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Article: Film Review

Jaga Jazzist: Live at Cosmopolite

by John Kelman
August 9, 2010

Jaga Jazzist Live at Cosmopolite Smalltown Supersound 2010 With 30 dates already performed in 2010 since the release of One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune, 2010)--its first studio record in five years--Jaga Jazzist is keeping the momentum of its comeback rolling, with a variety of free download tracks and a vinyl-only remix EP, ...

Article: Book Review

Bill Bruford. Autobiografia alla batteria.

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 20, 2010

Autobiografia alla batteria. Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks e non solo di Bill Bruford Edizioni Aereostella Il batterista Bill Bruford, noto per la sua attività pluridecennale con i gruppi Yes e King Crimson e come leader di formazioni che hanno lasciato il segno in ambito jazz e rock, ha deciso di ritirarsi dall'attività musicale e ha scelto ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Lockett's Network of Sparks featuring Bill Bruford: One

by John Kelman
February 28, 2010

Released in 1999 on the obscure Melt 2000 label, Bill Bruford's reissue of fellow percussionist Pete Lockett's One continues the now retired drum legend's campaign to release and/or reissue works focusing on the clearly infinite rhythmic, melodic and textural potentials of all-percussion ensembles. One follows the World Drummers Ensemble's world-centric A Coat of Many Colors (Summerfold, ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Banks: Two Sides of Peter Banks

Read "Two Sides of Peter Banks" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 7, 2010

Pity poor Peter Banks. Unceremoniously ousted from the group he co-founded, on the cusp of greater success, the guitarist went on to relative obscurity after a quick run with Flash, while his band mates in Yes became megastars with hits like “Roundabout" and albums like Close to the Edge (Atlantic, 1972). He may not have possessed ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Bill Bruford: The Autobiography Excerpt: Chapter 10: Is it different, being in jazz?

by Bill Bruford
February 2, 2010

[Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Bill Bruford's The Autobiography, first published in 2009 by Jawbone Press, but receiving the deluxe treatment in two very limited edition hardcovers by England's Foruli Limited Edition Books and Records in the fall of 2011. In his book, the veteran drummer--beginning in art rock bands including Yes and ...

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Article: Album Review

Zevious: After the Air Raid

Read "After the Air Raid" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
January 6, 2010

Amidst a legion of guitarists for whom chops is the end not the means, there's an alternate group of players with unrelenting skill and an avoidance of the “look at me" posing that seems endemic to the instrument, especially when it comes to more aggressive, rock-centric playing. Ben Monder's remarkable Oceana (Sunnyside), one of 2005's best ...

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Article: Live Review

Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival, Dec. 11-12, 2009

by Ian Patterson
January 5, 2010

Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival Baan Silom, Bangkok.

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News: Interview

British Pianist Gwilym Simcock Interviewed at AAJ

January 4, 2010

Pianist/composer Gwilym Simcock has achieved a lot in a short time. His debut album as leader, Perception (Basho, 2007) was roundly praised as heralding the arrival of a significant new talent. Prior to that Simcock had captured attention for lighting up Bill Bruford's Earthworks, Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio and Malcolm Creese's Acoustic Triangle. Awards and commissions ...

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Article: Interview

Gwilym Simcock: It's All Just Music

by Ian Patterson
January 4, 2010

Album

Skin and Wire

By Bill Bruford

Label: Summerfold Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Kit and Caboodle; Pale Corridor; Stalling Between Two Fools; The Still Small Voice; Achilles' Feel; Without a Hand to Hold (for JM); Squiggle Zipper; Tear; Ebb Cast.