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Article: Multiple Reviews

Benny Goodman: The Essential & With Benny in Mind

Read "Benny Goodman: The Essential & With Benny in Mind" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Benny Goodman The Essential Benny Goodman Columbia/Bluebird/Legacy 2007 Allan Vaché With Benny in Mind Arbors 2006 By the time of his death in 1987, clarinetist Benny Goodman was firmly ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Frank Foster: Well Water & Manhattan Fever

Read "Frank Foster: Well Water & Manhattan Fever" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman

Frank Foster Well Water Piadrum 2006 Frank Foster Manhattan Fever Blue Note 2007 Well Water--Frank Foster leading an exciting 20-piece big band--was recorded in 1977 and never ...

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Article: Year in Review

C. Andrew Hovan's Top Jazz Picks For 2007

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by C. Andrew Hovan

Taking time to reflect back on the year in jazz music brought with it mixed emotions in regards to the current state of the record industry in America. Without a doubt, the affects of internet downloads and other ways of acquiring music, both legal and illegal, have had a huge impact on the amount of product ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Lehman Quintet: On Meaning

Read "On Meaning" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Saxophonist Steve Lehman is a Fulbright scholar and former student of legendary saxophonists Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton. His recent collaborations with pianist Vijay Iyer and guitarist Liberty Ellman have found him further expanding the intricate polyrhythms and asymmetrical structures that define the M- Base aesthetic. Incorporating the angular polyphony of Braxton's concepts with the advanced ...

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Article: Album Review

Ron Blake: Shayari

Read "Shayari" reviewed by Greg Camphire

by Greg Camphire

Following excursions in the worlds of pop, funk and Latin music, saxophonist Ron Blake veers back towards jazz with Shayari, a series of acoustic duets and trios featuring a revolving lineup of A-list sidemen. Mixing up original compositions written or co-written by Blake along with a handful of standards, the album is a varied and well-paced ...

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Article: Highly Opinionated

The Unfinished Score

Read "The Unfinished Score" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

In the act and art of writing--whether word or music, prose or poetry, a writer is almost completely lost in the creative challenge; the adventure that unfolds as words or notes start to appear on the page or in between the lines and spaces of a score sheet--both of which start off blank--is both exciting and ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Monterey at 50: Five Concerts by Masters Released

Read "Monterey at 50: Five Concerts by Masters Released" reviewed by Greg Thomas

by Greg Thomas

In August 2007, Monterey Jazz Festival Records (in collaboration with the Concord Records Group) released five new CDs from its vast archives of live dates from the 50-year history of the Monterey Jazz Festival. The magical, natural setting of this coastal city south of San Francisco is a favorite of musicians, fans and critics alike. That ...

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Article: Profile

Pat Martino: Consciousness

Read "Pat Martino: Consciousness" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin

“I've always had an individualistic relationship to the instrument, almost to a degree of isolation with it. This is a heady statement from guitarist Pat Martino and it seems obvious, coming from a player with such a discernable voice. But, on the other hand, Martino has been often assigned roles and cut facets that are at ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Lovano and Hank Jones: Kids: Duets Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Read "Kids: Duets Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" reviewed by Paul Moots

by Paul Moots

Early jazz is often music of joy and playfulness--it's no wonder the great cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s are often backed by a classic jazz soundtrack. Now that jazz has become “art and “music of significance, joy and playfulness are too often missing from performances. It is a pleasure, then, that Kids: Duets Live at ...

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Article: Interview

Mark Soskin: Creating An Ever-Hopeful Day

Read "Mark Soskin: Creating An Ever-Hopeful Day" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Mark Soskin listened to a litany of great jazz pianists growing up in Brooklyn and attending Colorado State University, where he was pursing classical studies before the jazz influences ushered in a switch to Berklee College of Music in the 1970s. The various styles and approaches to music went into forming his musical ...


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