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Ottawa International Jazz Festival
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 One of the great things about the Ottawa International Jazz Festival is its support of local talent. Throughout the ...
Doug Wamble: Bluestate
by John Kelman
Go figure guitarist/vocalist Doug Wamble. On the strength of his sophomore release, Bluestate, he's clearly an amalgam of a variety of influences--blues, gospel, bebop, country, even a little bluegrass and a hint of the Middle Eastern. He's as likely to cover Peter Gabriel, Steve Wonder and traditional spirituals as he is write his own complex charts, ...
Terence Blanchard: Flow
by John Kelman
While some bemoan the fact that there have been no major" developments in jazz in some time--and go so far as to cite that as proof jazz is dead or, at the very least, dying--they're missing the point. With the seemingly infinite number of sources that are being adopted and adapted into jazz contexts these days, ...
Miguel Zenon: Jibaro
by John Kelman
With the relatively concurrent release of Wayne Shorter's new live recording, Beyond the Sound Barrier, and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon's Jibaro, there are bound to be comparisons. Like Shorter, Zenon is a deep thinker, capable of taking the simplest Puerto Rican folk melodies--the basis of Jibaro--and placing them into more harmonically and rhythmically complex contexts. Also ...
Hank Jones: For My Father
by John Kelman
Some musicians are pure paradox, their personalities in no way reflecting the way they play. Others find their personal characteristics inextricably intertwined with their musical ones--trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, guitarist Bill Frisell, and saxophone legend Wayne Shorter immediately come to mind. Octogenarian pianist Hank Jones--the eldest and last surviving member of the Jones triumvirate that included trumpeter ...
Billy Bang: Vietnam: Reflections
by John Kelman
With his previous record, Vietnam: The Aftermath, violinist, veteran, and anti-war activist Billy Bang exorcized some of the demons that continued to haunt him for thirty years following his return from a tour of duty in Vietnam in the '60s. With Vietnam: Reflections, an album that blends traditional Vietnamese folk melodies with modal grooves and tender ...
Art Farmer/Benny Golson/Jazztet: The Complete Argo/Mercury Sessions
by C. Andrew Hovan
Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet The Complete Argo/Mercury Sessions Mosaic Records 2004 Times were different. Back in the '50s and '60s there were jazz bands that we might today call true super groups, but back then it was just an outgrowth of a particularly fertile period for talent. As a result, ...
Bryan Lee: Live & Dangerous
by Jim Santella
New Orleans bluesman Bryan Lee gives modern electric blues a good turn. He could teach the Blues Brothers a thing or two. At 62, he's still busy on the road, creating soul-stirring blues for live audiences all over the world. Recorded at the Spectrum Concert Hall in Montreal, Live & Dangerous features a program of original ...
Legends of Jazz: The Jazz Masters
by Jim Santella
Ramsey Lewis Public Broadcasting Service June 16, 2005 The PBS television network introduces its jazz series next week with a one-hour special that features Ramsey Lewis in a panel discussion with several leaders of today's jazz world. The series will debut in the fall, with thirteen 30-minute episodes. Lewis, host of ...
St. Lucia Jazz 2005
by Michael A. Edwards
The rain that I left at home had followed me across the Caribbean to the small, volcanic isle of St. Lucia, temporarily dampening my first evening there. with flight delays and document problems, I barely had time to chuck my bags and board a shuttle tothe evening's first event, a doubler bill at the Gaiety Theatre ...


