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Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz: Saturday Night Function

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

For as long as there has been jazz there’s been the myth of its demise. At various points in the long and winding history of its evolution detractors and even its devotees have waxed authoritatively about the so-called “Death of Jazz.” Prognosticated causes have run a wide gamut ranging from the birth of new styles to ...

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Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio: Ethnic Stew And Brew

Read "Ethnic Stew And Brew" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 1, 2001

Trumpeter Roy Campbell’s music reminds one of the art of saxophonist Albert Ayler. Like Ayler, Campbell’s approach is to swallow all musical concepts, converting ‘world-music’ into one-music. His playing can emanate pure improvisation, like in the quartet Other Dimensions In Music, and the trumpeter can also maintain that improvisational touch in the large band of William ...

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Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio: Ethnic Stew and Brew

Read "Ethnic Stew and Brew" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

Saxophone trios rounded out by bass and drums are a regularity in creative improvised music. Strangely, trios led by trumpet are a comparatively rare occurrence. The reasons behind the disparity are debatable but may have something to do with the perceived difficulties in timbre and range sometimes attached to brass instruments. Where the adroit brass player ...

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New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra: Grace and Beauty

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

Ragtime’s place as a precursor to Jazz is well documented in the history books. The style’s rhythmic syncopations still retain a tenacious influence on creative improvised music. But listening to the music’s often stiff and structured patterns reveals the distance Jazz has come in terms of thematic variation since its beginnings. The gap between the music’s ...

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Albert Nicholas with the Art Hodes' All-Star Stompers: Albert's Back In Town

Read "Albert's Back In Town" reviewed by Mike Neely

by Mike Neely
April 1, 2001

In 1959, the renowned New Orleans clarinetist Albert Nicholas was visiting Chicago from his expatriate home of Paris when Delmark Records decided to make the best of the opportunity. Nicholas was joined in the studio by a hand picked band that become for the session Art Hodes’ All-Star Stompers. The band included the best that Chicago ...

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Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio: Ethnic Stew and Brew

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

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Cecil Payne: Chic Boom

Read "Chic Boom" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

Active during the birth of be-bop Cecil Payne has been making memorable music for over sixty years. His warmly expressive baritone sound is a regular fixture in Chicago clubs like the Jazz Showcase, the venue where this affable string of dates for Delmark was taped. Payne's reservoir for Delmark is now four records deep and the ...

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Albert Nicholas w/ Art Hodes All-Star Stompers: Albert

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

Nicholas and Hodes are two names that should ring resounding bells in the ears of the average traditional jazz fan. Nicholas’ played with nearly all the greats including King Oliver (as Johnny Dodd’s successor), Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller and Kid Ory among a host of others- ironclad credentials by any estimation. ...

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Anthony Braxton: For Alto

by Robert Spencer
January 1, 2001

At long last. For Alto always seems to arrive late: it wasn't released until a few years after it was recorded, and it only now appears on CD. Braxton has, of course, other solo recordings on CD, but this one is different: it was first. Not just first for him, but first for anyone. Before this, ...

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