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Sean Jones: Roots
by Jim Santella
With his inspired quintet, trumpeter Sean Jones goes back to his roots on this album, interpreting original music and the standard repertoire, focusing on gospel. His gorgeous trumpet tone and down-home technique are the centerpiece of the album, as they were on his previous two releases. Jones likes to express himself from a traditional point of ...
Oscar Peterson: Perfect Peterson: The Best of the Pablo and Telarc Recordings
by Dan McClenaghan
The back cover photo on this two-disc set is a shot of the inimitable Oscar Peterson in a light-toned suit with a wide necktie that sports a swirling, quasi-paisley pattern. The photo's in black and white, but we can guess at a riot of colors; and that phrase could serve as a decription of Peterson's piano ...
IAJE 2007: A Photo Retrospective
by C. Andrew Hovan
A wonderful opportunity to get away from the everyday grind and immerse oneself fully in all the benefits that jazz has to offer, the annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education is always one of the hippest places to hang for any jazz enthusiast. But when the conference is being held in New York ...
The Brian Lynch / Eddie Palmieri Project: Simpatico
by Russ Musto
Brian Lynch is one of the most proficient “bilingual" artists in music--equally adept in both jazz and Latin genres. On this superb collaboration with piano giant Eddie Palmieri, the virtuoso trumpeter brings together his wealth of experience in both fields in a scintillating synthesis that is intelligent, exciting and truly personal. Lynch's understanding of Palmieri's unique ...
Bebo Valdes: Bebo
by Victor Verney
Bebo Valdés Bebo Calle 54 2006 Bebo Valdés is more than the ranking patriarch of Cuban pianists: he is a living archive of the piano literature of Cuba, as this eponymously titled release amply demonstrates. More than simply a solo album--amazingly, his first ever--this release is a comprehensive ...
Ornette Coleman: Sound Catalyst
by Clifford Allen
Catalyst (n.)--an agent that facilitates a change.Catalysis (n.)--the action or effect of a substance in increasing the rate of a reaction without itself being consumed. --Shorter Oxford English DictionaryWhile change occurs all around, the agent stands apart, its own dynamism existing somewhere askance from the rest of the world. Though Picasso had ...
Passing the Torch: Jazz in the Next Generation
by Tom Greenland
The concept of jazz education is problematic, perhaps even oxymoronic. How do you teach someone to swing, to improvise creatively, to play with soul, to be him-or herself? In other words, Can jazz be taught? While some might argue to the contrary, numerous folks out there, on the scene, are making a difference, kindling and stoking ...
IAJE 2007 Conference Explores Future of Jazz
by Sandy Ingham
It began with an inspirational talk by pianist Danilo Perez on how jazz can be a unifying force in the world, spawning creativity and collaboration that just might help solve the seemingly intractable problems of poverty, global warming and war. It ended with an inspiring performance by Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra of the antiwar suite ...
Back to Back Live: Phil Woods & the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra
by Ken Dryden
Phil Woods may not have the lightening fast facility on the alto sax any more, but he still remains among its the top players. Two recent examples come from concert recordings with the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra made on back-to-back days in 2004. Phil Woods Groovin' to Marty Paich Jazzed Media
John Hollenbeck: Joys & Desires & Sequence
by Ty Cumbie
John Hollenbeck & Jazz Bigband Graz Joys & Desires Intuition 2005 Jorrit Dijkstra + John Hollenbeck Sequence Trytone 2006 Jazz' tradition police may have a necessary role ...
