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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Rahe

Read "Take Five With Rahe" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Rahe: Composer/guitarist/multilingual vocalist (she speaks fluent Portuguese and Castilian Spanish), Rahe (pronounced “Ray") spent most of her childhood in Japan and Spain (the land of her heritage), before settling in Colorado at 13. Her first profound musical experiences occurred in Andalucia at age five, where she was invited into the Flamenco circles of ...

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Article: Album Review

Claudio Roditi: Bons Amigos

Read "Bons Amigos" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Trumpeter Claudio Roditi may have left Brazil long ago, but his homeland still resides deep inside his soul. On Bons Amigos, Roditi's trumpet speaks, sings and soars in service of songs put to paper by some of the finest writers in Brazilian music history. When it came time to map out a program for this, his ...

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Article: Interview

Francesco Turrisi: In Pursuit of Ecstasy

Read "Francesco Turrisi: In Pursuit of Ecstasy" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

It has often been said that composer/harpsichordist/violinist Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was the first jazz musician. His contrapuntal techniques and ideas on harmony, rhythm and form have influenced countless jazz musicians. Numerous are the jazz musicians who have also studied classical music, usually prior to shifting to jazz. Few, however, are those who have taken a ...

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Article: Live Review

Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival: Sept. 2-3, 2011

Read "Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival: Sept. 2-3, 2011" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Curacao North Sea Jazz FestivalWorld Trade CenterCuracaoSept. 2-3, 2011 The island of Curacao, in the Caribbean Sea, is an exotic place of sun and fun, and maybe the last place to expect a jazz festival. Then again, why not? Jazz music is all over the world, and festivals are global. ...

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News: Recording

"Sinatra: Best of the Best" to be released November 1, 2011

"Sinatra: Best of the Best" to be released November 1, 2011

NEW COLLECTION BRINGS THE CHAIRMAN'S ICONIC RECORDINGS WITH CAPITOL AND REPRISE TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER Single-Disc Features 23 Sinatra All-Time Favorites; Deluxe 2-CD Adds Out-of-Print Concert Recording Available November 1 Hollywood, California: For the first time, Frank Sinatra's greatest recordings for Capitol Records and his own Reprise Records have been gathered for one stellar ...

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Turrisi: Fotographia

Read "Fotographia" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons

Encouraging experimentation is the lifeblood of jazz. It keeps the music vital and ensures that new voices get to have their say. The minute the music becomes a museum relic, played through a fixed, orthodox interpretation, is the moment it dies an ignominious death. Thank goodness, then, for musicians like pianist Francesco Turrisi, who embraces creative ...

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Article: Live Review

Bollani Per Tre, Lacco Ameno (Ischia), 25-27 de agosto 2011

Read "Bollani Per Tre, Lacco Ameno (Ischia), 25-27 de agosto 2011" reviewed by Joan A. Cararach

by Joan A. Cararach

Bollani Per TreDel 25 al 27 de agosto, 2011Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Italia Así como los wagnerianos tienen Bayreuth y los schubertianos tienen su Schubertiade en Schwarzenberg, así como los jazzistas tienen su Newport y su New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival como lugares de peregrinación musical, añadan por favor a la lista ...

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Turrisi: Fotografia

Read "Fotografia" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

It would be simplistic to call pianist Francesco Turrisi an experimenter, though his music embraces myriad cultural influences, from his native Italy through the length and breadth of the Mediterranean, straddling the centuries, and imbibing from sources as diverse as baroque, Moorish airs and jazz; simplistic, because his music flows as naturally as a river follows ...

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Article: Album Review

Claudio Roditi: Bons Amigos

Read "Bons Amigos" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut

Bons Amigos is a collection of light, breezy compositions from several generations of Brazilian composers. Lilting sambas and gentle bossa novas make up the bulk of this disc, resulting in a relaxed but heartfelt jam for Brazilian trumpeter/flugelhornist Claudio Roditi and friends. Roditi admits to playing “a few more notes" than usual here, ...

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Article: Live Review

Trio da Paz and Guests: New York, NY, August 18, 2011

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by Ernest Barteldes

Trio da Paz with guests Joe Locke, Maucha Adnet, Harry AllenThe Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan GetzDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, NYAugust 18, 2011 During its two-week residence at Manhattan's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Trio da Paz (Romero Lubambo on guitar, Duduka Da Fonseca, drums, and Nilson Matta, upright ...


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