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Victoria (Live in Germany)

Label: Bjurecords
Released: 2009
Track listing: Victoria And Her Sisters; Suomi Sanni; Papa Abba; Draco Arthur; Names & Spaces; There You Go; Dada.

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Article: Interview

Joey Baron: Just Say Yes

Read "Joey Baron: Just Say Yes" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell


Combining technical acuity with a deep sense of groove, Joey Baron drums with playful exuberance. Throughout his more than 35-year career, he's propelled experimentalists like guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist John Zorn, as well as mainstreamers like vocalist Carmen McRae and saxophonist David Sanborn. He's even played with pop stars David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull. But ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio: Constellations

Read "Constellations" reviewed by Chris May


When hatOLOGY put it out back in summer 2009, pianist Horace Tapscott's mother lode of groove, The Dark Tree, originally released in 1991, looked like a serious contender for best reissue of the year. It's still a player--but so too is trumpeter Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio's Constellations, which slips under the wire at the eleventh ...

Article: Album Review

Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite

Read "Human Activity Suite" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Commissionato dalla Chamber Music Orchestra, Human Activity Suite è un progetto ambizioso incentrato sul tema della salvaguardia ambientale. Un'opera che trascende i confini del jazz per concentrarsi sul retaggio musicale dei continenti. Suoni etnici, musica folk e rock per un percorso variegato in cui a spiccare è la chitarra del leader. Pur non essendo un disco ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

It's The Drummer, Stupid

Read "It's The Drummer, Stupid" reviewed by Mark Corroto


If you're a jazz misanthrope you probably think first to “shoot the pianist," a saying taken from the Francois Truffaut film of the same name, Tirez sur le pianiste. Truth be told, the most effective way to pull the plug on a jazz band, a very good jazz band, is to take out the drummer. An ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bassist/Composer Alexis Cuadrado - World Premiere of Noneto Iberico

Bassist/Composer Alexis Cuadrado - World Premiere of Noneto Iberico

Bassist/Composer ALEXIS CUADRADO - World Premiere of NONETO IBERICO A New Nine Movement Composition Commissioned by The Chamber Music America-Doris Duke Foundation “New Works" grant program Friday + Saturday, October 2nd + 3rd @ The Jazz Gallery The Jazz Gallery is located at 290 Hudson St, NYC Tel (212) 242-1063 ...

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Article: Album Review

James Carney Group: Ways & Means

Read "Ways & Means" reviewed by Matt Marshall


It's good to see the jazz community is not shying away from pressing political and social issues of the day. Guitarist Brad Shepik, with his Human Activity Suite (Songlines, 2009), and drummer Alex Cline, with Continuation (Cryptogramophone, 2009), have both made musical pleas for the environment in 2009, following in the socially conscious footsteps of Max ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Revolution on the F Train

Read "Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Revolution on the F Train" reviewed by J Hunter


Some of 2009's jazz is being made far from Manhattan Island, home to a number of the genre's biggest labels. However, the revolution is also happening on the other side of the East River, where the artist collective Brooklyn Jazz Underground is making its own breaks and its own discs. BJU just released their second brace ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Darriau Paradox Trio: Gambit: Brooklyn to Bulgaria

Read "Gambit: Brooklyn to Bulgaria" reviewed by Elliott Simon


Among multi-reedist Matt Darriau's many projects and collaborations his Paradox Trio stands out as a forum for his own creativity. Darriau is an alto man and clarinetist who has also mastered several Eastern European instruments such as the gaida (bagpipe) and Bulgarian wood flute or kaval. On this offering, he and his band are joined by ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Brad Shepik - Human Activity Suite" Giveaway!

Announcing the Winners of the "Brad Shepik - Human Activity Suite" Giveaway!

Dave Sumner, Jackie Diprimo, Joseph Groff, George Korval and Jesse McBee, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Songlines Recordings “Brad Shepik - Human Activity Suite“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Songlines Recordings for more jazz releases. ...


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