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Ranee Lee & Oliver Jones: Just You, Just Me

Read "Just You, Just Me" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
November 9, 2005

Interpreting lyrics convincingly and scatting with fired-up authority, Ranee Lee turns in a winning performance, working with a superb piano trio that agrees with her expressive manner. She and pianist Oliver Jones first recorded together over fifteen years ago. Here, they're both quite expressive in their delivery: Lee the warm interpreter and Jones the impeccable keyboard ...

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Chick Corea & Touchstone: Rhumba Flamenco: Live in Europe

Read "Rhumba Flamenco: Live in Europe" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 9, 2005

Chick Corea's recent ten-DVD release, Rendezvous in New York, is a comprehensive look at his acoustic jazz projects over the past four decades, but anyone following his career knows it only paints part of the picture. And it's not just the complex rhetoric of Corea's fusion efforts, like Return to Forever and the Elektric Band, that ...

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Article: Profile

Von Freeman

by Terrell Kent Holmes
November 6, 2005

Chicago-based tenor man Von Freeman is jazz' answer to baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson: talented, respected by his peers, but still inexplicably underrated. Freeman's youthful buoyancy belies his 83 years, a threshold he crossed last month. When offered belated birthday wishes, Freeman playfully requested “Listen, let's make it 39, revealing a subscription to the Jack ...

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Chick Corea: Rendezvous In New York

by Mark Sabbatini
October 26, 2005

Chick Corea Rendezvous in New York Image Entertainment ID1796IEDVD 2005 This may not be the ultimate Chick Corea collection, but fans aren't likely to find a better one on video anytime soon. A near-complete portrait of the legendary pianist's non-fusion career is captured on the 10-DVD ...

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Chick Corea: Rendezvous in New York

by John Kelman
October 25, 2005

Chick Corea Rendezvous in New York Image Entertainment ID1796IEDVD 2005 Legendary pianist Chick Corea sure knows how to throw a party. Most people, when they hit a milestone birthday like sixty, they go out for an extra special dinner or get together with some of ...

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Celebrating John Coltrane

by Terrell Kent Holmes
October 13, 2005

There are certain people whose lives and accomplishments are so monumental as to be beyond the scope and constraint of time. Saxophonist John Coltrane was such a person, one of the most revered, beloved, and influential musicians in history. Born September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, N.C., Coltrane was a constant sojourner, his relentless harmonic searches and ...

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Article: Interview

TS Monk: His Father

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 27, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 In November 1957, a stellar constellation of jazz royalty including Billie Holiday and Dizzy Gillespie performed at Carnegie Hall, two performances in one night to benefit the Morningside Community Center in Harlem, NY. The performances were recorded for subsequent overseas broadcast on Voice of America radio. The Thelonious Monk ...

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TS Monk: His Father's Voice

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 26, 2005

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Tim Ries: The Rolling Stones Project

Read "The Rolling Stones Project" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 23, 2005

Although purists might hate to admit it, popular music has always provided fodder for jazz interpretations, ever since the '40s and the Tin Pan Alley favorites that supplied chord structures for the mercurial flights of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Since then, pop hits from the Beatles to Radiohead have become part of the jazz vernacular. ...

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Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall

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by Jim Santella
September 22, 2005

We need more surprises like this one. Discovered by accident during a routine transfer of tapes to digital format, the Library of Congress found a gem. Monk and Coltrane gave their November 29, 1957 Carnegie Hall audience a precious performance. The transfer to digital sound files from a 7 ½-inch tape reel has left their music ...