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Ray Brown’s Great Big Band: Kayak

Read "Kayak" reviewed by Robert J. Robbins

by Robert J. Robbins

Not to be confused with the late, legendary bassist of the same name, San Francisco-based bandleader/arranger Ray Brown, an ex-trumpeter with the Stan Kenton and Full Faith and Credit big bands, drives his own nineteen-piece ensemble populated by the Bay Area's A-list musicians. Brown, whose percussionist father pioneered jazz education in the public schools of Long ...

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Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol. 5: Stuttgart May 25, 1981

Read "Unreleased Art Vol. 5: Stuttgart May 25, 1981" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

Recorded during a European tour by Pepper's “comeback quartet" with drummer Carl Burnett, bassist Bob Magnusson and pianist Milcho Leviev, Unreleased Art Vol. 5: Stuttgart May 25, 1981 is a genuine labor of love: Not only the performers' love of music but also the devotion of this alto saxophonist's fans, who sent their own recordings of ...

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Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms

Read "Sun Rooms" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

It's clear from Sun Rooms, perhaps more than from any of his previous efforts on record, that Jason Adasiewicz is offering something pretty personal. Sure, it's possible to name check both '60s-era Bobby Hutcherson and Walt Dickerson as points of reference, but they serve simply to highlight the fact that Adasiewicz is--for want of a better ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Oregon: In Stride

Read "Oregon: In Stride" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

OregonIn StrideCam Jazz2010 With a shared history of 40 years amongst three of its four members--and a fourth now rivaling the group's co-founder, the late Collin Walcott, as percussionist with the longest tenure, it's almost redundant to discuss the inherent chemistry shared amongst the members of the genre-busting ...

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Soren Kjaergaard / Ben Street / Andrew Cyrille: Open Opus

Read "Open Opus" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

While it may be easy to be daunted by the sheer pyrotechnics of musicians flexing their instrumental muscles, it is sometimes forgotten that the greatest ability of musical art is to let the listener in to be part of the process; in the best of all worlds, pure admiration is replaced by participation. Danish pianist Soren ...

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Sebastian Liedke: To Walk In The Past

Read "To Walk In The Past" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Different people often have different thoughts of what a piano trio should be: some view Oscar Peterson-style groups as the archetype in this category; others, just as easily, point to Bill Evans and feel that his body of work is the alpha and omega when it comes to piano group interaction and chemistry; while younger, rock-leaning ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Motian: Bill Evans

Read "Bill Evans" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Ecco una ristampa da non lasciarsi sfuggire, se non l'avete già oppure se il vostro Lp è troppo consumato. Nel maggio 1990 il trio di Paul Motian con Lovano e Frisell (ampliato per l'occasione al bassista Marc Johnson), dedicò un omaggio a Bill Evans incidendo un album di sue composizioni. Come nel caso dell'omaggio dedicato due ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

40 Year Old Bitches, New MilesTones & Others, Too

Read "40 Year Old Bitches, New MilesTones & Others, Too" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

AntibalasWho is This America? Ropeadope Records2010 Few American bands have been more influential in the global Afrobeat movement than the Brooklyn collective Antibalas. Keeper of the African protest flame ignited by Nigerian musician/activist Fela Kuti in the 1970s, Antibalas' reach is expansive and impressive: it contributed to the ...

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Take Five With Marc Hoffman

Read "Take Five With Marc Hoffman" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Marc Hoffman: After establishing himself as a composer and performer of film, theatre, concert and gospel music, Marc Hoffman began pursuing his passion for jazz in the early 1990s. As a pianist and vocalist, Marc performs over 75 dates a year with a repertoire of original jazz and his own ...

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Article: Live Review

Danilo Perez Trio Meets Thelonious Monk: Live at the Kimmel Center

Read "Danilo Perez Trio Meets Thelonious Monk: Live at the Kimmel Center" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Danilo Perez TrioKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Perelman Theater Philadelphia, PANovember 13, 2010Thelonious Monk was a remarkable figure, and his music continues well beyond his lifetime to influence musicians on many levels. Truly “An American Original," as the subtitle of Robin D.G. Kelley's definitive biography calls him, he took stride ...


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