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East Meets West in the Music of Rez Abbasi
One of the most interesting jazz arrivals in recent years has been the emergence of South Asian guitarist Rez Abbasi, pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. All three are truly jazz musicians of the highest order, but they also draw upon their cultural heritage as South Asians (Abbasi is Pakistani and the other two are ...
Jazz Doesn't Need to be Saved -- It's Doing Fine
Cultural critic Terry Teachout recently wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled 'Can Jazz Be Saved?' It caused a stir among jazz musicians, critics, cognoscenti and fans. There's even Twitter campaign to prove Teachout wrong (use #jazzlives if you want to Tweet live). The thrust of the early part of the piece quotes jazz ...
Paul Motian Trio Still Leading the Jazz Vanguard
Jazz has its fair share of musical characters. It's the improvisers' stock and trade to take that personality and translate it through their chosen instrument. While, of course, there are past legends that range from sophistication of Duke Ellington to the rabid virtuosity of Art Tatum to lyrical nuance of Lester Young to the angular brilliance ...
