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Mike Longo Trio: Sting Like A Bee
by Edward Blanco
Pianist Mike Longo has a couple of things in common with legendary heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali: first, they both employed the same phrase throughout their careers--"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"--and second,, they both deliver quite a punch, Ali with his fists and Longo on the keys. Sting Like a Bee--dedicated to Longo's father, ...
AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009
by AAJ Staff
With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...
Dizzy Gillespie And Friends Live At The Jazz Festival Bern
Label: Green Line SRL
Released: 2009
Showtime at The Spotlite
Label: Uptown Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1: Shaw 'Nuff/I Waited For You; Our Delight; Groovin' High; The Man i Love; Ray's Idea; Cool Breeze; Oo Bop Sh'Bam; 'Round Midnight; Second Balcony Jump; Day By Day; Convulsions; Woody 'n You; Lazy Mood; One Bass Hit; Things To Come; I Waited For You. CD2: Shaw 'Nuff/I Waited For you; Our Delight; Second Balcony Jump; Things To Come; The Man I Love; Don't Blame Me; Grosvenor Square; One Bass Hit; Things To Come; I Waited For You.
Bassist Jeff Berlin Pays Tribute to Charlie Banacos
by Jeff Berlin
[Editor's note: Bassist Jeff Berlin first emerged in the early 1970s with artists including Gil Evans, Ray Barretto, Pee Wee Ellis and Don Pullen. But it was his fusion work with British drummer Bill Bruford on albums including Feels Good to Me (Winterfold, 1977) and One of a Kind (Winterfold, 1979) that he gained greater international ...
Jazz
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Jazz Gary Giddins, Scott DeVeaux Hardcover; 704 pages ISBN: 978-0-393-06861-0 W.W.Norton 2009 The only thing harder than playing jazz is writing about it. It is a music that is specific, yet hard to define. It is easy to understand, yet at times hard to comprehend, sometimes ...
Eric Legnini Trio: Trippin'
by Bruce Lindsay
Trippin', the third album from the Paris-based Eric Legnini Trio, is a stylish collection of tunes named in honor of The Meters' third album, Struttin' (Josie, 1970). When Legnini takes to the Fender Rhodes, on “Trippin'" or “Doo Goo" for example, the influence of The Meters' organ-driven sound is clear--both tunes are uplifting, dance-oriented numbers with ...
Public Radio Debuts Weekly Live Jazz, Blues and Comedy Jam on 12 O'Clock Jump
By Mark Edelman Public radio has always been home for late night jazz programming. Add to that line-up 12 O'Clock Jump, public radio's brand new jazz, blues and comedy jam. Broadcast live every Saturday night/Sunday morning from midnight to 1AM central time, the weekly variety show is streamed live at wwww.kcur.org for the world to dig. ...
