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Article: Live Review

E. J. Strickland Quintet At Scullers Jazz Club

by Nat Seelen
October 3, 2017

EJ Strickland QuintetScullers Jazz Club Boston, MA September 21, 2017 “A lot of people ask, you know, what the state of jazz is. I love what's going on." E.J. Strickland's mellow baritone is measured and thoughtful as he spoke from behind the drum set. This is the last tune of the ...

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Article: Interview

David Caceres: Double Threat Coming Forward

by R.J. DeLuke
March 28, 2011

The singer/instrumentalist in jazz has a long and honorable tradition. Many of those, though certainly not all, are more known for their singing than playing, especially in the last 20 years or so. But almost universally, they're enjoyed for what they can do, breathing a certain joie de vivre into songs by expressing the lyrics, then ...

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Article: Live Review

James Farm at Salle Pleyel in Paris

by David Miller
January 26, 2010

James FarmSalle PleyelParis, FranceJanuary 16, 2010 The musicians in James Farm walked out onto the stage purposefully--four hip cats. The dim lighting at Salle Pleyel accentuated their mysteriousness, casting shadows over their faces as they took up their instruments. Eric Harland stood out as the coolest of the bunch in his ...