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Article: Album Review

The MacroQuarktet: Each Part a Whole: Live at the Stone

Read "Each Part a Whole: Live at the Stone" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The MacroQuarktet features a crème de la crème of New York's progressive jazz and improvisational contingent, although the respective instrumentalists know no bounds due to variable stints with like-minded artists across the globe. Recorded live at the Manhattan venue The Stone, the quartet--or, wittily cited as the Quarktet--casts an impressionistic aura into the rather expansive connotations ...

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Article: Album Review

Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite

Read "Human Activity Suite" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


In June 2008, Brad Shepik premiered his work Human Activity Suite: Sounding a Response to Climate Change in New York. It was born out of his concern for the environment and the impact of climate change. Shepik, who is drawn to the music of other countries, wrote one tune for each of the seven ...

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Article: Live Review

SFJAZZ Collective: Ottawa, Canada March 1, 2009

Read "SFJAZZ Collective: Ottawa, Canada March 1, 2009" reviewed by John Kelman


SFJAZZ CollectiveDominion-Chalmers United Church Ottawa, Canada March 1, 2009 It was a stellar weekend for jazz in Ottawa, Canada. First, on Saturday, February 26 fans were treated to an intimate but outstanding evening of music by local bassist John Geggie and his guests, guitarist Vic Juris and drummer John ...

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Article: Album Review

Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite

Read "Human Activity Suite" reviewed by J Hunter


Theoretically, it should be difficult to do protest music without lyrics; nevertheless, that hasn't stopped Terence Blanchard, Ben Allison, and--most recently--Jeff “Tain" Waits from launching heat-seeking discs aimed right at the heart of some of this decade's most sensitive political issues. Now it's guitarist Brad Shepik's turn at bat with Human Activity Suite, only he's done ...

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News: Recording

Composer/Pianist Barney McAll Releases "Flashbacks" with Kurt Rosenwinkel

Composer/Pianist Barney McAll Releases "Flashbacks" with Kurt Rosenwinkel

Flashbacks is the fifth album by composer/pianist Barney McAll, and continues the exciting trajectory--begun with his debut, Exit--into his own distinctive sound world. Like its predecessor, Mother of Dreams and Secrets, it features both brilliant guitar innovator Kurt Rosenwinkel and some traditional sacred Afro Cuban rhythms. But the Cuban influence is fully subsumed here, and there ...

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Article: Album Review

Marc Copland: New York Trio Recordings Vol. 3: Night Whispers

Read "New York Trio Recordings Vol. 3: Night Whispers" reviewed by John Kelman


Some artists are so consistent that it's difficult to tag one release as better than another. Still, every now and then they manage to release career milestones that stand above the rest. Pianist Marc Copland's Time Within Time (HATology, 2005) is one such watershed--a sublime solo piano session that transcends mere virtuosity and digs so deeply ...

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The Irrational Numbers

Label: Premonition Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Bellwether -1:48; 02. Chevelle -8:28; 03. Your Favorite Kind - 4:32; 04. Fauxjobim - 5:26; 05. Neopolitan -12:38; 06. Blackbird Backtalk - 7:02; 07. By Far - 6:13; 08. Mas Relief - 2:08; 09. That Heavenly Hell - 8:20; 10. True South - 7:08. Tutte le composizioni sono di Drew Gress

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Article: Interview

The right time: intervista a Drew Gress

Read "The right time: intervista a Drew Gress" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Dopo l’ultimo, splendido, The Irrational Numbers, si è tornato giustamente a parlare di Drew Gress non solo come sideman sempre più impegnato e richiesto, ma anche come ottimo bandleader. Un’opera matura e complessa quella licenziata dal contrabbassista nativo del New Jersey, che ha confermato quanto di buono si era già capito sulle sue doti di compositore ...

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Article: Album Review

Drew Gress: The Irrational Numbers

Read "The Irrational Numbers" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Ad ogni nuovo disco Drew Gress conferma la sua statura di bassista, compositore e leader tra i più maturi e innovativi della scena attuale. Da almeno un decennio (non sembra che molti se ne siano accorti) i suoi gruppi esprimono una delle proposte più avvincenti del jazz statunitense, che si spinge negli ambiti della post-avanguardia senza ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Drew Gress: The Irrational Numbers & Real and Imagines

Read "Drew Gress: The Irrational Numbers & Real and Imagines" reviewed by Donald Elfman


Drew Gress The Irrational Numbers Premonition 2008 Dave Allen Real and Imagined Fresh Sound-New Talent 2008 The third one's a true charm as bassist Drew Gress and ...


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