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Article: Live Review

Punkt Festival 2009: Day 1, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2, 2009

Read "Punkt Festival 2009: Day 1, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2, 2009" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 ---> Every festival has its raison d'être, but the Kristiansand festival, in Norway, has many. It's primary definer is its “Live Remix" concept--where performances in Agder Theatre's main hall are immediately followed by live remixes of the performance just passed, with additional musicians interacting, ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Frisell: Disfarmer

Read "Disfarmer" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts

Guitarist Bill Frisell's latest foray outside jazz into folk-country-Americana is a soundtrack of sorts to an exhibit of photographs by Michael Disfarmer, an eccentric and curmudgeonly portrait artist who recorded stark, stunning black and white images of his fellow townsfolk in rural Arkansas in the 1940s and '50s. Most of the 26 tracks ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 24, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 248 266 -18 0 61 1 5 2 3 4 Bobby Broom Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin) 209 194 +15 0 51 2 11 3 3 3 Christian McBride & Inside Straight Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue) 183 ...

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Article: Film Review

Bill Frisell: Solos and Films of Buster Keaton

Read "Bill Frisell: Solos and Films of Buster Keaton" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

In a career which is in 2009 entering its fourth decade in the public eye, guitarist Bill Frisell has fashioned a trajectory like no other. As comfortable playing Hank Williams country tunes as he is a Ron Carter blues, the guitarist has created such a distinctive sound that, even when he's playing a plain old G ...

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Article: Album Review

Saint Dirt Elementary School: Ice Cream Man Dreams

Read "Ice Cream Man Dreams" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Somewhere, Tom Waits is smiling. His vision of the amalgamation of the cabaret, circus and hipster is fully realized in the small big band known as Saint Dirt Elementary School on Ice Cream Man Dreams. The title track rolls in as a squeaky child's song of twisted sentiments and wonky melody. Its circus mayhem is subterfuge ...

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Article: Live Review

Seven Days In Norway: The 2009 Oslo Jazz Festival

Read "Seven Days In Norway: The 2009 Oslo Jazz Festival" reviewed by Thomas Conrad

by Thomas Conrad

Oslo Jazz FestivalOslo, NorwayAugust 9-15, 2009 Sunday August 9 was the first day of the Oslo Jazz Festival. It was cloudy and cool and rained off and on all day until, miraculously, the skies cleared just in time for the opening concert. Antony and the Johnsons performed with the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra ...

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Article: Interview

John Surman: From Boy Choirs to Big Horns

Read "John Surman: From Boy Choirs to Big Horns" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It's increasingly risky to be a musician on the road. When British saxophonist John Surman was traveling from his home in Oslo, Norway, to New York City in September, 2007 for a recording session, he almost lost his baritone saxophone to the airlines. “It is a nightmare traveling now," says Surman, “and hardly a tour goes ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 17, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 266 261 +5 2 61 1 4 2 47 — Bill Frisell Disfarmer (Nonesuch) 223 57 +166 11 46 2 2 3 3 2 Christian McBride & Inside Straight Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue) 194 201 -7 ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Organ Donations Welcome: Larry Goldings, Gary Versace, Jared Gold

Read "Organ Donations Welcome: Larry Goldings, Gary Versace, Jared Gold" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Organ jazz records flow into and out of our consciousness evoking memories of the roots of jazz, R&B and easy listening, but also awakening us to the possibilities of new musical exploration. Whatever inspired Wild Bill Davis, Milt Buckner and Jimmy Smith to take up the organ may never be known. Maybe it was ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 10, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 4 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 261 290 -29 12 63 1 3 2 3 1 Joe Locke & David Hazeltine Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine) 206 195 +11 1 53 1 8 3 2 5 Christian McBride & Inside Straight Kind ...


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