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Article: Live Review

Jazz at the SPAC: The Freihofer Jazz Festival June 27-28, 2009

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by AAJ Staff

Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009You might be a jazz fan if: You fly through a lightening storm to get to the show. Your only thought sitting next to a woman who is completely freaked that you're all going down like a rock is that you hope it's ...

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Article: Live Review

Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 1-3 July 1-3, 2009

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by John Kelman

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2009 It's the 30th Anniversary for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) and, based on the stellar line-up, it promises to surpass its 25th Anniversary celebration from ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Bill Frisell: The Quiet Genius

Read "Bill Frisell: The Quiet Genius" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

If there is a given within the music of guitarist Bill Frisell, it's the honest approach in every note he composes and plays. There are no compromises. His magical world of creativity incorporates yet transcends all styles and genres of music, and as one of today's most original and innovative composers, he has created a unique ...

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Article: Album Review

Larry Gray: 1, 2, 3...

Read "1, 2, 3..." reviewed by Matthew Warnock

by Matthew Warnock

1, 2, 3... is a masterful contemporary jazz release by Chicago jazz stalwart and bass virtuoso Larry Gray. The album is Gray's first trio record that has released under his own name, though he has performed on many as a sideman with such players as Larry Coryell and up and coming Chicago artist Zvonimir Tot. Handling ...

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Article: Album Review

Sam Yahel: Hometown

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by J Hunter

Sam Yahel has made the grade. His signature Hammond B3 sound--appearing on both his own work and on recordings by Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, and Norah Jones--has identified him as one of the players that will take Jimmy Smith's favorite instrument deep into the 21st century. So what does Yahel do on Hometown, his fifth disc ...

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News: Award / Grant

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Winners

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Winners

Drumroll, please! And the winners of the 2009 Jazz Journalist Association (JJA) awards are... Top Honors 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Lee Konitz 2. Musician of the Year Sonny Rollins 3. Composer of the Year Maria Schneider 4. Up and Coming Artist of the Year Esperanza ...

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Article: Profile

Downtown Music Gallery A Summer Blockbuster Hit

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by Mark Corroto

Imagine the opening credits to a summer blockbuster movie that starts out in space looking down at the earth. As the camera moves in you recognize North America, then the east coast comes into frame and finally the island of Manhattan. The camera pans across the skyscrapers, down, down, down to Chinatown between the Manhattan and ...

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News: Festival

Rimouski International Jazz Festival: 24th Edition

Rimouski International Jazz Festival: 24th Edition

By Marcel Dubois Five hundred kilometers from Montreal along the mighty and majestic St Lawrence River lies the historical city of Rimouski, population 43,000. Founded in 1696, it's an important maritime city that takes pride in its great nautical traditions. Backed up by rolling hills that offer panoramic views of the Gulf as well as splendid ...

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Article: Album Review

Manu Codjia: Manu Codjia

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by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Manu Codjia is among the most active sidemen on the French jazz scene and one of the most original guitarists playing jazz anywhere. His playing--clearly indebted to Bill Frisell, but also to Allan Holdsworth, Tommy Bolin on Billy Cobham's Spectrum (Atlantic, 1973), and a host of other influences--constantly generates new ideas on several levels at once: ...

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Article: Album Review

IDST: Seven Dials

Read "Seven Dials" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

As the youthful sextet IDST demonstrates, exciting developments in British jazz are not confined to London, nor do all British jazz musicians succumb to the lure of the capital (or not immediately anyway). IDST was formed in 2007 in the Yorkshire city of Leeds in northern England, where it continues to be based, and its players ...


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