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Take Five With Jackson Evans

Read "Take Five With Jackson Evans" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Jackson Evans: Based in Savannah, Georgia, Jackson is known throughout the southeast as an in-demand band leader, composer, arranger and accompanist. In addition to organizing several regional tours he has performed in concert series and festivals including an appearance as a featured guest at the Savannah Jazz Festival.Jackson holds a BM ...

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Undead Jazz Festival: Day 4, June 26, 2011

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by Daniel Lehner

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Undead Jazz Festival New York, New York June 23-26, 2011 The last night of the Undead Jazz Festival, which had paraded its way from the chic, well-lit streets of the West Village down into the depths ...

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Undead Jazz Festival: Day 2, June 24, 2011

Read "Undead Jazz Festival: Day 2, June 24, 2011" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Undead Jazz FestivalNew York, New YorkJune 23-26, 2011 Sometimes a great idea just begs to be used again. The first performance of Search and Restore's “round-robin style" improvisation cycle last December proved its worth went beyond novelty. ...

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Undead Jazz Festival: Day 1, June 23, 2011

Read "Undead Jazz Festival: Day 1, June 23, 2011" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Undead Jazz FestivalNew York, New YorkJune 23-26, 2011 If 2010's Undead Jazz Festival were the first installment in a series of zombie films, then the first day of the 2011 season was a sequel picking up where ...

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Article: Album Review

Brad Shepik Quartet: Across The Way

Read "Across The Way" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

One of the modern day pioneers of integrating Balkan music into the progressive jazz vernacular, guitarist Brad Shepik's solo and session career spans a comprehensive panorama. He lingers on the cutting-edge of matters amid collaborations with like-minded artists, such as trumpeter Dave Douglas, reedman Chris Speed and other jazz VIPs. And on this quartet date, Shepik ...

Article: Album Review

Jim Black Alasnoaxis: Houseplant

Read "Houseplant" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Houseplant è un flusso navigante di umori, di toni e scale. Con “Inkionos" vengono ad intersecarsi diverse sensibilità acustiche, dai modi sordi e dai colori pastello. Ci sono poi momenti di delicato rock, che riportano all'esperienza Sonic Youth, come “Houseplant," una ballata trasognante e trasparente. Una ricerca attraverso la canzone che si esaurisce in maniera complessa, ...

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Article: Album Review

Tim Berne: Insomnia

Read "Insomnia" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Recorded in the summer of 1997, the previously unreleased Insomnia offers an expanded variation of composer/saxophonist Tim Berne's critically lauded 1990s quartet, Bloodcount. The group, which featured Berne (on alto and baritone saxophones), tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Chris Speed, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Jim Black, was widely revered for its ability to fashion dramatic opuses that seamlessly ...

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Endangered Blood: Endangered Blood

Read "Endangered Blood" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Endangered Blood formed in 2008, to play a benefit concert to help pay for fellow musician Andrew D'Angelo's medical bills. For the performance, drummer Jim Black and bassist Trevor Dunn--two of the saxophonist's band mates--enlisted saxophonists Chris Speed and Oscar Noriega. As happens so often in modern groups, familiar players in different combination produce compelling results.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Tim Berne: Insomnia

Read "Tim Berne: Insomnia" reviewed by Charles Walker

by Charles Walker

Tim BerneInsomniaClean Feed2011 In the medical world, a blood count is a clinical tool, a method of aggregating data in order to make a diagnosis. In short, it's a way of picturing the lay of the land and from there determining the best path forward. Alto saxophonist Tim ...

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Darius Jones: From Johnny Hodges To Noise Jazz

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by AAJ Staff

Alto saxophonist Darius Jones--who won most critics' nomination for the best jazz newcomer album of 2009 for Man'ish Boy (A Raw And Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, 2009)--is a great fan of Johnny Hodges. He says that the lyrical Duke Ellington altoist is his hero, and this is pleasantly noticeable at the beginning of Man'ish Boy. It ...


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