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Article: Interview

Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart

by R.J. DeLuke
April 21, 2009

Known in the jazz world for his slick and superlative drumming skills, Brian Blade is engaged in making other musical statements these days. Statements that are outside the jazz genre, but are an essential part of this enlightened man and serious musician whose musical tastes run “between Bela Bartok and Wayne Shorter to Al Green," who, ...

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News: TV / Film

Another Documentary, Another Riff on the History and Mystery of Jazz

April 20, 2009

Icons Among Us, a four-part series beginning Monday on the Documentary Channel, serves as a retort to Ken Burns’s 2001 television documentary Jazz. It doesn't make this explicit, but it doesn't need to. There's no other elephant in the room. Mr. Burns's series, you may remember, outlined styles and eras and individual accomplishments. His film--with a ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode One: The Quiet Revolution

by John Kelman
April 20, 2009

Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode One: The Quiet Revolution The Documentary ChannelApril 20, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009Many still look back at Ken Burns' Jazz (2001) as the documentary that ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Auand: A Matter of Trust

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 8, 2009

To collect music is a path and a passion that sometimes can lead into an unexpected profession. The founders of some of the most famous labels in jazz history; people like Bob Weinstock (Prestige), Alfred Lion (Blue Note), Norman Granz (Verve) and Orrin Keepnews (Riverside) were listeners, who felt the need to document the new sounds ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bill Frisell's Disfarmer Project at Skirball Center

April 4, 2009

Long known for merging rustic Americana with atmospheric jazz, Bill Frisell brought to the Skirball Center on Thursday night. His new Disfarmer Project, a suite of as-yet- untitled compositions intended for a future CD release that are inspired by the American photographer known as Disfarmer. An eccentric, reclusive man, Disfarmer, born Mike Meyers, became an outsider ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Frisell

March 18, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Frisell's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bill FrisellOver the years, Frisell has contributed to the work of such collaborators as Paul Motian, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III, Van Dyke Parks, Vic ...

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News: Interview

Guitar Icon Jim Hall Interviewed at AAJ

March 16, 2009

There's good news and better news for the many fans of guitar great Jim Hall--counted among them a number of established guitarists who are, themselves, eminent. It would be hard to find a guitarist who doesn't look up to Hall and whose playing has not been influenced by him in some way. Players relish Hall's rich ...

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Article: Interview

Jim Hall: The Elegant Guitarist

by R.J. DeLuke
March 16, 2009

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Article: Live Review

John Geggie / Vic Juris / John Fraboni: Ottawa, Canada Feb. 28, 2009

by John Kelman
March 10, 2009

John Geggie / Vic Juris / John FraboniGeggie Concert Series 08/09, #4 National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada February 28, 2009 It's all too rare that a musician of Vic Juris' caliber comes to town. Returning to Ottawa as part of bassist John Geggie's annual Geggie Concert ...

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Article: Interview

Alex Cline: Free-Spirited Drummer

by R.J. DeLuke
March 9, 2009

West coast drummer/percussionist Alex Cline is a sensitive player with a strong feel for interesting harmonies, shifting voices and changing moods when he writes music. It's a sensitivity not usually associated with drummers. But what's inside Cline, and comes through in his music, is from an artist and a musician, not merely a drummer. ...