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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Murray

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Murray

All About Jazz is celebrating David Murray's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY David MurrayDavid Murray (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) is a Jazz artist who has recorded over 130 albums, including 2 recorded in 2006 (Gwotet and Pushkin) and a forthcoming album to be released in Summer ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Paal Nilssen-Love: Transforming the Boundaries of Creative Music

Read "Paal Nilssen-Love: Transforming the Boundaries of Creative Music" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


He learned to play the drums before he could walk, battled cancer before the age of thirty, and is a driving force behind several of today's most innovative and progressive bands (Atomic, The Thing, Ken Vandermark, Frode Gjerstad and the Peter Brotzmann Tentet) just to name a few. He has taken the drums to new creative ...

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Silence

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Free For C.T.; Silence; Hurray For Herbie; I Should Care; Jean-Pierre; All Too Soon; Soul Eyes.

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Sacred Ground

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Sacred Ground; 2. Transitions; 3. Pierce City; 4. Banished; 5. Believe in Love; 6. Family Reunion; 7. Prophet of Doom

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Article: Profile

Ray Anderson

Read "Ray Anderson" reviewed by Martin Longley


The trombonist Ray Anderson inhabits two simultaneous worlds. He's dedicated to exploring new vocabularies at the furthest reaches of what folks call jazz music, making his initial mark with fellow Chicagoan Anthony Braxton in the late '70s. He's also deeply attuned to the New Orleans roots of the music, reveling in the very vocal nature of ...

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Article: Album Review

Trio Viriditas: Live at Vision Festival VI

Read "Live at Vision Festival VI" reviewed by Greg Camphire


Recorded at the 2001 edition of the long-running New York concert series, Live at Vision Festival VI showcases the top-notch Trio Viriditas, featuring reedsman/trumpeter Alfred Harth, percussionist Kevin Norton, and the late Wilbur Morris on bass. The long overdue release of this set follows the band's studio effort waxwebwind@ebroadway (Clean Feed, 2002); both capture a band ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Vilnius Jazz 2008 / David Murray Black Saint Quartet

Vilnius Jazz 2008 / David Murray Black Saint Quartet

Grammy award-winning tenor saxophonist David Murray comes to Vilnius for the first time. He will perform in Russian Drama Theatre in Vilnius on October 11 with his Black Saint Quartet. One of the most important and accomplished saxophonists of the last three decades in jazz, David Murray is certainly the most prolific, having recorded over 130 ...

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Article: Album Review

David Murray & Mal Waldron: Silence

Read "Silence" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet) and Mal Waldron (piano) recorded this album in Brussels in 1991. Waldron passed away in 2002, leaving Siilence  as a strong testimony to his art and skill. The natural co-relation between Murray and Waldron characterizes the music. They construct skilled structures with the melody, essaying it ...

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News: Recording

Duo Session from Saxophonist David Murray & Pianist Mal Waldron

Duo Session from Saxophonist David Murray & Pianist Mal Waldron

On June 24, 2008 Justin Time will release “Silence," a long-awaited duo session from saxophonist David Murray & pianist Mal Waldron. Reedman/composer David Murray's astonishing career has been marked by his proclivity for embracing unusual thematic concepts, musical combinations and collaborative efforts in his prolific creative pursuits. Collaboration is the key to Silence, his latest release ...

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News: Music Industry

The New Yorker's 100 Essential Jazz Albums

The New Yorker's 100 Essential Jazz Albums

While finishing “Bird-Watcher," a Profile of the jazz broadcaster and expert Phil Schaap, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of a hundred essential jazz albums, more as a guide for the uninitiated than as a source of quarrelling for the collector. First, I asked Schaap to assemble the list, but, after a ...


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