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Article: Live From Philadelphia

August 2012: Brian Betz Quartet, Featuring Denis DiBlasio

by RJ Johnson
September 16, 2012

Brian Betz QuartetChris' Jazz CaféPhiladelphia, PAAugust 31, 2012Guitarist Brian Betz led his quartet through a set of standards at Chris' Jazz Café in Philadelphia. In a set comprised entirely of standards, the band used its divergent musical personalities to uncover new ground within a familiar framework.The ...

Article: Live Review

Caramoor Festival 2012

by Richard Conde
August 12, 2012

Caramoor Jazz Festival 2012Katonah, New YorkJuly 28-29 and August 4, 2012Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this year's Caramoor Jazz festival in Katonah, New York, produced by Jim Luce, was a three-day celebration not to be missed. Stormy and thunderous days set the stage for the first two days of the festival. This year's lineup ...

Article: Album Review

Billy Hart: All Our Reasons

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 2, 2012

Dopo aver debuttato con questo quartetto nel 2006 (Quartet, High Note) Billy Hart ha mantenuto in vita la formazione, esibendosi regolarmente fino a raggiungere con questo disco uno dei lavori più significativi dell'anno e uno dei momenti più elevati della sua carriera di leader. Hart è tra i migliori e più versatili batteristi del nosto tempo: ...

Article: Interview

Tyshawn Sorey: Composite Reality

by Daniel Lehner
June 26, 2012

Though Tyshawn Sorey's Oblique-I (Pi Recordings, 2011) is his most recent release to date, it's actually comprised of some of the percussionist/composer's earliest work. Containing music that is sonically dense, enormously challenging and (as the title suggests) consistently blurs and obscures the lines drawn between improvisation and composition, it has been hailed by critics and fans ...

Article: Album Review

The Cookers: Believe

by Troy Collins
June 25, 2012

Believe is The Cooker's third release in as many years, celebrating the all-star septet's fifth anniversary as a working group. More than just a collective of high-profile scene veterans (named after Freddie Hubbard's live 1965 Blue Note recording Night of the Cookers), the lineup's impressive credentials collectively span from the acoustic hard bop of Art Blakey's ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Michael McNeill

by AAJ Staff
June 7, 2012

Meet Michael McNeill: Michael McNeill has become an integral part of Buffalo, NY's thriving jazz and improvised music scene, performing with bands led by Kelly Bucheger and Ravi Padmanabha, and co-leading a quartet with John Bacon. He's also collaborated with trumpet legend Paul Smoker on projects of standards and of original compositions. McNeill also ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Year of the Snake

by John Kelman
June 6, 2012

When a group of musicians works together more often in extracurricular configurations with other leaders, what do they do when they come together for their own project? In the case of saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard-- who, individually and collectively, have worked with everyone from pianist Brad Mehldau and guitarist Kurt ...

News: Performance / Tour

Michele Rosewoman Trio With Special Guest Julian Priester At The Healdsburg Jazz Festival, June 8, 2012

May 21, 2012

On June 8, 2012 at 9:00 p.m., the pianist/composer Michele Rosewoman leads her trio, featuring bassist Andy McKee and drummer Billy Hart, with special guest trombonist Julian Priester, in a concert at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, performing a selection of original works by Rosewoman and by Priester. Hailed by AllAboutJazz.com as a “propulsive bandleader [who] guides ...

Article: Interview

Adam Cruz: Making Some Room

by R.J. DeLuke
May 7, 2012

Playing drums with some of the finest musicians around, touring the globe with them, and teaching music can be a lot on the plate of a person fortunate enough--and talented enough--to find themselves in that situation. In fact, that's a solid career.But for Adam Cruz--a much sought-after drummer on the New York City scene ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Billy Hart - All Our Reasons" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

March 31, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records “Billy Hart - All Our Reasons“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on April 30th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Billy Hart at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your ...