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News: Performance / Tour

Producer/Conductor Ryan Truesdell Releases "Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans" May 17-20 At Jazz Standard

May 8, 2012

Join producer/conductor Ryan Truesdell as he celebrates the release of his debut CD CENTENNIAL: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans at the Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th Street, NYC for four nights: Thursday, May 17 – Sunday, May 20. Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 every night, with an 11:30 set on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are ...

Article: Album Review

Miles Okazaki: Figurations

Read "Figurations" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
May 1, 2012

Figurations is the final release in Miles Okazaki's three volume compositional cycle. Its trajectory is based on forward-thinking ideas Okazaki began on his self-produced 2006 debut Mirror, and continued on the nearly sixty-minute Generations (Sunnyside, 2009), which was recorded in the studio in one take. While no less demanding, this recording was commissioned and performed in ...

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Article: Interview

Rez Abbasi: Thoroughly Modern Marvel

by Lawrence Peryer
January 2, 2012

Guitarist Rez Abbasi is part of a generation of jazz musicians who came of age after the conservative backlash of the 1980s. He and his peers are making their mark on America's art form by contributing their rich and varied cultural backgrounds and with an embrace of popular culture that was heresy in some quarters for ...

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Timshel

By Dan Weiss

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Prelude; 02. Stephanie; 03. Always Be Closing; 04. Frederic; 05. Teental Song; 06. Chakradar; 07. Interlude; 08. Florentino and Fermina; 09. What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up ?: 10. Timshel; 11. Dream; 12. Postlude. Tutte le composizioni sono di Dan Weiss.

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Barefooted Town

By David Binney

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2011
Track listing: Dignity; Seven Sixty; The Edge of Seasons; Barefooted Town; Secret Miracle; A Night Every Day; Once When She Was Here.

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Jhaptal Drumset Solo

By Dan Weiss

Label: Chhandayan Production
Released: 2011
Track listing: Alap; Lehera; Theka; Uthan; Peshkar; Kayeda; Kayeda; Kayeda; Madya Lay Theka; Gat; Anaghat Gat; Anaghat Gat; Anaghat Gat; Gat; Gat; Gat; Theka Superimposition; Laykaari Improvisation; Rela; Rela; Drut Theka; Tukra; Kathak Tukra; Tukra; Tukra; Jora Tukra; Chakradar; Dippali Chakradar; Trippali Chakradar; Chakradar; Chakradar; Chakradar; Laggi; Chakradar.

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Article: Album Review

Rez Abbasi's Invocation: Suno Suno

Read "Suno Suno" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall
November 27, 2011

On the second recorded effort with his Invocation group after 2009's Things To Come (Sunnyside), Rez Abbasi opts for more of a rock/groove vibe to underpin the guitarist's modern jazz explorations with his fairly regular cohorts, saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and pianist Vijay Iyer. Gone is Indian vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia, who sang on much of Things To ...

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News: Event

Auand Meets NY - Jazz Italian Label Auand Records to Celebrate its 10th Anniversary in a 5-day Event Featuring Italian and NY-based jazz musicians from November 1-5

October 22, 2011

A 5-Day Event in November to celebrate Auand Records' 10th Anniversary 10 Projects Featuring Italian and U.S. Jazz Players in New York 5 Avant-Garde venues A jazz Italian label in New York, 20 outstanding jazz players, 10 projects, 5 avant-garde venues. These are the numbers for “Auand meets NYC," the amazing event celebrating Auand Records tenth ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Barefooted Town

Read "Barefooted Town" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
August 25, 2011

Since founding Mythology Records in 1998, tireless alto saxophonist David Binney has alternated between issuing ambitious projects on his own label and cutting casual blowing sessions for the Netherlands-based imprint Criss Cross. Continuing this pattern, Barefooted Town is Binney's second release of 2011, following the expansive Graylen Epicenter (Mythology). Despite the limited studio time afforded Binney's ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Dessen Trio: Forget The Pixel

Read "Forget The Pixel" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush
July 28, 2011

Trombonist Michael Dessen once studied with George Lewis, hung with Ray Anderson, and has ascended to their level on the creative improvising scene. Dessen has his own distinct style, one that values nuanced gestures as highly as it does exuberance; therefore his music creates a micro world of detail and organically developed themes. ...