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News: Interview

AAJ Interviews Some of Today's Most Intrepid Big Band Leaders

AAJ Interviews Some of Today's Most Intrepid Big Band Leaders

The big band in jazz has a long and glorious history. It was a prevalent form in jazz music in the '20s and '30s, comprising a substantial part of America's popular music heard on radio, spun on gramophones and record players, and enjoyed in dance halls. In the post-World War II era music began to change, ...

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Article: Interview

Large Ensembles: Is There a Place in This Large Music World?

Read "Large Ensembles: Is There a Place in This Large Music World?" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

The big band in jazz has a long and glorious history. It was a prevalent form in jazz music in the '20s and '30s, comprising a substantial part of America's popular music heard on radio, spun on gramophones and record players, and enjoyed in dance halls. It gave rise to iconic band leaders like Fletcher Henderson, ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Enja Records

Read "Enja Records" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman

Matthias Winckelmann's favorite recording of the hundreds he's made is the one just finished. Over the years, he's documented music from all over the world and of many different stripes and has always been eloquent and passionate. His label Enja has been in existence for 38 years and a look at the catalogue tells you that ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazz Journalist Association 2009 Awards Dinner

Read "Jazz Journalist Association 2009 Awards Dinner" reviewed by Ralph A. Miriello

by Ralph A. Miriello

2009 Jazz Journalists Association AwardsJazz StandardNew York, New YorkJune 16, 2009 On Tuesday, June 16th I was privileged to attend this year's Jazz Journalists Association Awards held at the Jazz Standard in New York City. It was a rare opportunity to meet and mingle with some iconic artists, some up-and-coming musical ...

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News: Technology

New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Chico Hamilton, Grace Kelly, Vintage Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Radio Deejay Russ Davis, and Coverage of the Freddie Hubbard Memorial at St. John the Divine

New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Chico Hamilton, Grace Kelly, Vintage Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Radio Deejay Russ Davis, and Coverage of the Freddie Hubbard Memorial at St. John the Divine

New York, NY -- From elder statesman Chico Hamilton to rising star Grace Kelly, the current episode of Jazz it Up! bristles with a cool edge that tempers the warmth of summer. On one of her two featured numbers, alto saxophonist Kelly arranges Bill Withers' “Aint No Sunshine" into a jazz showcase; during the second, she ...

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News: Award / Grant

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Set for Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 P.M.

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Set for Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 P.M.

The Jazz Journalists Association's 13th Annual Jazz Awards Honoring excellence in music-making, presentation, production, jazz journalism and “A Team" activism and advocacy Nominations released, Winners to be Announced at Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th St., New York City Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 p.m. In a year notable ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Tolliver Big Band: Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note

Read "Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

With Love (Blue Note, 2007) chronicled the return of the Charles Tolliver Big Band, one of the most progressive big bands of the Post-War years. Inspired in part by the vibrant creative energy of the burgeoning Loft Scene, trumpeter Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell's cooperatively led big band was immortalized by two landmark records, Music Inc. ...

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Article: Megaphone

Charles Tolliver: Monk at Town Hall

Read "Charles Tolliver: Monk at Town Hall" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

By Charles TolliverThelonious Monk was and is a central and seminal figure, along with Bird and Diz, et. al., responsible for the creation and growth of the jazz idiom. His patented and innovative stride-intervallic improvisatorial style was inextricably tied to his harmonic genius as a composer. In fact, nearly all of these original innovators ...

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Music Inc.

By Charles Tolliver

Label: Strata-East Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Ruthie's Heart; Brilliant Circles; Abscretions; Household of Saud; On The Nile; Departure

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Article: Interview

David Weiss: Writin', Arrangin' and Playin'

Read "David Weiss: Writin', Arrangin' and Playin'" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

David Weiss has been on the New York scene for a while now, writing and arranging, producing albums, organizing an outstanding octet. He's known for all that. He also plays the trumpet. Quite well, in fact. Although he's played with the likes of Jaki Byard, Frank Foster, Craig Handy, Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath and ...


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