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Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian: Live at Birdland

by Dan McClenaghan
June 9, 2011

Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/MotianLive at BirdlandECM Records2011 The tunes are familiar, Great American Songbook and jazz standards all. So for those unfamiliar with the names involved in this quartet outing, the old complaint of “same old same old" could surface. But with alto saxophonist Lee Konitz at the top of ...

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Charlie Haden Quartet West: Norwich, UK May 19, 2011

by Bruce Lindsay
June 2, 2011

Charlie Haden Quartet WestSt Peter Mancroft ChurchNorwich, UKMay 19, 2011 The warm and sunny spring weather meant that queuing outside the venue was more of a pleasure than a chore for the jazz fans waiting to see and hear Charlie Haden Quartet West in the impressive surroundings of St Peter Mancroft ...

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Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet +1: London, UK, April 18-20, 2011

by John Sharpe
June 1, 2011

Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet +1Café OtoLondon, UKApril 18-20, 2011 Since its inception in 1997, Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet has become one of the foremost large groupings in free jazz, not least because of its unrivalled roster of talent and its durability as a unit. When asked how he had kept such ...

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News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky (1997)

May 28, 2011

Vacation Part 3. OK, so I didn't win the lottery. I didn't buy a big house on the Maine coast. There was no affair with the real estate agent. But you could have probably guessed all of that. What came to pass did seem something like a fantasy but somehow ... it always does. Two weeks ...

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Article: Live Review

Borneo Jazz 2011

by Ian Patterson
May 25, 2011

Borneo JazzMiri, Sarawak, BorneoMay 12-15, 2011 Borneo Jazz--known as the Miri International Jazz Festival for the previous five editions--has undergone a certain amount of rebranding in an effort to promote its growing stature as one of the leading jazz festivals in the region. This year the festival has increased from two to ...

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Jazzahead 2011: April 28 - May 1, 2011

by John Kelman
May 16, 2011

Jazzahead Bremen, Germany April 28-May 1, 2010 Jazz may be a marginalized genre with shrinking CD sales and, at least in North America, a painfully low profile in popular media, but just a few days at Jazzahead in Bremen, Germany, leave a much different impression. A trade show for all ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian: Live at Birdland

by John Kelman
May 11, 2011

Grist for what seems like an endless flow of recordings, The Great American Songbook has, ultimately, become as much a crutch as it is an inspiration. There's no denying the staying power of music that's near-Jungian in its collective familiarity, but if an artist is simply running down the tunes, à la Real Book--head, solo, head--the ...

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News: Recording

Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motion "Live at Birdland"

May 5, 2011

Konitz, Mehldau, Haden and Motian Live At Birdland Lee Konitz: alto saxophone Brad Mehldau: piano Charlie Haden: double-bass Paul Motian: drums A quartet of master musicians and a programme of jazz classics. “Live At Birdland" presents the finest moments from two inspired nights at New York's legendary club, as Konitz, ...

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Article: Interview

Matt Penman: Down on James Farm

by R.J. DeLuke
May 3, 2011

Matt Penman and his bass have inhabited a variety of musical places and spaces in recent years, all of them on a very high level. That speaks to his abilities on his instrument, and his adaptability to diverse situations. He of the fluid hands, rich sound and steady, melodic pulse always comes through. That's why he's ...

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Article: Live Review

Henry Butler: San Diego, April 12, 2011

by Robert Bush
April 27, 2011

Henry ButlerSaville Theatre, San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, CAApril 12, 2011 The path that brought famed New Orleans pianist Henry Butler to the Saville Theatre on April 12 has been rich in diversity and inexorably directed to his core : the wide scope of Crescent City music, and the deep ...