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Article: Interview

Michael Leonhart: A Fortunate Son

Read "Michael Leonhart: A Fortunate Son" reviewed by Telly Davidson

by Telly Davidson

For most musicians, writers and actors, making the final decision to go against the grain and pursue a paycheck-to-paycheck, month-to-month career as a performing artist is one of the harder choices in life. Yet for trumpeter Michael Leonhart, a life in jazz and art is “all in the family": his father is the noted jazz bassist, ...

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Article: Album Review

Tobias Gebb and Unit 7: free at last

Read "free at last" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

Like a bird uncaged, drummer Tobias Gebb expresses himself without restraint on free at last, recorded with Unit 7. The collection is a mix of original songs and covers. Gebb is a freelance musician on the New York scene. Having appeared on recordings with Lenny Kravitz and Donald Fagen, Gebb has also served as ...

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Article: Interview

Louie Shelton: In Session

Read "Louie Shelton: In Session" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...

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Article: Live Review

Steely Dan Plays Aja in Akron, OH

Read "Steely Dan Plays Aja in Akron, OH" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

Steely Dan E.J. Thomas Hall Akron, Ohio November 16, 2009 Since coming back on the scene in 2000, hit makers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have made it a habit to regularly hit the road each summer tour season, a practice that in their earlier years was looked ...

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Article: Album Review

Claire Martin: A Modern Art

Read "A Modern Art" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Is jazz still a modern art? It's a hundred years old, after all, and some performers and fans seem to ignore everything written after 1940. But as far as the work of Claire Martin is concerned the question has only one answer. Apart from being one of the finest singers on the current scene, Martin is ...

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Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz: Days 1-3, July 10-12, 2009

Read "Umbria Jazz: Days 1-3, July 10-12, 2009" reviewed by Michael J. West

by Michael J. West

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-10 “You know," said one American tourist to his friend as he walked past the tents on the first day of Umbria Jazz, “Ever since we got here last week this is all we've heard anyone talk about." Small wonder. The 10-day, citywide festival is more than ...

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Article: Live Review

2009 Montreux Jazz Festival : Chickenfoot, Dave Matthews Band, Steely Dan

Read "2009 Montreux Jazz Festival : Chickenfoot, Dave Matthews Band, Steely Dan" reviewed by Phillip Woolever

by Phillip Woolever

Chickenfoot, Dave Matthews Band, Steely Dan Montreux Jazz Festival/Auditorium Stravinski Montreux, Switzerland July 4, 2009 The United States were impeccably represented as the land of the free form during a Fourth of July special that showcased three distinct improvisational imports. A packed, international crowd of well over 4,000 was ready ...

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Article: Interview

Marian McPartland: Living Through the History

Read "Marian McPartland: Living Through the History" reviewed by Maxwell Chandler

by Maxwell Chandler

Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...

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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

Monsters of Jazz-Influenced Rock

Read "Monsters of Jazz-Influenced Rock" reviewed by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius

And summing up last month's article on jazz as background music in 70's porno flicks, the tumescent Swede did in fact represent the rise of European influence, particularly in Fusion (as obviated by the mustache), while the naive-but-willing coed represented the collective reception of the American jazz audience. The later addition of the Mexican pool boy ...

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The Nightfly Trilogy

By Donald Fagen

Label: Reprise
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Nightfly

CD: I.G.Y.; Green Flower Street; Ruby Baby; Maxine; New Frontier; The Nightfly; The Goodbye Look; Walk Between Raindrops. MVI: I.G.Y.; Green Flower Street; Ruby Baby; Maxine; New Frontier; The Nightfly; The Goodbye Look; Walk Between Raindrops. Bonus Audio: True Companion; Green Flower Street (Live); Century's End. Bonus Video: New Frontier; Century's End. Complete lyrics, liner notes credits and ringtones.

Kamikiriad

CD: Trans-Island Skyway; Countermoon; Springtime; Snowbound; Tomorrow's Girls; Florida Room; On The Dunes; Teahouse On The Tracks. MVI: Trans-Island Skyway; Countermoon; Springtime; Snowbound; Tomorrow's Girls; Florida Room; On The Dunes; Teahouse On The Tracks. Bonus Audio: Big Noise New York; Confide In Me; Blue Lou; Shanghai Confidential; Reprise Promo Interview. Bonus Video: Tomorrow's Girls; Snowbound. Complete lyrics, liner notes credits and ringtones.

Morph The Cat

CD: Morph The Cat; H Gang; What I Do; Brite Nitegown; The Great Pagoda Of Funn; Security Joan; The Night Belongs To Mona; Mary Shut The Garden Door; Morph The Cat (Reprise). MVI: Morph The Cat; H Gang; What I Do; Brite Nitegown; The Great Pagoda Of Funn; Security Joan; The Night Belongs To Mona; Mary Shut The Garden Door; Morph The Cat (Reprise). Bonus Audio: Rhymes; Hank's Pad (Live); Viva Viva Rock 'n' Roll (Live); World Café Interview (2006). Complete lyrics, liner notes credits and ringtones.

Trilogy: 10 Extras

Rhymes; Big Noise New York; True Companion; Confide In Me; Blue Lou; Shanghai Confidential; Green Flower Street (Live); Century's End; Hank's Pad (Live); Viva Viva Rock 'n' Roll (Live).


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