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Article: Album Review

Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord: Accomplish Jazz

Read "Accomplish Jazz" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
December 21, 2009

The lineage of guitarists with a lyrical bent is staggering. From Charlie Christian to Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitarists have often been praised not only for their technical skills, but also for their ability to sculpt finely woven lines of melody. Beauty, however, is a strange thing and there is also another school of guitarists to which belongs ...

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Article: Live Review

Mike Clark at the Douglas Beach House

by Bill Leikam
October 17, 2009

Mike ClarkDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, Calif.Sept. 27, 2009 We all knew that when drummer Mike Clark came to the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Sept. 27, it was going to be a high-energy concert. This was true because coming in along with Mike were Donald Harrison ...

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News: Interview

Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg Interviewed at AAJ

October 13, 2009

The world of jazz guitar has long been filled with some of the most storied names in jazz history. Artists such as Charlie Christian, Johnny Smith, Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny and John Scofield have all become recognized as some of jazz's greatest innovators and most prolific performers. In a day and age when it seems that ...

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Article: Interview

Jonathan Kreisberg: Unearthed

by Matthew Warnock
October 13, 2009

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Article: Megaphone

Monk's Music and the Guitar

by Bobby Broom
October 12, 2009

As a guitarist whose love for jazz music began in the '70s, I was understandably excited to hear a few months ago, from a most reliable source, that Thelonious Monk really dug guitarist George Benson! Benson was probably the most popular jazz guitarist of the '70s and those who know about the place of the guitar ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Marsalis: Music Update

Read "Music Update" reviewed by J Hunter

by J Hunter
October 8, 2009

It's not like Jason Marsalis has been invisible since he released Music in Motion (Basin Street, 2002); his name's just been on the back of CD booklets instead of the front. With Music Update, Marsalis is back at the top of the bill, except he's brought a different set of sticks with him, or more specifically, ...

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Article: Profile

How Jazz May Have Influenced The Beatles

by AAJ Staff
September 30, 2009

Introduction A publication from the French general knowledge “Tu Sais..." book series ("You Know..."), entitled “Tu Sais... Jazz," contains a final chapter on rock bands such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. It states that both the Beatles and the Stones “knew and loved old jazz and blues." From Paul McCartney's long familiarization with George ...

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Article: Album Review

Kenny Dorham: 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia

Read "'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall
September 8, 2009

There's a thickness to the sound of this 1956 Kenny Dorham set as reissued by Music Matters on two 45-rpm records--a density that blows from the speakers and settles in the room like smoke. Which is to say the fidelity of the Music Matters product proves itself as strong on live recordings as it has on ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Brett Favre Isn't The Only Comeback Kid

by Jack Bowers
August 28, 2009

The ink was barely dry on last month's report that trumpeter Rob Parton had decided to break up his superlative Chicago-based JazzTech Big Band after more than twenty years at the helm before Parton was back with a brand new ensemble, one whose purpose, he says, “is to mirror that of the European Radio Orchestras where ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

This Ain't No Ukelele: Jazz Guitarists Anthony Wilson, Daniel Santiago and John Pondel

by Martin Gladu
August 27, 2009

For better or worse, the electric guitar has generally projected an image of masculinity, a certain macho quality even. Perfect examples of this are the scenes involving Steve Vai's Jack Butler character in Walter Hill's Crossroads (Columbia Pictures, 1986). Cruelly demanding, the instrument has bruised many male egos and crushed their dreams of stardom and fame.