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Pernille Bévort: Curious Explorations

by Ian Patterson
A veteran of the Danish jazz scene since the '90s, saxophonist/reeds player and composer Pernille Bévort has built an impressive discography as a leader. With the moveable feast that is Radio Bévort, she has demonstrated the depth and range of her musical palette, marrying jazz and tango on Perfect Organisation (Gateway Music, 2011) with bandoneon player ...
Bob Weir and Others at the Jazz Foundation of America Gala Concert at the Apollo Theater

by Paul Reynolds
Bob Weir, Marshall Allen, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, et al.The Apollo Theater Jazz Federation of America Gala New York, NY March 28, 2024 At gala concerts for worthy groups, it's understandably easy for the music to play second fiddle to the organization itself--and the desire to support it. ...
Late-Period Art Pepper Box Sets

by C. Michael Bailey
In his essay, Endgame," which opens the liner notes to Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Galaxy, 1989), music critic Gary Giddens said of Art Pepper's professional comeback: Pepper's sudden reappearance in 1975 was something of a second coming in musical circles. For the next seven years, his frequent recordings and tours, and ...
Dean Brown: Global Fusion on Acid

by Jim Worsley
In memory of Dean Brown. This interview was first published at All About Jazz on April 23, 2021. From the outset, the equation was simple enough. Jazz + rock = fusion. However, whether it was Miles Davis, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, or any of the pioneers of fusion, the music has always been far ...
Al Foster Quintet at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club

by Chris DeRosa
Al Foster Quintet 81st Birthday Celebration Smoke Jazz & Supper Club January 27, 2024 Hello, my name is Chris DeRosa and this is what I heard... Smoke is a great venue to hear timeless jazz. Established in 1999 and located on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the sound ...
Whatever: Anthology 1

By Sam Morrison
Label: Blue Buddha Productions
Released: 2023
Track listing: Whatever; Peekamoose Blues; Song of Landa (Featuring Al Foster, Buster
Williams, Michael Wolff and Roy Kawasaki); Juxtaposition; Hangin' With
Sheri (with T Xiques); Dune (Featuring Steve Gaboury and Luigi Hopper);
Dancing Spirals; Miles Away (Featuring Al Foster, Buster Williams, Michael
Wolff and Roy Kawasaki); Blast Off.
The Electric Years Box Set

By Miles Davis
Label: Columbia Records / VMP Anthology
Released: 2023
Litchfield Jazz Festival 2023

by Paul Reynolds
Litchfield Jazz Festival The Frederick Gunn School Washington CT July 28 to July 30, 2023 It's fitting that a festival set in a location as venerable-sounding as the Litchfield Hills deeply respects tradition. That commitment starts with the music styles it presents. While the Litchfield Jazz Festival isn't averse to going ...
William Parker New Heart Trio at The Chapel

by Roy Strassman
William Parker New Heart Trio The Chapel San Francisco, CA May 15, 2023 William Parker is a free jazz phenom, as his current New Heart Trio heartedly demonstrated. Accompanied by the legendary William Hooker on the drum set and firebrand Isaiah Collier on tenor saxophone and hand percussion, Parker, attired in ...
Wayne Escoffery: Still Forging Ahead

by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has a long, ongoing association with the Mingus Big Band organization, including a Grammy for Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard (Jazz Workshop, Inc., Sue Mingus Music, 2010). His career also includes a special relationship with trumpeter Tom Harrell, with whom he has played for many years. All that is enough to ...