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Take Five With Jon Crowley

Read "Take Five With Jon Crowley" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Jon Crowley: Forward-thinking trumpeter and composer, Jon Crowley was born in Malvern PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, in 1982. He began studying the trumpet at age six with Elin Frazier, a student of Carmine Caruso. While in high school he developed an interest in Jazz and began attending local jam sessions and sitting in with ...

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Dave Holland / Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Chris Potter / Eric Harland: The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

Read "The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


The Monterey Jazz Festival has an ongoing rich history of great performances: Louis Armstrong (1958), Miles Davis (1963), Tito Puente & His Orchestra (1977), Shirley Horn (1994) and many others. MJF's 50th anniversary celebration in 2007 continued that honored tradition of swing, resulting in Terence Blanchard's Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo with his performance ...

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Take Five With Jake Hanlon

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Meet Jake Hanlon: Performer, composer and educator, Jake Hanlon currently resides in Antigonish Nova Scotia, a Professor of Music at Saint Francis Xavier University. A native of Nova Scotia Canada, Hanlon has had the opportunity to work some of the brightest and talented students and teachers in the world. In 2003 he graduated with Honors from ...

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TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival 2009

Read "TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival 2009" reviewed by Alain Londes


TD Canada Trust Toronto International Jazz Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 26-July 5, 2009 The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival enjoyed its 23rd edition this year with a structure similar to that of recent years. The Mainstage concerts in front of City Hall were a nightly focal point as well ...

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Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 4-6, July 4-6, 2009

Read "Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 4-6, July 4-6, 2009" reviewed by John Kelman


Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Joshua Redman By Invitation Day 1 / Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band Joshua Redman By Invitation Day 2 / Kenny Werner QuintetJeff Beck / Anat CohenFestival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 4-6 2009

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Chris Potter Underground: Ultrahang

Read "Ultrahang" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


After simultaneous releases in 2007--The Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard and Song For Anyone (both on Sunnyside Records)--saxophonist Chris Potter's alter-ego band, Underground, delivers Ultrahang, some of the funkiest, rawest and in- your-face jazz released in 2009. An in-demand session player with artists including Patricia Barber, Dave Douglas, Paul Motian, Potter ...

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Dave Holland: Consistently Exceptional

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This interview, originally published on September 29, 2008, is being reprinted to coincide with the summer 2009 tour of The Monterey Quartet featuring bassist Dave Holland, saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and drummer Eric Harland. The group's live album, Live at the 2007 Jazz Festival (Concord, 2009), will be released on August 25.

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Chris Potter: Ultrahang

Read "Ultrahang" reviewed by David Miller


Now unquestionably one of the better long-running groups on the jazz scene, Chris Potter's Underground puts forth its most consistent effort yet with its sophomore studio album, Ultrahang. Judging by how often the group tours, it's strange that this is only the Underground's third release. But taking into account the quality of Underground (Sunnyside, 2006), Follow ...

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Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 1-3 July 1-3, 2009

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Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2009 It's the 30th Anniversary for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) and, based on the stellar line-up, it promises to surpass its 25th Anniversary celebration from ...

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Ralph Bowen: Dedicated

Read "Ralph Bowen: Dedicated" reviewed by Blaine Fallis


Ralph Bowen Dedicated Posi-Tone Records 2009 Tenor saxophonist Ralph Bowen's Dedicated is a project that was nurtured and produced by Posi-tone Records' founder Marc Free, who felt that Bowen was under-appreciated by the jazz public at large. Bowen has influenced hundreds of players through his teaching position at ...


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