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Article: From the Inside Out

Three of a Perfect Pair

Read "Three of a Perfect Pair" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

For the past decade or thereabouts, I've tried to organize “From the Inside Out" around one theme, to address in one column the different ways that different musicians perform on the same instrument, or in the same style or genre. But if there's one lesson that life seems intent on teaching, it's that music (like life) ...

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Article: Album Review

Eyran Katsenelenbogen: 88 Fingers

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by Jay Deshpande

Eyran Katsenelenbogen's solo piano work has received the highest praise that a jazz pianist can be given: he has been likened to Art Tatum. Although Tatum is widely considered the most virtuosic piano improviser of the last century, players are hardly ever compared to him. To be associated with the man who Fats Waller referred to ...

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Article: Interview

Russel Blake: Transcending Expectations

Read "Russel Blake: Transcending Expectations" reviewed by Mikayla Gilbreath

by Mikayla Gilbreath

Nearly everyone would agree that music is one of the most significant and enduring art forms ever created by mankind, though most people still view it primarily as entertainment. An astute few seem capable of looking beyond music's obvious entertainment value, and among these is bassist Russel Blake. He views music as both a tool for ...

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Article: Album Review

Bruno Hubert: Live @ The Cellar

Read "Live @ The Cellar" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

It seems that Bruno Hubert's hands can work independently of each other, creating a unique kind of excitement on Live @ The Cellar, sounding, at times, like two pianos. He can also, it appears, keep two ideas going at one time and that is one hell of a wonderful trick to play on the unsuspecting. Because ...

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Article: Album Review

Art Tatum: Piano Starts Here. Live at the Shrine.

Read "Piano Starts Here. Live at the Shrine." reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Questo disco contiene la ristampa del celebre Live at the Shrine del 1949, rielaborato con l'ausilio congiunto di pianoforte e software informatico. I fan di Tatum faranno bene a tenersi alla larga da questa iniziativa editoriale, rivolta più agli integralisti dell'audiofilia che non agli appassionati di jazz. Lo si capisce già dalla lettura delle note di ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Billy Joel (Part 1)

Interview: Billy Joel (Part 1)

At about 12:45 pm yesterday, my office phone rang. When I answered it, a voice at the other end said, “Hi Marc? This is Billy Joel." A friend had told me he shared yesterday's post with the famed singer-songwriter in Miami and that Billy might call to talk about jazz and Just the Way You Are. ...

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News: Obituary

Louie Bellson Dies at 84

Louie Bellson Dies at 84

We regret to announce the unexpected passing of Louie Bellson on February 14, 2009. Tenative plans are for an L.A. area funeral, followed by funeral and burial in Moline, Illinois, his boyhood home. Details forthcoming. Condolences and cards to: Mrs. Louie Bellson c/o Remo, Inc. 28101 Industry Drive ...

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Article: Live Review

Randy Brecker Quintet Honors Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" at the Kimmel Center

Read "Randy Brecker Quintet Honors Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" at the Kimmel Center" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Randy BreckerPerelman TheaterThe Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PAFebruary 7, 2009 Around the time that Miles Davis was recording the iconic album Kind of Blue in 1959, a kid from Philadelphia named Randy Brecker was learning to play trumpet, and not long after that, he entered the firmament ...

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News: Event

Memorial to Jazz Pianist Art Tatum Takes Form in Impressive Sculpture

Memorial to Jazz Pianist Art Tatum Takes Form in Impressive Sculpture

The brilliant jazz pianist, Art Tatum (1909-1956) is being honored by his hometown of Toledo, Ohio with an impressive sculpture that will be unveiled in the Fall of 2009. For years the Toledo community has been discussing ways to honor its favorite son. A renowned sculptor and jazz enthusiast from San Francisco, Cork Marcheschi, was selected ...

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Article: Interview

Sonny Rollins: Still Seeking the Lost Chord

Read "Sonny Rollins: Still Seeking the Lost Chord" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

The Saxophone Colossus. The greatest living improvising musician. A musical god. Sonny Rollins has been called all these things at one time or another by fans across the globe, as well as by those involved in the pursuit of music criticism and jazz history. There's no question he is the greatest remaining icon to come out ...


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