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Pianist/Arranger Bill Cunliffe Revisits a Jazz Classic with "The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2"
With his new album, The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2, pianist Bill Cunliffe doesn’t so much reinvent a modern jazz classic as open it for incisive interpretation. Working with clean, uncluttered arrangements and a stellar cast of improvisers, Cunliffe explores Oliver Nelson's beloved 1961 album for Impulse! And the results are consistently riveting. Putting ...
Interview: Helen Merrill (Part 1)
Jazz greats are more sensitive than the rest of us. They have to be to produce honest art. While their angst and emotional unease may not always be evident, a deep sorrow and regret often rests just beneath the surface, coloring their creative mood and expression. Jazz artists who reach for their scars when they record ...
"Keepnews Collection" is Kaput
Concord engineer Joe Tarantino reportedly says that the label's “Keepnews Collection" reissue series is being cancelled, due to poor sales. The series featured new editions of classic jazz albums such as Sonny Rollins' Freedom Suite, Wes Montgomery's Incredible Jazz Guitar, and Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners, all remastered by Tarantino, with updated liner notes by longtime, legendary ...
The Story of Jazz Guitar
by AAJ Staff
While in its early days, jazz guitar was considered a rhythm instrument alongside the banjo of Dixieland. In 1940, Charlie Christian and his Gibson ES-150 changed that and elevated guitar to lead instrument status alongside the saxophone and trumpet--instruments that could acoustically cut through the sound of a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. Here, we encapsulate some of ...
Lenny Bruce, Jazz Fan
The latest edition of the Jazz Video Guy's blog features highlights from some very rare Lenny Bruce video. In 1959, Mr. Bruce produced his own television pilot, The World of Lenny Bruce, featuring Buddy Rich and Harry Sweets Edison, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, and a quartet that includes his friend Philly Joe Jones, Cannonball Adderley and ...
Carver Trio: Broken Sleep
by Ian Patterson
Carver Trio is one of those rare groups that blend genres so effortlessly that trying to hang a name on this music will only give you a headache. Broken Sleep lies in the no-man's land where jazz and folk meet, and like fog wrapping itself around smoke it is next to impossible to distinguish one from ...
But Beautiful
By Bill Evans
Label: Salt Peanuts
Released: 2008
Track listing: But Beautiful; Who Can I Turn To?; Gary's Waltz; Turn Out The Stars; Someday My Prince Will Come; Minha (All Mine); Nardis;
Umbria 1978 / Hamburg 1972
By Bill Evans
Label: JazzShots
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Peacocks; Theme From Mash; Midnight Mood; Nardis / Announcement By Bill Evans; Solar; Waltz For Dissention; Stockenhagen; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Sao Paulo; Northern Trail;
The 1965 London Concerts
By Bill Evans
Label: Impro-Jazz
Released: 2008
Track listing: Five (Theme); How My Heart Sings; Nardis; Who Can I Turn To; Someday My Prince Will Come; How Deep Is The Ocean; Waltz For Debby; Five (Closing Theme); Five (Theme); Elsa; Summertime; Come Rain Or Come Shine; My Foolish Heart; Re: Person I Knew; Israel; Five;
