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Article: Liner Notes

Francesco Crosara: Circular Motion

by David Adler
January 6, 2024

"I refuse to be labeled a 'straight-ahead' player or a 'fusion' player," says Italian-born, Seattle-based pianist Francesco Crosara. It's a sentiment widely shared by jazz musicians, though they follow many different roads to get to that place. Crosara, for his part, plays both acoustic piano and Yamaha MODX-8 synthesizer on this absorbing, varied program of original ...

Article: Profile

Lilian Terry: Forever Sisters Of The Soul - Renaissance Jazzwomen

by Kerilie McDowall
December 31, 2023

I was warmly accepted by a giant such as Duke Ellington during his last seven years. He chose to be my friend, demanding my annual presence during his concert tours in Europe as his “good luck charm," and as his sounding board for all the phrases he would dictate to me, to be used later in ...

Article: Album Review

Oscar Peterson: Con Alma

by Chris May
December 31, 2023

To borrow Duke Ellington's description of Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson was born poor, died rich and never hurt anyone along the way. He also brought joy to untold numbers of people. But, truth to tell, his style was the twentieth-century equivalent of modern day AI-produced generative music. Sit Peterson down at a piano, progamme him (as ...

Album

The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-CuBop Recordings

By Charlie Parker

Label: Liberation Hall
Released: 2023
Track listing: Dizzy Atmosphere; A Night in Tunisia; Groovin' High; Confirmation; Lament for Congo; Mambo Fortunado; Salt Peanuts; Leo the Lion; Cuban Holiday; Lemon Drop; The Goof and I; Leo the Lion II; Night and Day; My Funny Valentine; Cherokee; On the Alamo; Manteca; A Short One

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Live Revisited

By Dizzy Gillespie

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bebop; A Night In Tunisia; Groovin’ High; Salt Peanuts; Hot House; Fifty Second Street Theme; A Night In Tunisia; Dizzy Atmosphere; Groovin’ High; Confirmation; Koko; Blue ‘N’ Boogie; Anthropology; ‘Round Midnight; A Night In Tunisia.

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Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings

By Charlie Parker

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: Perdido; Salt Peanuts; All the Things You Are/52nd Street Theme; Wee (Allen’s Alley); Hot House; A Night in Tunisia; Drum Conversation; I’ve Got You Under My Skin; Embraceable You; Sure Thing; Cherokee; Hallelujah; Lullaby of Birdland; Perdido; Salt Peanuts; All the Things You Are; Wee (Allen’s Alley); Hot House; A Night in Tunisia.

Article: Album Review

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach: Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings

Read "Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
December 28, 2023

This is the stuff of legend, one for the ages. It all started here; the greatest jazz concert of all time. How many times has the Massey Hall Concert (Toronto, 1953) been described that way? For the average All About Jazz reader, Massey Hall happened before he or she was born. Besides, there were other famous ...

Article: Album Review

Aaron Diehl & The Knights: Zodiac Suite

Read "Zodiac Suite" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
December 21, 2023

Composta da Mary Lou Williams nella prima metà degli anni quaranta e registrata per la prima volta in trio nel 1945, la “Zodiac Suite" è stata eseguita dalla stessa pianista in versioni orchestrali sfortunate (alla Town Hall con Ben Webster, alla Carnegie Hall) e ripresa nel 2006 da Geri Allen e di recente dalla New York ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Wynton Kelly, Jason Moran, Christian McBride, Geri Allen

by David Brown
December 16, 2023

This week we will we celebrate some birthdays including the legendary pianist Wynton Kelly known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. I'll spin some tunes I heard at Jason Moran's Village Vanguard Thanksgiving weekend run; we'll play some music to get ready for Christian McBride's New Jawn here ...

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Vocalist Tyreek McDole

by Sanford Josephson
December 2, 2023

In 2018, Tyreek McDole, a student at the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL, was playing classical percussion for a performance of the 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Into the Woods. “During rehearsal," he recalled, “one of the actors got sick. I had studied all the music, so I sang the part for ...