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Article: Album Review

Ratko Zjaca: Continental Talk

Read "Continental Talk" reviewed by John Barron


When guitarist Ratko Zjaca plans a recording session, he thinks big in terms of sidemen. The guitarist's 2006 release Crossing the Border (Nishville Records) featured bassist John Patitucci and drummer Al Foster, along with saxophonist and co-producer Stanislav Mitrovic. For Continental Talk, Patitucci and Mitrovic return and Foster is replaced by legendary drummer Steve Gadd. Trumpeter ...

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News: Recording

"Chapter II" by the Great Jazz Trio Reissued

"Chapter II" by the Great Jazz Trio Reissued

Test of Time Records is proud to announce the release of a remastered Chapter II by the Great Jazz Trio. Chapter II is literally the next chapter in The Great Jazz Trio’s history. After several live performances and almost a dozen albums together, the original lineup of Hank Jones, Ron Carter and Tony Williams came to ...

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Article: Album Review

Al Foster Quartet: Love, Peace and Jazz!

Read "Love, Peace and Jazz!" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Al Village Vanguard continuano ad essere prodotti dischi di grande livello, come nel caso di questo Love, Peace and Jazz! che ci butta nel mezzo di un'atmosfera live, ben registrata e con i musicisti che, a giudicare dalla precisione degli interventi, fanno come se fossero in studio. Certo non mancano di esperienza, se si pensa che ...

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News: Contest

Enter the Anzic Records "Eli Degibri - Live at Louis 649" Giveaway Contest

Enter the Anzic Records "Eli Degibri - Live at Louis 649" Giveaway Contest

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Anzic Records “Eli Degibri - Live at Louis 649“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 3rd. Click here to enter the contest (Following Eli Degibri at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! ...

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Article: Interview

Clifton Anderson: Legacy

Read "Clifton Anderson: Legacy" reviewed by Maxwell Chandler


Clifton Anderson has been on a lifelong journey of artistic evolution. From his start as a child surrounded by a musical family, to formal education mixed with the practical experience of live gigs, Clifton's odyssey is ever-unfolding. Whether playing as a long-standing member of his uncle Sonny Rollins' band, helping to run the Doxy label or ...

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Love, Peace and Jazz!

Label: Jazz Eyes
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Chief; E.S.P.; Blue in Green; Peter's Mood; Brandyn; Fungii Mama.

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Article: Album Review

Al Foster Quartet: Love, Peace and Jazz!

Read "Love, Peace and Jazz!" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Al Foster is probably best known as Miles Davis' drummer for much of the '70s and '80s, and as a well-regarded sideman for jazz giants including Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson. He's also, somewhat quietly, been leading a first-rate unit of his own for more than a decade, one that has only released two ...

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Article: Album Review

Al Foster Quartet: Love, Peace and Jazz!

Read "Love, Peace and Jazz!" reviewed by John Barron


Al Foster is one of the most celebrated drummers in modern jazz, having worked as a sideman with a who's who of artists, including Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson. Recorded in April 2007 at the Village Vanguard in New York City, Love, Peace and Jazz! finds the veteran Foster leading ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Complete On The Corner Sessions

Read "The Complete On The Corner Sessions" reviewed by John Kelman


Much has been written about what is perhaps trumpeter Miles Davis' most controversial album, On The Corner (Columbia, 1972). Already shaken from the electric onslaught of Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), A Tribute To Jack Johnson (Columbia, 1970), and a series of live or, in the case of Live-Evil (Columbia, 1970), largely live releases, it was the ...

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The Montreal Tapes (Tribute To Joe Henderson)

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Round Midnight; All The Things You Are; In The Moment; Passport;


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