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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Days 4-7: May 5-8, 2011

Read "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Days 4-7: May 5-8, 2011" reviewed by Sandy Ingham

by Sandy Ingham

Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 4: Thursday May 5, 2011 Vibraphonist Stefon Harris and Blackout was the featured act in the WWOZ Jazz Tent, but Christian Scott stole the show. Scott--the young New ...

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Article: Live Review

Ben Williams: Washington, DC, April 15, 2011

Read "Ben Williams: Washington, DC, April 15, 2011" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner

Ben Williams Quintet Kennedy Center Jazz Club Washington, DC April 15, 2011 Winner of the 2009 Thelonious Monk Competition for bass (the competition focuses on a different instrument each year), innovative young artist Ben Williams brought his quintet to the Kennedy Center Jazz Club for an evening of entertaining, inventive music ...

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Article: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Taken with Terrasson

Read "Taken with Terrasson" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

While reading reviews about the 2010 Winter Jazzfest in New York City, I experienced a sensory overload, despite the fact that I hadn't even been in attendance. The list of musicians that performed at the event seemed too good to be true, as did many of the reviews, so I vowed to check it out for ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jacky Terrasson Trio's Masterful Live Performance at KPLU

Jacky Terrasson Trio's Masterful Live Performance at KPLU

This studio session marks the first visit from pianist, Jacky Terrasson, to the KPLU/Jazz24 studios. We hope it's the first of many. In a stunning three-song set, Jacky left no doubt that his group is one of the most exciting piano trios in jazz today. AUDIO With bassist Ben Williams (winner of the annual Thelonious Monk ...

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Article: Live Review

Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

Read "Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Since the informal move of jazz to the cities in the 1930s, the lore and legend of jazz compositions have lain in streets and places. The most common ones were the clubs, where innovations in jazz were ...

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Pianist

By Alex Brown

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Prologue; Warm Blooded; The Wrong Jacket; Lamentos; Elektric; Waltz; Buleria; Leaving; Just One of Those Things.

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Article: Album Review

Alex Brown: Pianist

Read "Pianist" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

Even for a pianist with as prodigious a talent as Alex Brown, having a heavyweight in the music pantheon such as Paquito D'Rivera produce the debut album, must have largely been a dream. However, to pull off a debut as fine as this is a feat in itself. As a pianist, Brown has remarkable technique. Although ...

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Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010

Read "Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11 Mikko Innanen & InnkvisitioEtienne Charles and Folklore / Bill Frisell's Beautiful DreamersBill Frisell 858 Quartet TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 24-26, 2010 Back in April 2010, when the TD Ottawa International ...

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Article: Album Review

Jacky Terrasson: Push

Read "Push" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler

Since winning the Thelonious Monk Piano Competition 17 years ago, Jacky Terrasson has ranged far and wide from his original, striking early trio (with minimalist drummer/percussionist Leon Parker), exploring formats from solo and various duos to larger ensembles. For this, his first album for a new label, he returns with a new trio, featuring recent Monk ...

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Article: Album Review

Jacky Terrasson: Push

Read "Push" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

There are three qualities about pianist Jacky Terrasson's music that make it irresistible and riveting. The first is that it dances interminably. Secondly, it is jagged and angular--an epithet often used to describe the music of Thelonious Monk and which suits Terrasson well as, even with his singularly distinctive voice, he is genealogically connected. Finally, Terrasson ...


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