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News: Recording

Nonesuch Releases New Pat Metheny "Unity Band" Record, June 12; Saxophonist Chris Potter, Drummer Antonio Sanchez, and Bassist Ben Williams Join Guitarist Metheny

May 1, 2012

First Metheny-led band in 30 years to feature sax also embarks on 39-city summer & fall tour For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity Band, due from Nonesuch on June 12, 2012, introduces a new Metheny ensemble with Chris Potter on ...

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Article: Interview

Joe McPhee: Artistic Sacrifice from a Musical Prophet

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
April 30, 2012

He could have easily chosen a different path: a more successful one or, perhaps we should say, a more commercial one. But that has never been the style or the character of multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee. His saint-like humility reflects a gentle and wise creative spirit; his music and poetry are a mirror into the human condition. ...

Article: Album Review

Todd Bishop Group: Little Played Little Bird

Read "Little Played Little Bird" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 17, 2012

Fans of alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman have had to sit through a long wait since the free jazz pioneer's last recording, Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar Records, 2006), a marvelous set that garnered the artist a Pulitzer Prize. Those fans are still waiting, though the iconic jazz man has teased them with his bits and pieces (non-album ...

News: Recording

Impulse! Records Introduces Newest Batch in 2-on-1 Series from Legendary Impulse! Artists

March 8, 2012

Impulse!/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) recently introduced the second batch of its 2-On-1 series. Each CD features two classic albums from some of Impulse! Records' legendary jazz and blues artists. Included in this first batch are releases from Alice Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Howard Roberts, John Handy, Keith Jarrett, Marion ...

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Article: Reassessing

Ornette Coleman: The Missing Years, 1968-1972

by Eric Miller
February 22, 2012

Among Ornette Coleman's periods of relative quiet, the turn of the 1960s into the 1970s may well be the most frustrating. More than three years of musical life--from the final Blue Note sessions of April-May 1968 to the release of Science Fiction on Columbia in 1972--remain shrouded in mystery and obscurity. Every recording made under Coleman's ...

News: Interview

Drummer Matt Wilson Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!

February 13, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson must surely be in the running for the title of hardest-working man in jazz. Wilson is a composer, bandleader, producer and teacher. As a leader, his projects include the Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, Christmas Tree-O and the Carl Sandburg Project. He has been in bands with luminaries such as Joe Lovano, ...

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Article: Interview

Matt Wilson: Have Drums, Will Travel

by Lawrence Peryer
February 13, 2012

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Article: Album Review

Matt Wilson's Arts And Crafts: An Attitude For Gratitude

Read "An Attitude For Gratitude" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 13, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson may be the supreme human confluence of technique, swing, spirit, humor and musicality. Over the past 20 years, Wilson has proven to be one of a select few that can balance an inside/outside aesthetic, often within a single piece of music. He has helped shape the music of Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Either/Orchestra, ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Lola Danza and JANYA

by AAJ Staff
December 31, 2011

Meet Lola Danza & JANYA: In Sanskrit, JANYA means to be born, while in Korean, JANYA means around dawn. JANYA was created by four unique musicians-- all derived from Korean descent and all women. The music is a fusion of East and West. The East: Seungmin Cha- Daegeum, Eun Sun Jung- Gayageum and Woonjung ...

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News: Obituary

RIP Paul Motian: 1931-2011

November 22, 2011

Drummer Paul Motian passed away, in a New York City hospital, early this morning. The cause was complications of myelodysplastic syndrome, according to Motian's niece, Cindy McGuirl. This is the same rare blood and bone-marrow disorder that took the life of saxophonist Michael Brecker nearly five years ago, in early 2007. Emerging first as a member ...