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News: Event

Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher Creates 31 Bach-Style Chorales In 31 Days In Celebration Of His 31st Birthday

Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher Creates 31 Bach-Style Chorales  In 31 Days In Celebration Of His 31st Birthday

Rob Mosher is no slacker. The award-winning composer and soprano saxophonist decided to give himself the challenge of a lifetime: write 31 Bach-style chorales in 31 days in celebration of his 31st birthday and blog about the experience. The month-long project is already underway—it began October 20th—Mosher blogs his progress each day at www.robmosher.com and at ...

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News: Crowdfunding Campaign

Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher's Fundraising Concert Monday, Nov. 15 Towards Recording His "31 Chorales" Kickstarter Project

Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher's Fundraising Concert Monday, Nov. 15 Towards Recording His "31 Chorales" Kickstarter Project

AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER ROB MOSHER'S FUNDRAISING CONCERT MONDAY, NOV. 15 TOWARDS RECORDING HIS “31 CHORALES" KICKSTARTER PROJECT Mosher Creates Bach-Style 31 Chorales in 31 Days in Celebration of His 31st Birthday In Midst of Raising $3,100 through Kickstarter.com to Record the Music “A gifted composer who offers a fresh and updated approach." —All About Jazz “Mosher does ...

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Article: Album Review

Ray Anderson - Marty Ehrlich Quartet: Hear You Say

Read "Hear You Say" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Trombonist Ray Anderson and reed player Marty Ehrlich first played together in 1978 as part of Anthony Braxton's band. Thirty-one years later, with extensive individual discographies, the pair finally formed a band of their own and recorded a concert at the 2009 Jazz Festival Willisau, in Switzerland. Hear You Say is this recording--a highly energetic, exciting, ...

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Article: Album Review

Colin Stranahan: Life Condition

Read "Life Condition" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Drummer Colin Stranahan was something of a prodigy, gigging around his home town of Denver, Colorado, aged 11 years and releasing his first album, Dreams Untold (Capri Records, 2004) at the age of 17. Life Condition is his third album--inspired by a trip to India with Herbie Hancock and the Monk Institute Band. It's a mix ...

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Article: Album Review

The Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News!

Read "News? No News!" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

There is a marvelous gravitas that emanates from the musical waves that rush onward and beat the inner ear, spreading colors and textures like brilliant volatile smears on the music's canvas. The awesome density of Steve Swell's trombone carving the air in great circles of sound, swirling around the growling of Gebhard Ullmann's tenor saxophone brings ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Robinson: The Two Faces of Janus

Read "The Two Faces of Janus" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Currently serving as Assistant Professor of Music at Amherst College in Massachusetts, multi-reedist Jason Robinson originally obtained his Ph.D. in music from the University of California. A promising new arrival to the East Coast scene, Robinson's academic background imbues his episodic writing with an organically cohesive sensibility, while his years spent co-leading the longstanding bicoastal ensembles ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Swell: Steve Swell's Slammin' The Infinite

Read "Steve Swell's Slammin' The Infinite" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

Using something that Walt Whitman said about prolific writing, trombonist Steve Swell posits that the more he creates--the more he writes and therefore performs--the more likely he is to produce something worthwhile. Although he does not mention it, this also suggests pushing the boundaries and being nonjudgmental about any of his work until he arrives at ...

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News: Interview

Saxphonist Jason Robinson Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!

Saxphonist Jason Robinson Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!

Saxophonist Jason Robinson is alert and ready to work his place in the scheme of things, from jazz itself and music at large, to the existential particulars of philosophy. A supple technician with a penchant for abstract thought, he splices together different strains of theory and logic with combinatory takes on period, school and style. A ...

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Article: Album Review

Rich Halley Quartet: Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival

Read "Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Like the very best of them, every time Rich Halley puts his horn in his mouth it's a celebration of the sound of the saxophone. His powerhouse blowing capacity and testosterone-soaked sound hearken to the great Sonny Rollins and the late Dewey Redman. His ensemble approach featuring two horns--cornet and saxophone, supported by bass and drums ...

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Article: Album Review

Conference Call: What About...?

Read "What About...?" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

One of the finest improvising units working today, Conference Call is a complete band, capable of touching all the jazz bases, be they individual or group improvisation, or the performance of composed music. The quintet's sixth release, What About...? is a two-disc session from the band's 10th anniversary tour, and was recorded live at Alchemia in ...


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