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Article: Live Review

Bray Jazz Festival 2013

Read "Bray Jazz Festival 2013" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Bray Jazz FestivalBray, County WicklowIrelandMay 3-5, 2013 For many years, the picturesque town of Bray's main claim to fame has been that it's the oldest inhabited seaside town in Ireland. That is, it was the main claim to fame until Bray local lass Katie Taylor won boxing gold at the 2012 ...

News: Event

Jazz At The NAZ - January 26, 2013

Saturday January 26, at 2:00 PM, the JAZZ at the NAZ benefit concert for Brandon's Libraries for Little Ones begins. The music performed by double Grammy-nominated master pianist Mark Little ushers in an afternoon of supreme musical entertainment. The FREE JAZZ at the NAZ performance will be held at the Moscow, Idaho Church of the Nazarene ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Special Edition

Read "Special Edition" reviewed by John Kelman


With drummer/keyboardist Jack DeJohnette entering his eighth decade on planet earth, he's managed to accomplish what few other drummers have. Recipient of the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Award, there are few jazz drummer s alive today who can cite as many recordings as the Chicago-born DeJohnette can, nor are there many who have been on such ...

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Roots/Lester Leaps In

Featuring the music of Chico Freeman
Duration: 8:14

Salute to the Saxophone - 1992 - featuring:Arthur Blythe: alto;Sam Rivers: tenor & soprano;Chico Freeman: tenor & soprano; Nathan Davis: alto & tenor & soprano;Don Pullen: piano; Santi Debriano: bass;Idris Muhammad: drums
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News: Recording

German band Gordon Blue remodels classic rock staples into solid jazz songs

Classic rock is new again. To the German band Gordon Blue, the FM radio staples of the '70s still have life in them. However, don't expect the group to unleash Led Zeppelin's “Whole Lotta Love" with the stadium-blasting power metal of the 1970 original. Instead, Gordon Blue remodels it as chilled-out piano jazz. Guitar purists may ...

Album

Essence Of Silence

Label: DRG Records
Released: 2010

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Article: Interview

Steve Colson: Doing Jazz Justice

Read "Steve Colson: Doing Jazz Justice" reviewed by Gordon Marshall


As well as being a great music educator, Steve Colson is one of the most versatile jazz pianists of the last forty years, with a grasp of idioms ranging from swing to free, and from European romanticism to new music. What's more, he is a master of compression, incorporating these sources into solos and compositions with ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Chico Freeman, Air, Walt Dickerson, George Cables: Buried Treasures Now On CD

Read "Chico Freeman, Air, Walt Dickerson, George Cables: Buried Treasures Now On CD" reviewed by Chris May


Not to be confused with the Swedish trance and electronica label of the same name, the original Why Not label was an adventurous affair run by the Japanese businessman and jazz fan Masahiko Yuh for a brief but productive spell in the 1970s. With few contacts, but armed with an outstanding pair of ears, a cheque ...

Album

Rent Romus' Jazz On the Line with Chico Freeman Thundershine

Label: Edgetone Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Cameltrot; Dali Lawnd; Q'Cee; Thundershine; Moons of Neptune; Double Dig; Dali Lawnd (bonus cut)

Album

Spirits Alike

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Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Deep Pockets (B. Watson) - 7:56; 02. Evolution (Freeman/Chari) - 5:18; 03. Spirits Alike (Freeman/Pulsford/Bond) - 6:37; 04. Consequence (C. Mc Bee) - 3:29; 05. The Ascended One (F. Harris) - 7:41; 06. Remembering Bob C. (Freman/Mc Bee) - 2:30; 07. Lullaby For Imka (B. Hart) - 7:06. 08. Lady Bugg (C. Mc Bee) - 7:53; 09. Alas Poor John (Freeman/Pulsford) - 8:51; 10. Remembering Bob C - (Freman/Mc Bee) - 3:01.


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