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Article: Interview

Dan Weiss: The Creative Absence of Egotism

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
August 3, 2010

The first time drummer/composer Dan Weiss is heard, there can be a perception of something inherently wrong with the music. It slowly creeps up--like a chill on a cool morning, just as the sun is rising over a misty ridge. Waves of lush pastel colors pass over and around in impassioned washes of rhythm and elements ...

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Article: Live Review

24 Hours of Umbria Jazz 2010

by Sara Villa
August 3, 2010

Imagine traveling by car for hours in the summer heat of Italy's July 2010. At last it is early evening, and you reach the borders of a breathtaking medieval town. A soft breeze blows around you while you walk through the steep slopes which lead you to the centre. You follow the sounds you so eagerly ...

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News: Interview

Drummer Dan Weiss Interviewed at All About Jazz

August 3, 2010

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Rudresh Mahanthappa: Apti & Real People

by Robert Iannapollo
July 18, 2010

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak CoalitionAptiInnova2008 Anders Mogensen/Rudresh Mahanthappa/Kasper Tranberg/Jacob Anderskov/Carlo DeRosaReal PeopleBlackout2008 Over the past ten years alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa has succeeded where others have failed in fusing Indian musical traditions into modern jazz. His sinewy lines, ...

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Article: Live Review

Undead Jazz Festival: Kenny's Castaways Edition

by Daniel Lehner
June 30, 2010

Every zombie film fan knows that being bitten by a creature of the night is a fate worse than death. The only cure is to have a member of your party load up a shotgun and take you out before you turn into a limping, brain-hungry shell of a person. So giving an event a header ...

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Article: Album Review

August Rosenbaum: Beholder

Read "Beholder" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 2, 2010

Considering the maturity and sophistication Beholder displays, it might be astonishing to learn that its composer/pianist, August Rosenbaum, is just 22. But, there it is. This youthful Danish jazzman recorded this Brooklyn session with countryman Jakob Bro (guitar) and Americans Dan Weiss (drums) and Thomas Morgan (bass). What disturbs the norm here is the ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Aliso

by J Hunter
May 24, 2010

For Aliso, reedman David Binney wanted to get back to “doing things that have been part of my life since I was a kid." It's clear that any time is a good time for a happy childhood, because both Binney and his band dive into Aliso like 10 year-olds on vacation at Disney World. The opening ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Aliso

by Karl Ackermann
May 9, 2010

Saxophonist David Binney's resume boasts of diverse stints with Maria Schneider, Craig Taborn, and Uri Caine among many others; a wide range of styles with the best musicians, composers and arrangers in jazz. While the scope of his talents as both a player and composer are recognized by his fellow musicians, wider public recognition has still ...

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Article: Album Review

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition: Apti

by Karl Ackermann
May 1, 2010

Jazz has been a well-established genre in India since the 1940s. American talent played top venues in large cities like Bombay in the '50s, and the cultures interrelated within India's natural jazz evolution from its early stages. Traditional Indian music uses single notes rather than the intricate chords typical in western jazz, so when saxophonist Rudresh ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Aliso

by Dan Bilawsky
April 13, 2010

Finding musical parallels to David Binney's work is not always an easy task. As a composer, he has managed to create a distinctive sound, yet no single quality can properly define his work. Binney wears his influences on his sleeve throughout Aliso, choosing to touch on the work of Wayne Shorter, Sam Rivers, Thelonious Monk and ...