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Article: Live Review

Pharaoh Sanders at SFJAZZ

Read "Pharaoh Sanders at SFJAZZ" reviewed by Harry S. Pariser

by Harry S. Pariser

Pharoah Sanders SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA January 9, 2014 Pharoah Sanders is hardly a stranger to San Francisco. Residing just across the Bay Bridge in Oakland, the 74-year-old saxophonist has performed in the city on numerous occasions, including a solo gig at Grace Cathedral for SFJAZZ some years back. For this ...

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Article: Album Review

Ross Hammond: Humanity Suite

Read "Humanity Suite" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo

La chitarra elettrica di Ross Hammond costituisce l'elemento catalizzatore di questa “Humanity Suite," attraverso un una stratificazione sonora irregolare e dissonante. Privati di un fermo baricentro stilistico, i temi della suite sono costruiti su cellule ampie ed irregolari. Nonostante l'ampio spazio disegnato per la chitarra acida di Hammond, prevale un tessuto timbrico grave dove hanno ampio ...

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News: Education

San Jose Jazz: Making kids smarter through music

San Jose Jazz: Making kids smarter through music

By Joe Rodriguez “I liked the way the trombone sounded," said Ayoko, who is now 12. His friend Jaime, 11, had hoped for a saxophone but settled for a clarinet. “They said it was free, so why not?" The musical notes that day in Santee Elementary School's echo-prone, combined cafeteria and auditorium penetrated deep enough to ...

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Article: Film Review

Rockin' The Wall: How Music Ripped The Iron Curtain

Read "Rockin' The Wall: How Music Ripped The Iron Curtain" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Various Aritsts Rockin' The Wall: How Music Ripped The Iron Curtain The Video Project 2014 This documentary focuses on the connotations of freedom and innate power of rock music, and its role in bringing down the Iron Curtain. Nonetheless, it's an intriguing history lesson for baby boomers and more importantly, Generation ...

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Article: Album Review

Vlatko: Subjective Experience In A Commercial Free Zone

Read "Subjective Experience In A Commercial Free Zone" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

West Coast purveyor of novel jazz concepts, trombonist and shrewd improviser, Michael Vlatkovich skirts the perimeters of expressionistic jazz rock and most all things jazz related, featuring electric guitarist Tom McNalley's impressive, quirky off-kilter voicings and stinging expeditions. It's a production that's framed on the outside schema, as the leader's compositions present a brooding and flourishing ...

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Article: Album Review

Hafez Modirzadeh: In Convergence Liberation

Read "In Convergence Liberation" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Inciso nel 2011 riunendo pagine tutte a firma del multistrumentista di origine iraniana (ma nato a Durham, Carolina del Nord, nel 1962) Hafez Modirzadeh, questo lavoro è per più di un verso emblematico di come si possa far felicemente convivere ambizioni compositive post-accademiche, seduzioni di memoria etnica e pruriti jazzistici di stampo contemporaneo.Vi trovano ...

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News: Recording

Brian Culbertson Celebrates A Milestone Anniversary “live”

Brian Culbertson Celebrates A Milestone Anniversary “live”

The first live recording from the multi-genre multi-instrumentalist aims to get radio to “Think Free” Los Angeles, CA: Years ago, a young ambitious musician-songwriter-producer emerged from Chicago who went on to architect 27 No. 1 Billboard singles along with a half-dozen albums that debuted at No.1 that changed the status quo with a creative and fresh ...

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News: Recording

Iconic Australian Troubadour Paul Kelly Presents "The Merri Soul Sessions" Releasing January 27, 2015

Iconic Australian Troubadour Paul Kelly Presents "The Merri Soul Sessions" Releasing January 27, 2015

U.S. Release Contains Three Exclusive Bonus Tracks Special Guests Include Kira Puru, Vika & Linda Bull and Clairy Browne of The Bangin’ Rackettes Limited Edition 7” Vinyl Box Set Available Via PledgeMusic LOS ANGELES, CA. — Following the recent releases of his groundbreaking song cycles, Spring and Fall and Conversations With Ghosts, Australian troubadour Paul Kelly ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Live at the Orpheum

Read "Live at the Orpheum" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It was the reunion nobody expected. After years of touring in circumstances less than ideal--and, for him, distinctly and increasingly unpleasant-- co-founder and only remaining original member Robert Fripp was as clear as can be that he was done with his flagship group King Crimson. A brief four-city, eleven-date 2008 tour--with a revamped version of the ...

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News: Education

Hancock rouses Jazz Network crowd

Hancock rouses Jazz Network crowd

The legendary musician delivered an inspiring keynote address at the national conference, which continues in San Diego through Saturday Lamenting the decline in arts funding at U.S. public schools as “a national disgrace,” music legend Herbie Hancock electrified a capacity audience of more than 1,600 during his keynote address Thursday at the 6th annual National Jazz ...


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