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Article: Year in Review

Publisher's Top Picks for 2008

by Michael Ricci
January 19, 2009

It was another productive year for “Team AAJ" as we delivered some new features and upgraded several others across the website. We also beefed up our editorial staff to better manage the increasing number of contributors. The programming staff (Mike Lorenz and myself) continued to build on our foundation that has firmly established AAJ as the ...

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News: Contest

Enter the Resonance Records "Bill Cunliffe - The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2" Giveaway Contest

December 31, 2008

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Resonance Records “Bill Cunliffe - The Blues and The Abstract Truth, Take 2“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE lucky winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 30th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Bill Cunliffe at AAJ automatically enters you in the ...

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Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2

By Bill Cunliffe

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2008

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Article: Extended Analysis

Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2

by C. Michael Bailey
October 30, 2008

Bill Cunliffe The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2 Resonance Records 2008Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a saxophonist, arranger, and composer who seemed everywhere in the 1960s. In popular culture, Nelson is best remembered for his television scoring for shows including Ironside, Night Gallery, Columbo, The Six Million ...

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Imaginacion

By Bill Cunliffe

Label: Torii Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: El Optimista, Do it Again, Bone Crusher, Afluencia, Chucho, Havana, Heat Wave, How High the Moon, Pure Imagination, Flying High

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Tomo

By Bill Cunliffe

Label: Torii Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: All My Love's For You, Sweet Suzannah, I Will Always Love You, Did I Ask You If You Knew(That I Love You)?, Someday, I Will Finder Her, In A Restful Place, On A Warm Summer Night, When I Look At You, Love's Such A Funny Thing, It's Been A While, Joyful Times, Waltz For Gary.

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Article: Album Review

Bill Cunliffe: Imaginacion

Read "Imaginacion" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 1, 2005

Grammy-nominated pianist Bill Cunliffe loves a good melody. He's recorded a couple of sets of Reed Kotler's beautifully lyrical tunes, most recently Tomo (Torii, '05). With his latest offering, Imaginacion, the pianist/arranger wraps some melodies--his own and a few classics--in a strong Latin vibe.The expanded lineup, featuring two trombones, two trumpets, and a reed ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Cunliffe: Tomo

by Germein Linares
June 21, 2005

Tomo is the second album on Torri honoring composer Reed Kotler, following last year's release of It's About Love by pianist/arranger Bill Cunliffe. Though little known outside San Francisco, Kotler is a modern composer who seems to have struck an appreciative chord with the Los Angeles-based Cunliffe.As with It's About Love, the music on ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Cunliffe: Tomo

by Dan McClenaghan
March 15, 2005

Pianist Bill Cunliffe, winner of the 1989 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, seems to be making something of a career out of recording Reed Kotler tunes. He did that with Bobby Shew, Gary Foster and Friends Play the Music of Reed Kotler in 2002; Bill Cunliffe and Gary Foster: It's About Love: The Music of Reed ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Cunliffe: Tomo

Read "Tomo" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
March 10, 2005

It's always a pleasure to hear a release from the Torii catalogue. The five musicians presented here often play together in each other's company and also appear on other Torii albums, including 2002's Bobby Shew, Gary Foster and Friends Play the Music of Reed Kotler, and two albums from the next year, It's About Love: The ...