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Article: Book Review

At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene

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by Ian Patterson

At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene Nat Hentoff Hardcover; 246 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-26113-6 University California Press 2010 The photograph which adorns the jacket of Nat Hentoff's At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene--a collection ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

hatOLOGY Reissue Bonanza Continues

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by Mark Corroto

Begun in 1975, Hat Hut Records was to become the model for adventurous, independent, new music labels such as Okka Disk, AUM Fidelity and Clean Feed. From the start, founder Werner X. Uehlinger sought out challenging and innovative musicians and music that might have been too risky for major labels to produce. This very small Swiss ...

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Article: JazzLife UK

There's No Such Thing as a British Jazz Scene

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by Bruce Lindsay

March and April 2010 were eventful months for JazzLife UK--my photo-documentary project on the jazz scene in Britain. Spring finally emerged from winter's grasp, snowdrops replaced snow drifts and jazz life got busier. Debates about jazz and the media took center-stage, at least for some of us, politicians limbered up for a General Election (I know ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Geri Allen: Solo and Quartet

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by Joel Roberts

Geri Allen Flying Toward The Sound Motema Music2010 Geri Allen & TimelineLiveMotema Music2010 One of the most accomplished jazz pianists of her generation, Geri Allen has long made music that ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Avant Piano and Saxophone Duets: Interaction & SAMA

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by John Sharpe

Joel Futterman / Kidd Jordan Interaction Self produced 2010 Matthew Shipp/ Sabir Mateen SAMA Not Two Records 2010 Sax-piano duets have an illustrious lineage. The vast majority have relied on compositional signposts to direct their musings, something avoided on these two studio dates ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Pianos in the Foreground: Six Modern Masters

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by Eugene Holley, Jr.

Because of its huge range, the piano might be the most expressive and adaptable instrument in western music. And since jazz is a product of western culture, it's no surprise that jazz pianists have been the genre's foremost creators, interpreters and stylists. This has been true since the days of ragtime, New Orleans, stride and swing, ...

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Article: Interview

David S. Ware: Gravitation

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by Martin Longley

It wasn't the kidney transplant that brought saxophonist David S. Ware very close to wheelchair confinement. Last September (2009), there were early signs of organ rejection, so he was placed on a course of steroids. These came with side effects that were more debilitating than last year's operation itself. Since then, Ware has been in a ...

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Article: Album Review

John Blum: Who Begat Eye

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by Martin Longley

Pianist John Blum is a native New Yorker who has been immersed in the city's free improvisation scene for the last 15 years. His work with bassist William Parker and drummer Sunny Murray has had the highest profile and last year's release by this trio, In The Shade Of Sun, appeared on guitarist Thurston Moore's Ecstatic ...

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Article: Live Review

Satoko Fujii at the Vortex, London

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by John Sharpe

Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura The Vortex London 12 April 2010 When considering marital harmony, the Roman poet Ovid got it right. He said “If you would marry suitably, marry your equal." And that balanced union is exactly what the husband-and-wife team of Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura has ...

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Article: Interview

Steve Swell: Sound Miracles

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by Gordon Marshall

Trombonist Steve Swell captures the energy of a big band in the close quarters of a small group. An alumnus of Buddy Rich's and Lionel Hampton's bands on the one hand, and collaborator with Anthony Braxton on the other, he seems bound to have fixed upon such a hybrid configuration at some point. But how an ...


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