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Article: Live Review

Ken Peplowski/Bucky Pizzarelli Quintet at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

by Dan Bilawsky
November 29, 2010

Ken Peplowski/Bucky Pizzarelli QuintetDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, NYNovember 23, 2010 When the dust has settled on Halloween, the leaves have all fallen off of the trees and the temperature takes a dip, it's clear that Thanksgiving is only a short while away. At Thanksgiving, people come together with family, reunite ...

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Article: Album Review

Sandro Albert: Vertical

Read "Vertical" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
November 23, 2010

Ever since the path-breaking, horn-like excursions of guitarist Charlie Christian in Benny Goodman's band, the language and literature of the guitar have forever been changed. Today's exponents, from Pat Metheny to Fred Frith, have stretched its boundaries, albeit from dramatically different perspectives of the musical spectrum. Sandro Albert fits somewhere in the dynamic pantheon of guitarists, ...

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Article: Album Review

Russell Malone: Triple Play

Read "Triple Play" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 13, 2010

Guitarist Russell Malone has found a durable and receptive home at MAXJAZZ, resulting in three fine recordings: Playground (2004); Live at Jazz Standard, Volume 1 (2006); and Live at Jazz Standard, Volume 2 (2006). He sports an elegant, unpretentious method and a shimmering, round and slightly velvety tone that compliments his considerable abilities. Triple Play is ...

News: Radio

"Class of '39" This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

September 26, 2010

Riverwalk Jazz this week offers a musical snapshot of 1939, a year that produced some of the greatest motion pictures, jazz recordings, and songwriting of the 20th century. Stream this hour-long show now in its entirety in Windows Media. Musical guests for this show (in encore appearances) include piano legend Dick Hyman, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, the ...

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Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell At The Stone

by AAJ Staff
September 18, 2010

Bill FrisellThe StoneNew York CitySeptember 7, 2010 Bill Frisell has captured the imagination of music fans of many types, since his first records in the 1980s. He is the world's favorite alternative take on guitar. Yet, he may be, instead, the next step in guitar rather than another side of ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian

July 29, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Christian's birthday today! Charlie ChristianAs the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on. Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916 in Bonham, Texas but was raised in Oklahoma City from the time he was two years old... more ...

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Article: Interview

Lorraine Feather: The Girl With the Lazy Eye

by Carl L. Hager
July 12, 2010

While writing the tune “Scrabble" for her recently released CD Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010), lyricist and singer Lorraine Feather's songwriting partner, Dick Hyman, had an unusual request that bordered on a dare: could she work the name of the venerable pianist/composer's family friend Dushka into the lyrics? After all, the middle section of his stride composition ...

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Article: Album Review

Barrett Deems: Deemus

by Nic Jones
June 20, 2010

Drummer Barrett Deems was a man with a pedigree, who took in stints with violinist Joe Venuti from 1937 to 1944, and a four-year run with trumpeter Louis Armstrong in the 1950s. The first years of the following decade found him keeping the musical company of trombonist Jack Teagarden. All of these affiliations are clues to ...

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Article: Live Review

B. B. King in Denver

by Geoff Anderson
May 5, 2010

B. B. King Buell Theater Denver, CO April 19, 2010 B. B. King is the last of the authentic Delta bluesmen. That group includes legends like Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. King is the real deal. He was born in the Delta ...

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Article: Interview

Chuck Anderson: Guitar Reemergence

by Victor L. Schermer
April 20, 2010

Chuck Anderson's guitar artistry is a cut above the jazz standard. The quality of his execution is so fine that on first hearing, it is literally stunning. His recent CD, Freefall (Dreambox Media, 2010) consists of musical gems--all-original compositions, woven into a tapestry worthy of a master classical guitarist. Yet it is all straight-ahead mainstream jazz ...