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Jazz Bridge Presents Trumpeter John Swana In Cheltenham On Wednesday, May 2nd!

April 10, 2012

Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA for this series' last concert of the season will be trumpeter John Swana and his band, featuring guitarist Steve Giordano, Lucas Brown on organ, and drummer Wayne Smith Jr. on May 2nd. One show: 7:30-9PM. $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Buffet. ...

Article: Cymbalism

Don Alias and Miles Davis

by Melanie Futorian
March 21, 2012

[Editor's Note: Cymbalism is an All About Jazz column featuring excerpts from an upcoming autobiography on the late, great percussionist Don Alias, co-written by Melanie Futorian, his companion for the last seven years of his life. This installment covers Alias' work on trumpeter Miles Davis' iconic Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970)]It was [drummer] Tony Williams ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Smiley: Quartet Art

Read "Quartet Art" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
March 13, 2012

Colorado-based bassist Matt Smiley is an excellent example of the virtues of musical versatility. His résumé includes performing internationally at the Montreux, North Sea, and Montreal Jazz festivals; premiering John Hilliard's 2nd Piano Concerto at the Kennedy Center; presenting his own arrangements of bassist Dave Holland's seminal “Conference of the Birds"; playing with a funk band; ...

Article: Album Review

Andy Sheppard / Michel Benita / Sebastian Rochford: Trio Libero

Read "Trio Libero" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 12, 2012

Sometimes unexpected connections yield the most wonderful results. Saxophonist Andy Sheppard, bassist Michel Benita and drummer Sebastian Rochford all have more than enough cred to suggest capability in any context, but none of their individual pursuits could presage a collaboration like Trio Libero, quite possibly the finest saxophone trio recordings of the new millennium, and one ...

Article: Album Review

Sandy Evans: When the Sky Cries Rainbows

Read "When the Sky Cries Rainbows" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
January 27, 2012

The multifaceted Sandy Evans is often described as one of Australia's finest jazz musicians and composers. True enough, but as When the Sky Cries Rainbows amply demonstrates, this saxophonist surely ranks as one of the best contemporary jazz composers/musicians anywhere. A musical response to her husband, clarinetist Tony Gorman's multiple sclerosis, this sixty-minute, suite-like work conveys ...

News: Interview

NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette Week Begins at All About Jazz with Extensive Interview and More!

January 9, 2012

Approaching 70 later this year makes 2012 a special time for Jack DeJohnette. One of five artists to receive the 2012 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Fellowship only makes it more so for the veteran drummer/pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings over the past 45 years, including landmark sessions with artists ...

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Article: Album Review

Jack DeJohnette: Sound Travels

Read "Sound Travels" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
January 9, 2012

Turning 70 and being awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship would be enough to make 2012 a special year for Jack DeJohnette, but Sound Travels transcends mere celebration of the veteran drummer/pianist/bandleader's broad swath of accomplishments since emerging, in the mid-1960s, with saxophonist Charles Lloyd's massively successful quartet. His ...

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The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord

By Chick Corea

Label: Stretch Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Disc One; Tap Step; Quartet No. 1; Folk Song (Live); Duende; Windows; Armando's Rhumba; Bud Powell; Dreamless (Live); Wigwam; Spain (Live); It Could Happen To You (Live); Fingerprints; Disc Two; Blue Monk (Live); Bessie's Blues (Live); Johnny's Landing; North Africa; Fool on the Hill (Live); Senorita; Crystal Silence (Live); The Disguise (Live); La Fiesta (Live);

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Hear My Music

By Jimi Hendrix

Label: Dagger Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Slow Version; Drone Blues; Ezy Ryder/Star Spangled Banner; Jimi/Jimmy Jam; Jam 292; Trash Man; Message To Love; Gypsy Blood; Valleys Of Neptune (Guitar); Blues Jam At Olympic; Valleys Of Neptune (Piano);

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