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Article: Book Review

Dave Liebman: What It Is - The Life of a Jazz Artist

by John Kelman
June 22, 2012

What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist Dave Liebman In Conversation with Lewis Porter 386 Pages ISBN: 978-0810882034 Scarecrow Press 2012 In life, there's them that are aware and them's that ain't. Them's that are aware are not necessarily better than them's that ain't; but in being ...

Article: Profile

Mike Nock: Making Music Flow from the River Within

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 15, 2012

It almost seems as if there's no other place on earth like it. New Zealand is truly breathtaking, with its diverse geography of mountains, beaches, green plains and forests forming a complex triptych where different strains of nature melt into a sublime scenario. And then there there's the water, the ever-flowing source of life, finding its ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Gavin Barras

by AAJ Staff
June 15, 2012

Meet Gavin Barras: Born in Kendal, Cumbria in the UK, bassist Gavin Barras studied music at the University of Manchester, receiving private tuition from Roberto Carillo-Garcia and Corin Long. Whist studying classical music, Gavin continued developing his love for jazz and received lessons from Steve Berry in jazz bass. Gavin is a busy working ...

Article: Album Review

Gabriel Zufferey: Contemplation

Read "Contemplation" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
June 14, 2012

Jazz mashups are in the air. First, pianist Robert Glasper artfully wove pianist Herbie Hancock's “Maiden Voyage" together with Radiohead's “Everything in its Right Place" on the his In My Element (Blue Note, 2007). The Jazz Punks' raucous Smashups (Foam @ the Mouth, 2012) mashed up saxophonist Sonny Rollins with guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin ...

Article: Book Review

Ted Gioia: The History of Jazz (Second Edition)

by C. Michael Bailey
June 10, 2012

The History of Jazz (Second Edition)Ted GioiaHardcover; 452 pagesISBN: 0195399706Oxford University Press2011 For the past 25 years, author and teacher Ted Gioia has provided the most succinct and contemporary histories of America's native musics: blues and jazz. He has done this through his ...

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Enter the "Bill Evans - Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

June 8, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Resonance Records “Bill Evans - Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate“ Deluxe 3-LP Box Set giveaway contest starting today. We'll select ONE winner at the conclusion of the contest on July 8th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Bill Evans at AAJ automatically enters ...

Article: Live Review

Kuala Lumpur International Jazz Festival: 19-20 May, 2012

by Ian Patterson
June 8, 2012

KL International Jazz Festival Kuala Lumpur Convention CenterKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMay 19-20, 2012The 19th and 20th of May, 2012 will long be remembered by jazz lovers in Kuala Lumpur as the day jazz came to town. The 13 acts that performed on the stage of the KL Convention Center made history by ...

News: Recording

Bill Evans at the Gate (1968)

June 8, 2012

Serious discussions about pianist Bill Evans' recordings start with his live sets at New York's Village Vanguard in June 1961. These dramatic recordings were produced by Riverside's Orrin Keepnews and capture the pianist in perfect poetic form with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. Now, a new two-CD set being released on Tuesday by Resonance ...

Article: Album Review

Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of The Gate

Read "Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of The Gate" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 6, 2012

Why is pianist Bill Evans so important to jazz? it is simple: every pianist to hear and perform after him was influenced by him. Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson may have been technically more brilliant and extroverted, but it took first Bud Powell and then Evans to turn the creative tables toward the muted and introverted, ...

News: Recording

Resonance Records to Issue Unreleased Live Performances by Legendary Pianist Bill Evans "Live At Art D'Llugoff's Top Of The Gate" - Available June 12

June 5, 2012

HISTORIC PERFORMANCES CAPTURED BY LABEL PRESIDENT GEORGE KLABIN MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO With Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate, Resonance Records offers listeners a table at the front of the stage for a stellar performance by one of jazz's greatest trios. It's October 23, 1968 in Greenwich Village, and legendary pianist Bill Evans ...