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Eric Felten: Meets the Dek-Tette
by Jim Santella
In a tribute to Mel Tormé and Marty Paich, veterans of the West Coast jazz scene gather with singer/trombonist Eric Felten to interpret enjoyable standards in their own sweet way. Felten's clear baritone voice gives the session a smooth texture that proves to be an appropriate homage to singer Tormé. Patterned after Miles Davis' ...
Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select 16
by Jim Santella
Andrew Hill Mosaic Select 16 Mosaic Records 2005 All but six of the 31 tracks on this 3-CD boxed set from Mosaic have never been issued before. Recorded between 1967 and 1970, the mainstream jazz on Andrew Hill's Mosaic Select 16 represents the last remaining unissued sessions from his Blue ...
Art Pepper: Mosaic Select 15
by Jim Santella
Art Pepper Mosaic Select 15 Mosaic Records 2005 Featuring Art Pepper's 1956 and 1957 Aladdin sessions, which have been issued on The Return of Art Pepper (Jazz West), Collections (Intro), Modern Art (Blue Note), Just Friends (Pacific Jazz), Solo Flight (Pacific Jazz), The Art of Pepper (Omega) and The Art ...
Eldar Djangirov: Eldar
by Jim Santella
He's only eighteen, but he's making quite an impression everywhere he goes and in every corner of the world where his music can be enjoyed. This album, his third, is a straight-ahead collection of favorite songs with several originals. His acoustic trio interprets each of them with sensual passion.Eldar, who has chosen not to ...
March 2005
by Doug Collette
Dave Holland Big Band Overtime Dare2 Records 2005 This jubilant, colorful jazz bodes well for the success of the great bassist's own label. What distinguishes this set is what made his quintet in recent years such a joy: well-structured compositions into which the musicians breath life through crisp exchanges and ...
Justin Time Records
by Riel Lazarus
Over 20 years ago, Justin Time Records built a comfortable home for itself on what is commonly considered to be shaky ground. Not only was the label one of dozens fighting for a slice of jazz' dwindling market share, but it was also Canadian. To some it was a recipe for disaster, but for this band ...
John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line of Sight
by Jim Santella
Jazz's modern mainstream affords the artist an area for expression that can be both enjoyable to the listener and rewarding to the performer. No, not necessarily in a financial manner. The rewards come through the release of self-expression and having that opportunity to communicate with those who want to listen. John O'Gallagher and Tony ...
Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime
by John Kelman
Dave Holland Big Band Overtime Dare2 Records 2005 These days it's a challenge to keep any group together for the long haul. Few groups last more than one or two records before dissolving, and while there have been many outstanding records by such short-lived collaborations, one is always left feeling ...
Northwest Musicians featured at the 2005 IAJE Convention
by AAJ Staff
By Jason Mueller For four days every January, the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference (IAJE) is the center of the jazz universe. What started 32 years ago as a conference for jazz educators has now become the place to be for over 7,000 musicians, radio personalities, media, promoters and the jazz business community. This year ...
Hank Jones: Havin' Fun
by Jason West
Hank Jones last performed at Jazz Alley in the summer of 2002, appearing each night of his week-long residency buttoned up in a black tuxedo. On that Saturday evening, July 20, the venerable 84-year-old was warmly welcomed by his first-set audience as he took the stage and settled himself at the piano bench, looking less like ...
