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Article: Album Review

Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city

Read "good kid, m.A.A.d city" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar's hit album good kid, m.A.A.d city is subtitled “a short film." Lamar's ambition mirrors that of saxophonist Bob Belden, who derided the narrow conceptual vision of too many musicians in a recent All About Jazz interview, saying: “Modeling music along the lines of film narrative ... should be a logical evolution of ...

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Article: Album Review

Cristina Pato: Migrations

Read "Migrations" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal

Galicia is a province in northwestern Spain, bordered on the south by Portugal, whose people pride themselves in having unique and distinct cultural traits with strong Celtic connections, predominantly in its music and the popular gaita, or Galician bagpipe. Cristina Pato is a native Galician, and acknowledged virtuoso of the gaita. She has taken the instrument ...

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Article: Interview

Bob Belden: Jazz Adventurer

Read "Bob Belden: Jazz Adventurer" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Bob Belden is a jazz renaissance man: a flutist and saxophonist who began his career with Woody Herman's big band. He's also a composer and arranger, who has orchestrated jazz treatments of Puccini's opera Turandot as well as the music of The Beatles, Sting and Prince. His pair of tributes to trumpeter Miles Davis--Miles from India ...

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Agemo

By Bob Belden

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Pharaoh's Dance; 02. Bitches' Brew; 03. John McLaughlin; 04. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down; 05. Spanish Key; 06. Sanctuary; 07. Pharaoh's Dance (Laswell Son Of Panthalassa Remix); 08. Bitches Brew Dub (DJ Logic and Grant Phabao Remix); 09. John McLaughlin (Youth Middle Class Riot Remix); 10. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (Gaudi Remix); 11. Spanish Key (Fanu Lightless Remix); 12. Sanctuary (Joe Claussell Hidden Revealed Version).

Album

Transparent Heart

By Bob Belden

Label: RareNoiseRecords
Released: 2012

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Article: Live Review

Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival: Barcelona, Spain, November 24-30, 2012

Read "Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival: Barcelona, Spain, November 24-30, 2012" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Barcelona Voll-Damm International Jazz FestivalBarcelona, SpainNovember 24-30, 2012Sometimes picking a few festival highlights is easy. A big name turns on the charm, one or two young Turks announce their arrival on the scene, someone famous steps up at a jam session--the rest is okay, just nothing special. The Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz Festival ...

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Article: Album Review

Animation: Transparent Heart

Read "Transparent Heart" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Bob Belden is a sort of jazz renaissance man. He's worn many hats in his long career: producer, arranger, composer and reeds player, a combination of roles for which there are few parallels in the business.Transparent Heart highlights Belden the bandleader, the third release by his group, Animation. This is an all-new lineup for ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Albert–Hobbs Big Band / Jeff Hamilton–DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Steve Taylor Big Band

Read "Albert–Hobbs Big Band / Jeff Hamilton–DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Steve Taylor Big Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Dave Albert--Brian Hobbs Big Band Love Remembered Eidolon Records 2012 What a bold and unusual idea, opening a big-band album with a waltz performed by a trio. The Albert-Hobbs Big Band does exactly that with “For Mr. C," one of several dedications on its debut recording, Love ...

Article: Album Review

Animation: Transparent Heart

Read "Transparent Heart" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Nel 1959 il pianista, bandleader, compositore e arrangiatore George Russell aveva dedicato un bellissimo album alla sua New York. Il lavoro si intitolava per l'appunto New York, N.Y. e conteneva un mix di standards e composizioni originali, spesso riferite espressamente a Manhattan, il cuore della Grande Mela. Un bozzetto impressionista, intensamente jazzistico, che guardava decisamente in ...

Article: Album Review

Animation: Agemo

Read "Agemo" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

L'etichetta Rare Noise pubblica un doppio album che moltiplica l'esperienza sensoriale del precedente album Asiento. Il primo CD è un remix dell'album di Tim Hagans, Bob Belden e compagni, calibrato espressamente per un ascolto tridimensionale in cuffia. Una esperienza avvolgente e coinvolgente che ci proietta ancora di più dentro questa musica misteriosa che attualizza Bitches Brew ...


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