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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Liebman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Liebman

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Liebman's birthday today! David Liebman was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 4, 1946. He began classical piano lessons at the age of nine and saxophone by twelve. His interest in jazz was sparked by seeing John Coltrane perform live in New York City clubs such as Birdland, Village ...

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Article: Interview

Dave Liebman and Michael Kaplan: How Does the Brain Make All that Jazz?

Read "Dave Liebman and Michael Kaplan: How Does the Brain Make All that Jazz?" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

With recent advances in neuroscience, the relationship between music and the brain has become the subject of new research and generated a great deal of public interest. Best sellers like Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia (Knopf, 2007) and Daniel Levitin's This Is Your Brain On Music (Dutton Penguin, 2006) have brought the attention of a wider public to ...

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Article: Interview

Jim Ridl: Opening Doors in the Big Apple

Read "Jim Ridl: Opening Doors in the Big Apple" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Something fresh and vital is in the air when a truly creative musician is about to release a new album. Jim Ridl's Door in a Field: Volume II: Songs of the Green River, an independent release, is full of surprises and rich in musical ideas. The album is set to be released in early Fall, and ...

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News: Recording

Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Releases New Album - "Chromatic Dialogues"

Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Releases New Album - "Chromatic Dialogues"

Much to the anticipation of guitarists worldwide, guitar virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil has released a new album Chromatic Dialogues! The tracks were conceived and recorded in Boston, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh during the Fall of 2015, and brought to Grammy winner engineer Dave Darlington for mixing and mastering at Bass Hit Studios, New York City, in January ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Nicole Johänntgen: Moncaup - Sisters in Jazz

Read "Nicole Johänntgen: Moncaup - Sisters in Jazz" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Nata in Germania 35 anni fa, Nicole Johaenntgen vive a Zurigo dal 2005 dove ha svolto gran parte della sua attività professionale. Nel suo stile la massima influenza viene da Dave Liebman, di cui è stata allieva, e tramite questi da John Coltrane. S'esprime di preferenza al sax soprano, con uno stile cantabile e un suono ...

Article: Album Review

Dave Liebman Group: Expansions - The Puzzle

Read "Expansions - The Puzzle" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Registrato nella primavera del 2015, The Puzzle documenta il lavoro dell'attuale gruppo di Dave Liebman, Expansions, composto da uno storico collaboratore del sassofonista, il bassista Tony Marino, e da giovani musicisti che--con l'eccezione del batterista -contribuiscono tutti alle composizioni. Quattro di queste sono infatti di Liebman, due dell'ancista Matt Vashlishan, due di Marino e ...

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Article: Album Review

Ron Stabinsky: Free for One

Read "Free for One" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

Pianist Ron Stabinsky, officially became the fourth member of the Mostly Other People Do the Killing with Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup Records, 2015) after having performed with the group live in 2013 and on Blue their recreation of Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959) expertly restoring the Wynton Kelly/Bill Evans parts. The pianist has been ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

When the Moon Hits the Sky, Via Veneto Jazz/Jando Music 2016

Read "When the Moon Hits the Sky, Via Veneto Jazz/Jando Music 2016" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Whether or not you speak Italian, know that Italians are fluent in the language of jazz music. Traditional Italian record labels like Black Saint, Soul Note, CAM Jazz, and Splash(h) Records, have paved the way for a deep and rich pool of artists worth your attention. Via Veneto Jazz and Jando Music are two such labels, ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

Jazz: The Sacred and the Profane

Read "Jazz: The Sacred and the Profane" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

“As above, so below" --Hermes Trismegistus A warning: this article is worth reading only if you believe, as I do, that jazz is not just a form of entertainment, but an art form that has deep significance for our lives and contributes to our search for meaning. I fully appreciate the value of “digging ...

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Article: Album Review

Scott Neumann/Tom Christensen: Spin Cycle

Read "Spin Cycle" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The new ensemble led by Scott Neumann and Tom Christensen is called Spin Cycle. It could, maybe should, have been dubbed The Chameleonic Quartet. Along with the virtuosic sidemen, guitarist Pete McCann and bassist Phil Palombi, the ten tracks spin-off varying styles and musical modes, from blues to ballads, punk to funk. Such catholic ...


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