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Article: Film Review

Jazz Icons, Series 4

Read "Jazz Icons, Series 4" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Jazz Icons Series 4 Naxos 2009 The fourth volume of the Jazz Icons DVD series, available individually or in a boxed set, compiles live videos by seven jazz greats never issued commercially, all with detailed liner notes and a bumper crop of period photographs. The performances are in black and ...

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Article: Live Review

Henry Grimes, Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille: The Profound Sound Trio at the Vortex, London

Read "Henry Grimes, Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille: The Profound Sound Trio at the Vortex, London" reviewed by John Sharpe


The Profound Sound Trio: Henry Grimes, Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille The Vortex London, England November 23, 2009 A buzz of anticipation gripped a full house at the Vortex for the London debut of the Profound Sound Trio--a collective of British reedman Paul Dunmall and a heavyweight rhythm ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Coleman Hawkins

Jazz Musician of the Day: Coleman Hawkins

All About Jazz is celebrating Coleman Hawkins' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Coleman HawkinsColeman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence in jazz that the instrument enjoys. Before he hit the scene, jazz groups had little use for the instrument. One player (forgot who) said... more ...

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Video

South of France Blues

Featuring the music of Coleman Hawkins
Duration: 6:56

Coleman Hawkins with George Arvanitas on piano and Mickey Baker on guitar.
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Article: Book Review

The Jazz Composer: Moving Music Off The Paper

Read "The Jazz Composer: Moving Music Off The Paper" reviewed by Nic Jones


The Jazz Composer: Moving Music Off The Paper Graham Collier Hardcover; 314 pages ISBN: 978 09557888 0 2 Northway Books 2009 Bassist, composer and bandleader Graham Collier's preoccupation with form is itself, in a very literal sense, a central concern of this book: with the passage of time, Collier's ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Let's Party: Anthony Wilson Trio, Joel Frahm & Bruce Katz, James Carter et al.

Read "Let's Party: Anthony Wilson Trio, Joel Frahm & Bruce Katz, James Carter et al." reviewed by J Hunter


Just because summer is long gone doesn't mean the other three seasons have to be a marathon of dreariness. The calendar's got plenty of reasons to party--Christmas, New Year's Eve, or (for college students) the odd Tuesday that needs freshening up. It's only logical that parties need party music, so here are three “musical guests," all ...

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Article: Album Review

Heath Brothers: Endurance

Read "Endurance" reviewed by Larry Taylor


The Heath family is illustrious in jazz. Percy and Jimmy got their starts in the late forties, a part of the emerging jazz scene in New York. The oldest, Percy on bass, became part of the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952 and stayed with the legendary group for over forty years. Jimmy on reeds, meanwhile, has ...

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Article: Interview

Roberta Gambarini: Making Listeners Fall 'So In Love'

Read "Roberta Gambarini: Making Listeners Fall 'So In Love'" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


It's been an out-of-the-ordinary career trip for Roberta Gambarini--a trip that's seen her go from a young girl in Italy, scatting along with records by American singers Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, to struggling to get singing gigs in her native land, to grabbing an opportunity to come to the United States, to gaining recognition by ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

The Story Of Jazz Saxophone

Read "The Story Of Jazz Saxophone" reviewed by AAJ Staff


For some, the saxophone is the sound of jazz. The unique fusion of brass and woodwind that is the sax found an electrifying vibrato in the hands of jazzmen that truly changed the world. The pale “pure" tone of the instrument, as first used in classical compositions, vanished in a musical blast of slurs ( Coleman ...

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Article: Interview

Chris Byars: Studying Unsung Heroes

Read "Chris Byars: Studying Unsung Heroes" reviewed by Ludwig vanTrikt


[Introduction by Teddy Charles] It's not easy to be Chris Byars. With an incredible array of talents brought to bear on his composition, arrangements, and cooking jazz performances, it's no wonder he's worked his way to the forefront of the myriad of jazz players overwhelming the scene. For me, our felicitous association led to multiple gigs ...


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