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Article: Interview

Lola Danza: Free To Sing Free

Read "Lola Danza: Free To Sing Free" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Free jazz has wound its way through many permutations since arriving in the early '60s. An important custodian of its new directions is vocalist and composer Lola Danza, of Brooklyn. Danza is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston, and stayed in Boston for a few years after graduating, developing her ...

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Article: Live From New York

February 2009

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Jeff “Tain" WattsJeff “Tain" WattsWinter JazzfestLe Poisson RougeNew York City January 10, 2009The big draw of Winter Jazzfest was drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts' midnight set at Le Poisson Rouge Jan. 10th in honor of Max Roach's birthday, with Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Branford Marsalis (tenor and soprano ...

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Article: Profile

William Parker: Deep Roots

Read "William Parker: Deep Roots" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


William Parker's East Village apartment is abuzz with activity on what would seem to be a typical November afternoon in the hive of New York free jazz. Cell phones and laptops are whirring, Parker making arrangements for an upcoming tour as his wife, the dancer and tireless organizer Patricia Nicholson, sets details for an upcoming fundraiser ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Charles Gayle: Live at Crescendo and Forgiveness

Read "Charles Gayle: Live at Crescendo and Forgiveness" reviewed by Jeff Stockton


By Any Means Live at Crescendo Ayler 2008 Charles Gyale Trio Forgiveness Not Two 2008 20 years ago Charles Gayle forged a reputation for iron chops, a ...

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Forgiveness

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Living Waters; Glory, Glory, Glory; Holy Birth; Confess; Song To Thee; Giant Steps; Forgiveness.

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Touchin' On Trane

Label: Jazzwerkstatt Berlin-brandenburg E.v.
Released: 2008
Track listing: Part A; Part B; Part C; Part D; Part E.

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Article: Album Review

Charles Gayle: Touchin' On Trane

Read "Touchin' On Trane" reviewed by Francis Lo Kee


A long time ago, there was an advertising line: “The Rolling Stones are not just a band; they are a way of life." That ad man was of course tapping into the old adage of jazz: if you don't live it, it won't come through your music. In the '90s, The New Thing of the '60s ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Gayle Trio: Forgiveness

Read "Forgiveness" reviewed by Mark Corroto


His story is familiar to many. Charles Gayle, the many times homeless saxophonist, plays his signature firebrand music and testifies to his religious faith in equal measure. Known for his tenor, he also plays the piano (an early instrument for him) with his unique style that is simultaneously old school and modern. Here he ...

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Article: Live Review

Charles Gayle at the Red Rose Club, London

Read "Charles Gayle at the Red Rose Club, London" reviewed by John Sharpe


Charles Gayle, William Parker, Mark Sanders Red Rose Club London, England September 21, 2007 Charles Gayle was so keen to get started that he launched his opening salvo--a short repeated squeal of a motif--almost before drummer Mark Sanders had finished thanking promoters Birmingham Jazz for making this short English tour ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Gayle: Consider the Lilies

Read "Consider the Lilies" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


C'è qualcosa di essenziale, istintivo, evidentemente paradigmatico, nella musica di Charles Gayle, uno di quei “qualcosa" che fanno strappare i capelli agli immaginifici critici - smarriti nella loro impotenza definitoria - e che invece fanno sogghignare soddisfatti i musicisti, finalmente premiati nel loro desiderio di non vedersi segnare la strada da cartelli e cordoli. La storia ...


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