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Take Five with Saxophonist Nick Stefanacci

by AAJ Staff
January 28, 2024

Meet Nick StefanacciPop/jazz saxophonist, music educator and philanthropist Nick Stefanacci has been a lover of music and performance his entire life. Having started playing saxophone at age 10, he began performing at 16 with the then-rising southern rock guitarist, Derek Trucks. Stefanacci has since worked with some of the industry elite, including, Latin Grammy Award-winning rock ...

Article: Liner Notes

Bill Evans: The Legendary Trio At Birdland 1960 Revisited

by Chris May
January 17, 2024

Thank you, Boris Rose. The obsessive New York jazz maverick set out to record every musician of note who performed in the city's clubs from the mid 1940s through the mid 1970s. He must have come close to succeeding. His vast accumulated horde of tapes--today presumed more or less safe, stacked floor to ceiling in a ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Random Acts of Roach, Knoel Scott, Jimmy Rowles

by David Brown
January 16, 2024

This week, we'll kick off our celebration of the Max Roach Centennial with a weekly set titled Random Acts of Max Roach; the show will also include a pair of tunes featuring saxophonist Knoel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra, jazz interpretations of Neil Young songs, and a set showcasing pianist Jimmy Rowles. Welcome friends and ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

The Keith Jarrett Trio: Ten Essential Recordings

by Karl Ackermann
January 15, 2024

The Keith Jarrett Trio, or The Standards Trio, as it later became known, with Gary Peacock on double bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, is one of the most celebrated and influential jazz trios of all time. The group was formed in 1983 but Jarrett and DeJohnette had been collaborating since the late 1960s when they ...

Article: Album Review

Lucas Pino: Covers

by Jack Bowers
January 1, 2024

Covers is a quartet date in which New York-based tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino “covers" half a dozen generally pleasing songs written by his contemporaries, alongside one each by Charlie Parker ("Relaxin' at Camarillo") and Duke Pearson ("New Girl"). Pino's smooth, articulate tenor saxophone is reinforced by guitarist Alex Goodman, bassist Rick Rosato and drummer Allan Mednard. ...

Article: Album Review

Trespass Trio featuring Susana Santos Silva: Live in Oslo

Read "Live in Oslo" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 1, 2024

Adding Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva to Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen's Trespass Trio for the 2018 Blowout Festival in Oslo, Norway was “a no-brainer." The inclusion of her trumpet, which features in ensembles led by Mats Gustafsson, Fred Frith, and Torbjörn Zetterberg, to name but a few, requires little or no thought. It is as if ...

Album

The Birth of Bop

By Charlie Parker

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Birth Of Bop, Volume 1: Charlie Parker: Romance Without Finance; Dexter Gordon: Dexter’s Minor Mad; J. J. Johnson: Jay Bird; Milt Jackson: Hearing Bells; Leo Parker: Chase ’N’ Lion (Chase’n The Lion); Stan Getz: Stan's Mood

The Birth Of Bop, Volume 2: Fats Navarro: Hollerin’ And Screamin’ (Fatso); Allen Eager: Church Mouse; Kai Winding: Always; Don Byas: Byas A Drink; J. J. Johnson: Jay Jay; Dexter Gordon: Long Tall Dexter.

The Birth Of Bop, Volume 3: Budd Johnson: Little Benny (King Kong); J. J. Johnson: Mad Be Bop; Milt Jackson: Bubu; Leo Parker: Solitude; Stan Getz: Don’t Worry ’Bout Me; Fats Navarro: Maternity (Lard Pot).

The Birth Of Bop, Volume 4: Allen Eager: Donald Jay; Kai Winding: Saxon; Budd Johnson: Dee Dee’s Dance; J. J. Johnson: Coppin’ The Bop; Milt Jackson: Junior; Dexter Gordon: Dexter Digs In.

The Birth Of Bop, Volume 5: Allen Eager: Unmeditated; Leo Parker: The Lion’s Roar (Lion Roars); Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: Stealin’ Trash; Roy Porter: Pete’s Beat; Serge Chaloff: Pumpernickel; Morris Lane: Blowin’ For Kicks.

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The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-CuBop Recordings

By Charlie Parker

Label: Liberation Hall
Released: 2023
Track listing: Dizzy Atmosphere; A Night in Tunisia; Groovin' High; Confirmation; Lament for Congo; Mambo Fortunado; Salt Peanuts; Leo the Lion; Cuban Holiday; Lemon Drop; The Goof and I; Leo the Lion II; Night and Day; My Funny Valentine; Cherokee; On the Alamo; Manteca; A Short One

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At Birdland 1950 Revisited

By Charlie Parker

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Wahoo; ‘Round Midnight; This Time The Dream’s on Me; Dizzy Atmosphere; A Night in Tunisia; Move; The Street Beat; Out of Nowhere; Ornithology; I’ll Remember April; 52nd Street Theme; Cool Blues; 52nd Street Theme.

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Live Revisited

By Dizzy Gillespie

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bebop; A Night In Tunisia; Groovin’ High; Salt Peanuts; Hot House; Fifty Second Street Theme; A Night In Tunisia; Dizzy Atmosphere; Groovin’ High; Confirmation; Koko; Blue ‘N’ Boogie; Anthropology; ‘Round Midnight; A Night In Tunisia.