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Brandon Wright: Boiling Point

Read "Boiling Point" reviewed by John Barron


Saxophonist Brandon Wright has spent the last few years making a name for himself on the New York jazz scene as both a sideman and bandleader. Since graduating from the University of Miami, the New Jersey native has performed with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and, most recently, has been touring with ...

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Article: Live Review

2010 Portland Jazz Festival

Read "2010 Portland Jazz Festival" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


The Portland Jazz Festival is now in its 7th year under the artistic direction of Bill Royston. And at this point, it's pretty safe to say that this is a festival that has earned it's due as one of the most creative festivals that has not only survived the current economic downturn but has done so ...

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Dave Holland Octet: Pathways

Read "Dave Holland Octet: Pathways" reviewed by John Kelman


Dave Holland Octet Pathways Dare2 Records 2010 It's been nearly four years since bassist Dave Holland has delivered an album based around his enduring quintet of over a decade. Since 2006's Critical Mass (Dare2), he's released Pass It On (Dare2, 2008) and The Monterey Quartet: Live at the ...

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The Summerfold Collection 1987-2008

Label: KOCH Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1: Up North (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); My Heart Declares a Holiday (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Pilgrims Way (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Stromboli Kicks (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Temple of the Winds (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Nerve (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); It Needn't End in Tears (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); If Summer Had Its Ghosts (with Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez); Thistledown (with Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez); Dewey-Eyed, Then Dancing (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII); No Truce With the Furies (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII). CD2: Revel Without a Pause (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII); The Sound of Surprise (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII); The 16 Kingdoms of the 5 Barbarians (with Michiel Borstlap); Kinship (with Michiel Borstlap); From the Source, We Tumble Headlong (with Michiel Borstlap); Baye Kene N'Diaye (The World Drummers Ensemble); Footloose and Fancy Free (Tim Garland's Underground Orchestra); Come to Dust (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII); White Knuckle Wedding (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII, featuring Tim Garland); Beelzebub (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII, featuring Tim Garland).

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Mirages

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2009
Track listing: One for Mike I; Mirages; Live Score; Levitin's Kingdom; Just One of Those Things; Tetragon; Iris; One for Mike II.

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Ivan Farmakovsky: Raising the Bar

Read "Ivan Farmakovsky: Raising the Bar" reviewed by Cyril Moshkow


Crisis or no crisis, the 2008-2009 jazz concert season in Russia was far from being eventless. New fruitful collaborations were unveiled, new record labels were launched, old festivals have convincingly confirmed that they were well alive and kicking, and many good Russian jazz albums have hit the stores. Those albums revealed a new trend, that of ...

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Article: Live Review

Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2009, Lenox, MA

Read "Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2009, Lenox, MA" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Tanglewood Jazz FestivalLenox, MassachusettsSeptember 4-6, 2009 The annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival in western Massachusetts has become an intriguing mix of music over the years, its programming taking into account jazz masters, as well as young talent, and projects that are as new or at least a bit different; something that isn't experienced everywhere ...

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Open-Air Jazz In And Around Moscow

Read "Open-Air Jazz In And Around Moscow" reviewed by Cyril Moshkow


Moscow's summer is relatively brief: early June is normally the first really warm time during the year, and the final week of August normally the last; which means that most of the fifteen million people who live in and around the Russian capital try to take full advantage of those three short months. Those who can ...

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Article: Interview

Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High

Read "Gary Smulyan: Low Man Aims High" reviewed by Edward Bride


A baritone saxophonist who plays like Bird? And harvests more than a half-dozen Grammy awards in the process? That seeming contradiction characterizes the great successes of Gary Smulyan, one of today's most in-demand jazz performers, educators, and recording artists. To be fair, Smulyan has his own voice, but he cites Charlie Parker ...

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Daniela Schachter: Purple Butterfly

Read "Purple Butterfly" reviewed by Edward Blanco


A gifted vocalist who just happens to also play the piano quite well, Daniela Schachter conjures up comparisons to the great Diana Krall on Purple Butterfly, an offering of contemporary jazz vocals covered with a bit of honey and a taste of Italy. This Sicilian-born, New York-based artist possesses distinctive high-pitch voice, which she employs on ...


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