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iTunes Names The Cookers "Time And Time Again" The 2014 "Jazz Album Of The Year"!!, New Website Launched, Winter Jazzfest Performance Announced!

December 16, 2014

THE COOKERS TO PERFORM MUSIC FROM “TIME AND TIME AGAIN" @ THE 2015 WINTER JAZZFEST Saturday, January 10, 2015 @ 8:45 PM The Minetta Lane Theatre, 18-22 Minetta Lane, NYC After seven years together, The Cookers, who “embody the serious-as-death commitment that it took to thrive on the New York scene some four decades ago" (Andrew ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

1950s and ‘60s Blue Note – Is It All the Same?

by Marc Davis
December 15, 2014

A few years ago, a reader from California named Charlie F. started a provocative discussion in the All About Jazz forums with the title: “I've decided not to buy any more Blue Note albums." Oh boy. He began, “Recently, I came to notice something about Blue Note albums of the 50s-60s, which was that ...

Article: Catching Up With

Ben Sidran: The First Existential Jazz Rapper

by Joan Gannij
December 11, 2014

Ben Sidran is an old school hipster in the authentic sense of the word. He's a no frills, musician's musician who's got the heart, got the chops. He's been there, done that, and ready to do more. Sidran has never been interested in following trends or squeezing into categories and is not about to start now. ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

J.R. Monterose – Blue Note 1536

by Marc Davis
December 9, 2014

J.R. Monterose is that rare bird at Blue Note Records--the guy who got one shot at leading a band, then practically vanished from the face of the earth. It's odd because the history of Blue Note is filled with famous guys (almost never gals) who took up residence and stayed just about forever. Think ...

Article: Interview

Kobie Watkins: A Drummer's Voyage

by K. Shackelford
December 5, 2014

Chicago native Kobie Watkins is a leading voice in the new generation of jazz drummers. I saw Watkins several months ago at The Jazz Room in Charlotte and his performance was bananas--the crowd was in awe and after each solo there was thundering applause. An absolute wonder to watch, his polyrhythmic creativity and concepts create unique ...

Article: Interview

Billy Harper: A Life of Persistence and Improvisation

by R.J. DeLuke
November 19, 2014

On stage, Billy Harper puts his lips to the tenor saxophone, stands relatively erect and sings through his horn; a strong, angular, muscular sound. There little physical gesticulation, belying the effort it takes to express feelings and emotions through the instrument. But Harper's creative statements demand attention. Over the last few years, a lot ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims – Blue Note 1530

by Marc Davis
November 19, 2014

The title is Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims, but it should be the other way around. No knock on Jutta Hipp. She's great--a lively, fluid pianist who really could have been a big player in the 1950s bop scene if she hadn't suddenly disappeared and dropped out, forever. This is her date--a 1956 recording ...

Article: Album Review

Trio 3 + Vijay Iyer: Wiring

by John Sharpe
November 18, 2014

It really should be Trio 4 by now! For their previous four albums the threesome has added a pianist to the ranks, first Geri Allen, then Irene Schweizer, then Allen again, and lastly Jason Moran. Now on Wiring Vijay Iyer takes over the piano stool. You could argue that with their credentials saxophonist Oliver Lake (World ...

News: Video / DVD

Videos: Horace Silver

November 12, 2014

I wound up on a Horace Silver jag yesterday. While writing, I let Silver run on my iTunes and found myself marveling yet again at Silver's gospel-funk syncopation and the tight, bright Latin-influenced horn lines. Silver perfected the hard bop quintet, rivaled only by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. I thought I'd share a few ...

Article: Album Review

Ezra Weiss Sextet: Before You Know It [Live In Portland]

Read "Before You Know It [Live In Portland]" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 1, 2014

Portland State University professor Ezra Weiss is a prominent pianist and composer in his own right who has several recordings to his credit and is a three-time winner of the prestigious ASCAP Young Composer Award. A traditionalist who prefers the straight ahead and modern jazz styles, Weiss delivers another gem on Before You Know It [Live ...