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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Zack Albetta

Read "Take Five With Zack Albetta" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Zack Albetta: Since coming to Kansas City in 2003, Zack has been active throughout the Midwest as a performer, composer/arranger, educator, author, adjudicator and clinician. His performance credits to date include Angela Hagenbach, The Kansas City Symphony, The Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Stan Kessler, The 18th & Vine Big Band, Mark Lowrey, Shay Estes, and ...

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Article: Album Review

Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last

Read "free at last" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


New York-based drummer Tobias Gebb assembled a stellar cast for free at last. The format of Unit 7 follows the instrumentation tradition of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The three-horn frontline and three-man rhythm section allows this group to sound bigger than it is at times, while also having the flexibility to make things more intimate. Gebb ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Franck Amsallem

Read "Take Five With Franck Amsallem" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Franck Amsallem: Mickey Mac: Franck Amsallem has been a professional pianist and composer for over 30 years. As a leader he has released seven cds, all of which have received rare critical acclaim. His sideman credits have included some of the great names in jazz: Gerry Mulligan, Charles Lloyd, Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune, Bobby Watson, ...

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Everlasting

Label: Red Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Pecado primero (Walrath); 02. Hello Albert (Watson); 03. Donna Lee (Parker); 04. Gesualdo’ s Tango (Walrath); 05. Temples of Gold (Mantilla); 06. Ay caramba (Watson); 07. Everlasting (Lundy); 08. Eeeyyeess (Lewis); 09. El color de mi rythmo (E. Martinez).

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News: Radio

Public Radio Debuts Weekly Live Jazz, Blues and Comedy Jam on 12 O'Clock Jump

By Mark Edelman Public radio has always been home for late night jazz programming. Add to that line-up 12 O'Clock Jump, public radio's brand new jazz, blues and comedy jam. Broadcast live every Saturday night/Sunday morning from midnight to 1AM central time, the weekly variety show is streamed live at wwww.kcur.org for the world to dig. ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Strike Up the (Unsung) Bands

Read "Strike Up  the (Unsung) Bands" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The big band era is known for producing a number of enormously successful ensembles whose leaders were household names: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, then on through Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the brothers Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and, ...

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Article: Interview

Christian McBride: Getting the Inside Straight

Read "Christian McBride: Getting the Inside Straight" reviewed by Esther Berlanga-Ryan


If we think about it for a little while, it's possible to believe that there is something almost mystic and undeniably powerful about jazz. The way it developed through the years and its constant ignition-like energy; the creativity of those who lead the way and those who continue the journey today; the improvisation that takes over ...

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News: Festival

Jazz Academy of Music Presents First Annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival at the Hilton Rockville (Maryland)

Jazz Academy of Music Presents First Annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival at the Hilton Rockville (Maryland)

Saxophonist & Educator Paul Carr & The Jazz Academy of Music (501 c-3) Revives Former East Coast Jazz Festival Under New Name, MID-ATLANTIC JAZZ FESTIVAL Event To Be Held Over Three Days, FEBRUARY, 19-21 2010 at The Hilton Rockville in Rockville, MD Festival to Feature National and Local Talent Including Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Terell Stafford, ...

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Article: Interview

Stefon Harris: Authenticity and Audacity

Read "Stefon Harris: Authenticity and Audacity" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Authenticity is a special word for vibraphone wizard Stefon Harris when it comes to his art, which springs from the tradition of jazz music, but is approached through a modern lens that takes into account the sounds and perspective of 2009. He has enough audacity--also a special word for Harris--to say it clearly, to ...

Article: Album Review

The Jazz Tribe: Everlasting

Read "Everlasting" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il titolo del CD è un po' troppo pretenzioso, ma la musica proposta ha in sé l'irresistibile genoma del mainstream contemporaneo che dal bop di Parker ci porta fino all'afro-cuban jazz. Del gruppo originario venuto alla ribalta negli anni '90 rimane la triade Watson/Walrath/Mantilla, a tener in vita una formula rimasta immutata negli anni. Ma i ...


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