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Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Jimmy Smith: Groovin’ at Smalls Paradise – 1957

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by Marc Davis

I love the jazz organ. I love Jimmy Smith. But I don't love Groovin' at Smalls Paradise. When Smith burst onto the scene in 1956, he was a genuine phenomenon. Not only was he wildly popular, but also wildly prolific. In just three years, from 1956 to 1958, Smith put out a mind-boggling 23 ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Phil Woods: 1931-2015

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by AAJ Staff

In memory of NEA Jazz Master, Phil Woods. This article was previously published in November 2002. All About Jazz: Looking back on the almost three decade history of your Quintet, one question springs immediately to mind. You've had the same rhythm section of Steve Gilmore on bass and Bill Goodwin on drums ever since ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Losen Records: Jazz Around the World

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by Jakob Baekgaard

Since the beginning, the Norwegian label Losen Records, which is run by the indefatigable Odd Gjelsnes, has not been satisfied with a replication of the so-called Nordic sound. Instead, Gjelsnes has literally spread himself around the world, with albums recorded in Australia, Sweden, South Africa, Norway and Spain. Gjelsnes is a true world citizen and the ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

BGO Records: Excellence in Jazz Reissues

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by Jakob Baekgaard

In the digital age we live in, there is no doubt that the business of reissuing music is booming. It has never been easier to get music, old and new, in digital or physical form. However, one thing is to re-release a record; another thing is to do it the right way. BGO Records, run by ...

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Article: Album Review

Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

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by Maurizio Comandini

Il criterio utilizzato dai produttori della Sony Legacy, per questo quarto box della eccellente 'The Bootleg Series,' è piuttosto interessante e singolare: il legame che lega assieme varie performance di Miles Davis con i suoi vari gruppi, non è quello temporale come succede di solito, ma bensì quello spaziale, per di più preso in senso molto ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Talk Thelonious: NRBQ + Terry Adams plays Terry Adams Arrangements of Thelonious Monk Songs

Read "Talk Thelonious: NRBQ + Terry Adams plays Terry Adams Arrangements of Thelonious Monk Songs" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Musician and AAJ contributor Skip Heller calls the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ), “the greatest band of all time." A listen to the band's catalog reveals a depth and breadth of material that betrays an omnivorous appreciation of all American Music, all with a wicked and acute sense-of-humor, something so much music lacks. Never a ...

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News: Recording

"Doors: Chicago Storylines," New CD By Alto Saxophonist/Composer Caroline Davis, Due Nov. 6

"Doors: Chicago Storylines," New CD By Alto Saxophonist/Composer Caroline Davis, Due Nov. 6

Following the release of her much-praised 2012 debut, Live Work & Play, alto saxophonist and composer Caroline Davis relocated from Chicago to New York City and got to work on an ambitious project that had been germinating for seven years. To honor her eight-year residency in Chicago, she combines spoken stories and original compositions on her ...

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Article: Interview

Intervista a Rosario Di Rosa

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by Neri Pollastri

Siciliano di Vittoria, Rosario Di Rosa è un pianista e compositore che negli ultimi anni ha proposto progetti sempre molto interessanti, originali e lontani dai cliché più abusati. Non fa eccezione il suo ultimo disco Pop Corn Reflections, uscito per la NAU Records, che stupisce anche conoscendo altri suoi lavori: si tratta infatti di un piano ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Zappa and Jazz: Did it Really Smell Funny, Frank?

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by Geoffrey Wills

The following is an excerpt from “Chapter 2: Early Encounters with Jazz" of Zappa and Jazz: Did it Really Smell Funny, Frank? by Geoffrey Wills (Matador, 2015). When, at the age of fourteen, Zappa entered Mission Bay High School in San Diego in 1955, his first exposure to the elitist snobbery of a ...

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Article: Interview

Intervista a Stefano Battaglia

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by Neri Pollastri

All About Jazz Italia: Il tuo Trio con Salvatore Maiore e Roberto Dani arriva al terzo capitolo, In the Morning, nel quale, pur conservando la propria identità, presenta due importanti novità: la principale è che la musica non è originale, bensì del compositore americano Alec Wilder. Perché questo passaggio dalla musica tua a quella di un ...


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