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Article: Live Review

Papo Vasquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours: Detroit, MI, September 1, 2012

by Steve Bryant
September 12, 2012

Papo Vasquez Mighty Pirates TroubadoursDetroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 1, 2012When a musician decides to play Latin,, it is easy for him to get pigeonholed into the Salsa circuit with a little instrumental mambo disguised as Latin jazz thrown in. This isn't the case for trombonist Papo Vasquez who, for the last ...

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Home

By Shirley Crabbe

Label: Maisong Music & Entertainment
Released: 2011
Track listing: Luck To Be Me; You Taught My Heart To Sing; Home; Seasons; Detour Ahead; Strong Man; Not While I'm Around; So Far Away; Summertime.

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Article: Big Band Caravan

DIVA Jazz Orchestra / Paul Read Orchestra / Andy Farber and His Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
February 8, 2011

DIVA Jazz OrchestraJohnny Mandel: The Man and His MusicArbors Jazz2010 Note to NARAS members: please do not cast your vote for Best Big Band Album of 2011 without first having listened to Johnny Mandel: The Man and His Music, recorded in concert at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in Manhattan ...

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Article: Album Review

Andy Farber and His Orchestra: This Could Be The Start Of Something Big

Read "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 30, 2010

The sight and sound of one of the classic big bands in full flight must have been something to behold. For those fans of big band jazz who never got to experience such a thing, as well as for those who did and remember it fondly, Andy Farber And His Orchestra bring the sound back with ...

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Article: Interview

Abbey Lincoln: African Queen in a Top Hat

by Joan Gannij
August 29, 2010

(This interview was conducted in 2002) Abbey Lincoln made a stop in Amsterdam in 1998 for a rare appearance at the 110-year old Concertgebouw, where Sonny Rollins likes to play when he comes to town. The sellout crowd was composed mainly of seemingly staid yet perennially hip “pensionados" (as the Dutch like to ...

Article: Album Review

David Leonhardt: Bach to The Blues

Read "Bach to The Blues" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
July 9, 2010

Veteran pianist David Leonhardt has often improvised around classical melodies in a live format, and now he finally commits an entire disc to tunes by Debussy, Bach, Beethoven and others. Backed by his working trio, the pianist gets things started with Bach's “Prelude in C Major" alternating the tempo between andante and another more suitable tempo ...

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Article: Live From New York

May 2010

by AAJ Staff
May 8, 2010

Adam Lane Brooklyn LyceumBrooklyn, NY April 14, 2010While bassist Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra is named to conjure up great size and bombast, at present it's a compact sextet whose sonic inventory includes passages of nuance and overall calm. With a Bay Area lineup, Lane has released No(w) Music (Cadence, ...

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Rhapsody

By Paul Kendall

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 1999
Track listing: If I Should Lose You; Willow Weep for Me; My Shining Hour; Firm Roots; Impressions; Barbara; Recordame; Retro; My Romance.Collective