anders Christensen Trio: Dear Someone

Read "Dear Someone" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
November 3, 2009

Throughout the years, Danish jazz has been blessed with a host of talented bassists such as Bo Stief, Jesper Lundgaard and Jesper Bodilsen, but one name, in particular, has reached across the country's borders and become synonymous with virtuosity and melodic invention. The late Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen was most famous, perhaps, for playing with Oscar Peterson ...

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News: Festival

Barcelona International Jazz Festival 2009 Complete Roster!

September 17, 2009

Here is the complete schedule for the 41 Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival, opening on October 28th with Wayne Shorter Quartet, and closing at the NYC’s Jazz Standard with four very special nights (December 3rd to 6th), featuring Chano Dominguez Quinteto Flamenco. Watch the video! Concerts Sunday, October 18th Celebrating Blue Note ...

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Article: New York Beat

Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 2

by Nick Catalano
August 16, 2009

Part 1 | Part 2 This seminal documentary continues on the second CD with a scene straight out of a typical Gotham jazz collaboration: singer Gretchen Parlato and pianist Aaron Parks are together in a NYC apartment working out a vocal arrangement. Gretchen is heard commenting on the vagaries of jazz singing and the ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 1

by Nick Catalano
July 18, 2009

Part 1 | Part 2 A host of visionary producers in Seattle have produced an extraordinary TV documentary on the state of contemporary jazz art and artists. Dubbed Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense, the four-part program features a virtual who's who of young jazz performers talking about their creative struggles and ...

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Article: Live Review

Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 4-6, July 4-6, 2009

by John Kelman
July 8, 2009

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Joshua Redman By Invitation Day 1 / Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band Joshua Redman By Invitation Day 2 / Kenny Werner QuintetJeff Beck / Anat CohenFestival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 4-6 2009

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One Great Weekend

by R.J. DeLuke
July 7, 2009

Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009Freihofer's Jazz Festival, in its 32nd year, provided an outstanding array of music and musicians and added to its legacy--started by George Wein in 1978--in fine fettle on June 27 and 28 in the upstate New York community of Saratoga Springs. For producer Danny ...

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Article: Live Review

Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 1-3 July 1-3, 2009

by John Kelman
July 5, 2009

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2009 It's the 30th Anniversary for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) and, based on the stellar line-up, it promises to surpass its 25th Anniversary celebration from ...

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Article: Interview

Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music

by Matthew Warnock
June 2, 2009

A native of Houston Texas, guitarist Mike Moreno has been making waves. After graduating from the famed Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Moreno received a scholarship to study jazz at the New School in New York. Moreno first paid his dues playing gigs around New York, and has since been ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Three: In the Spirit of Family

by John Kelman
May 4, 2009

Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Three: In the Spirit of Family The Documentary ChannelMay 4, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009In a 2005 AAJ interview, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel bemoaned the loss ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode One: The Quiet Revolution

by John Kelman
April 20, 2009

Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode One: The Quiet Revolution The Documentary ChannelApril 20, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009Many still look back at Ken Burns' Jazz (2001) as the documentary that ...