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Article: Interview

Jiyoung Lee: Snobs, Addicts & Royalty

Read "Jiyoung Lee: Snobs, Addicts & Royalty" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Jiyoung Lee, pianist/keyboardist and leader of Korean jazz-funk sextet Jazz Snobs Funk Addicts probably has to pinch herself from time to time. Encouraged from a young age by her parents to pursue a life as a classical pianist, Lee instead opted for the greater expressive freedom--and the economic uncertainty-- offered by jazz. Her journey so far ...

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Article: Album Review

Brad Mehldau / Mark Guiliana: Mehliana - Taming the Dragon

Read "Mehliana - Taming the Dragon" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Whilst synthesizer-driven ambient groove music seems like a left-field move, nothing pianist/composer Brad Mehldau does should surprise anymore. The piano trio releases of Mehldau's first recording decade established his reputation as the most influential jazz pianist since Keith Jarrett. The brilliant, emotionally intense Elegiac Cycle (Warner Bros. Records, 1999) marked a significant departure from his previous ...

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Article: Album Review

Matija Dedić: Sentiana

Read "Sentiana" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Croatian pianist Matija Dedić demonstrates exquisite taste in selecting trio mates for his projects. His debut--From The Beginning (Dallas Records, 2009)--brought him into contact with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard, best known for their work in pianist Brad Mehldau's acclaimed trio. The follow-up record--M.D. In N.Y.C. (Origin Records, 2011)--found him working with bassist Vicente ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Braxton Cook

Read "Take Five With Braxton Cook" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Braxton Cook: As a young emerging saxophonist, Braxton Cook has already garnered several honors and accolades. While in high school, he had been honored to be one of 30 other high school musicians selected from a nationwide competition to participate in the 2009 Grammy Jazz ensemble, held during the same week as the Grammy ...

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Article: Live Review

Metastasio Jazz 2014

Read "Metastasio Jazz 2014" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Teatro Metastasio e Teatro Fabbricone Prato 13.02, 27.02 e 03.03.2014 Seguendo la consuetudine degli ultimi anni, anche l'edizione 2014 di Metastasio Jazz--la rassegna pratese diretta da Stefano Zenni--si è articolata su tre date: un numero non ampio, ma sostanziato da proposte di altissimo livello. Il ...

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Article: Album Review

Lena Bloch: Feathery

Read "Feathery" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Russian-born tenor saxophonist Lena Bloch carries a cool burning torch for the music of saxophonist Warne Marsh and the Lennie Tristano school of jazz. For Feathery, her debut CD as a leader, Bloch has assembled a quartet that can rival the loose and interactive and spontaneous ensembles of alto saxophonist Lee Konitz--a Tristano acolyte and Bloch's ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Mehliana - Taming The Dragon

Read "Mehliana - Taming The Dragon" reviewed by John Kelman


First impressions shouldn't necessarily be the lasting ones. Despite, according to the press sheet, having played together for several years, über-pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana only began touring as Mehliana in 2013, and one of the heavily electronic duo's early performances at the 40th Vossa Jazz Festival in Voss, Norway was, sadly, eminently forgettable. ...

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Article: Live Review

Aaron Parks Trio al Teatro Manzoni, Milano

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Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni 10.11.2013 Da Paul Bley a Keith Jarrett, passando attraverso Misha Alperin e Bobo Stenson, fino ai nostri Stefano Battaglia e Stefano Bollani... Non c'è dubbio che Manfred Eicher, deus ex machina della casa discografica ECM, abbia buon fiuto per i pianisti. ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Daniel Szabo: A Song From There

Read "Daniel Szabo: A Song From There" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Some musicians are late bloomers. Others start while most people their age are occupied with finger painting and play-doh; Daniel Szabo belongs to the latter category. The Hungarian-born, Los Angeles-based pianist was playing and composing at the age of four, but that's not so surprising since he grew up in a house with two musician- parents. ...

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Article: Live Review

Ahmad Jamal at Vicar Street, Dublin

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Ahmad Jamal Vicar Street Dublin 24 January, 2014 It's been a banner year for fans of jazz piano in Dublin, with solo concerts by Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau bookending 2013. Influential to both these pianists was NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal, so it was fitting in a way that he ...


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