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Article: Profile

Milford Graves: Time Piece

by Marc Medwin
June 22, 2009

"Don't tell me how many years you've been doing something." Milford Graves's delivery is surprisingly restrained given the directness of his statement. “I want to know how completely you're filling that time, how you're spending each nanosecond." The statement defines the energy and vitality that this extraordinary musician brings to every aspect of his ...

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Article: Live From New York

Pharoah Sanders, Miles From India, Bobby Previte, Marcia Ball, Whitetree & David Grisman

by Martin Longley
June 18, 2009

The Pharoah Sanders QuartetBirdlandMay 26, 2009How hard does Pharoah Sanders have to try when emanating a spiritual aura? He appears like a natural sage-figure, ambling onstage in an African print shirt, still sporting his distinctive flat-top hair-sculpture, eyes burning with a deep knowledge of jazz's outer (and inner) realms. His ...

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Article: Album Review

Avram Fefer Trio: Ritual

by Troy Collins
May 23, 2009

Saxophonist Avram Fefer has led a diverse career since his emergence in the early 1990s. An eclectic collaborator, Fefer has performed with pianist Bobby Few, The Last Poets, North and West African musicians, numerous acid jazz and trip-hop artists, and served in the big bands of Frank Lacy, Adam Lane, Butch Morris and David Murray, among ...

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Article: Album Review

Marcin and Bartlomiej Brat Oles: Duo

by John Sharpe
April 1, 2009

Faced with any bass and drums duo, the question is always going to be: does it pass the music minus one test? It is a brave and unforgiving furrow which not too many choose to plough. Of those that do, they often stretch the parameters by using tuned percussion or additional wind instruments like William Parker ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Composer Portrait: Julius Hemphill Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Featuring Marty Ehrlich

February 26, 2009

Ars Nova Workshop presents: Tonight! Thursday, February 26, 7:30pm (doors at 6pm) Composer Portrait: Julius Hemphill Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Featuring Marty Ehrlich Marty Ehrlich, alto saxophone; Bobby Zankel, alto saxophone; Elliott Levin, tenor saxophone; Dan Peterson, reeds; Dan Scofield, alto saxophone; Bryan Rogers, tenor saxophone; Bart Miltenberger, trumpet; Adam Hershberger, ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Murray

February 19, 2009

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

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
February 2, 2009

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 ...

Album

Silence

By David Murray

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

By David Murray

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

by Martin Longley
December 20, 2008

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 ...