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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ben Allison
All About Jazz is celebrating Ben Allison's birthday today! Ben Allison is a “visionary composer, adventurous improviser, and strong organizational force on the New York City jazz scene, [and] has emerged as a rising star over the past decade” (JazzTimes). With his groups The Ben Allison Band, Man Size Safe, Peace Pipe, and Medicine Wheel, Ben ...
Kickin' it Up a Notch!
by Michael Ricci
Dear fellow contributor, We've had our mojo workin' since July as we continue to improve All About Jazz and roll out new features; we're also looking for two new editors to support our staff. Please read on for the latest...Index 1. Help Wanted: Take Five/iTunes Playlist Editor
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Music Journalist/Critics
As one who has written about jazz in a variety of publications, from periodicals to books, I've had many occasions to hear musicians' various criticisms of those who by profession or sidebar occupation most often stand in published “criticism" of them—be that favorable or unfavorable. I've had my share of back-and-forths with artists over things I've ...
MTO Plays SLY: Steven Bernstein's Tribute to Sly & The Family Stone
STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA Pays Tribute To The Music Of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE On Third Studio Album MTO PLAYS SLY With Special Guests ANTONY HEGARTY, BERNIE WORRELL, BILL LASWELL, DEAN BOWMAN, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, SANDRA ST. VICTOR, SHILPA RAY and VERNON REID Available SEPTEMBER 27 On LP, CD & Mp3 from ROYAL POTATO FAMILY ...
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival: June 25-26, 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NYJune 25-26, 2011This year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, the 34th edition of the upstate New York event, featured a great touch when famed jazz impresario George Wein was awarded a star on the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Walk of Fame. Wein created the ...
Ben Allison: Action-Refraction
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ha fondato il Jazz Composer Collective, una sorta di laboratorio per la valorizzazione della vena compositiva dei musicisti. Ha licenziato una serie di album che lo hanno portato alla ribalta come contrabbassista di valore assoluto, leader di progetti ad ampio spettro, tutti caratterizzati da una qualità elevata, da una forte progettualità e da un'altrettanto evidente definizione ...
Ben Allison - Action-Refraction (Palmetto Records, 2011)
Bassist and composer Ben Allison has been at the forefront of the modern jazz scene as a band leader and the driving force behind the (now sadly defunct) Jazz Composers Collective and Herbie Nichols Project. Although widely respected as a composer, on this album he turns the tables, covering the music of other artists for the ...
The Jazz Session #251: Ben Allison
Bassist Ben Allison delivers an original and exciting take on tunes by everyone from Samuel Barber to Neil Young to Thelonious Monk on his new CD, Action-Refraction (Palmetto, 2011). In this interview, Allison talks about an iPhone app that changed the sound palette on his new record; two musicians whove joined him for the first time ...
Michael Feinberg: With Many Hands
by Charles Walker
Atlanta is not known as a hotbed of jazz activity. Pianist/arranger Duke Pearson hailed from the city, and trumpeter Russell Gunn has a longstanding residency at the club Churchill Grounds, but on average, the metropolis rarely registers on the jazz map. On With Many Hands, 23-year old bassist Michael Feinberg's second album as a leader, the ...
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