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Article: Album Review

Wynton Marsalis: All Rise

Read "All Rise" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Originally released in 2002 as a stand-alone offering, Wynton Marsalis' sacred composition All Rise will enjoy a reprising as part of Legacy Records re-issuing of Marsalis' landmark collection, Swingin' Into The 21st. A devotee of Duke Ellington, Marsalis expands on themes and methods that Ellington himself investigated in his Sacred Concerts of 1965, 1968, and 1973 ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Johnny Hodges: Second Set

Read "Johnny Hodges: Second Set" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

Johnny Hodges Second Set Avid Records 2011 Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges left Duke Ellington's band in 1951 feeling underappreciated and underpaid and convinced that he would have better luck on his own. Unfortunately he was never able to turn his considerable artistry into a lucrative career, and was back with ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones

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by AAJ Staff

This article appears in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones By Papa Jo Jones As Told to Albert Murray (University of Minnesota Press, 2011). A Different Kind of Living in That Southwest Here is what happened. Basie did exactly what Fats Waller did: ...

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Article: Album Review

Holli Ross: You'll See

Read "You'll See" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

An ensemble performer for two decades, and co-founder of the String Of Pearls vocal group, jazz vocalist and educator Holli Ross offers her first solo album on the thirteen-track You'll See. Presenting unique interpretations of songs from Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee and Laura Nyro to new material from Brazilian trumpet icon Claudio Roditi and bassist Rufus ...

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Article: Book Review

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz - The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice

Read "Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz - The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice" reviewed by Lewis J Whittington

by Lewis J Whittington

Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice Tad Hershorn Hardcover, 488 pages University of California Press ISBN: 9780520267824 2011 Impresario Norman Granz changed the course of jazz in so many ways, as creator of the Jazz At The Philharmonic (JATP) tour package and as founder of Verve ...

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News: Radio

Ellington's 3-minute Masterpieces This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Ellington's 3-minute Masterpieces This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and special guest Dick Hyman present a program of jewel-like short jazz pieces from the Duke Ellington repertoire. Broadway actor Vernel Bagneris brings to life scenes from Ellington's legendary life in first-person accounts. Other guests include New Orleans singer Topsy Chapman, trumpeters Nicholas Payton and Clark ...

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Article: Live Review

Maria Schneider Orchestra en el 43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona

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by Enrique Turpin

Maria Schneider Orchestra43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música CatalanaJueves, 20 de octubre de 2011Quienes conocían la leyenda contaban que una chica de Windom, en las profundidades agrarias de Minesota, había conquistado territorios vetados a su condición humana. Pregonaban que Maria Schneider, nombre por el que todavía ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jaco Pastorius: The 60th Anniversary Collection

Read "Jaco Pastorius: The 60th Anniversary Collection" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Jaco Pastorius The 60th Anniversary Collection Warner Music Japan 2011 It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a quarter century since Jaco Pastorius died at the outrageously young age of 35. At a time when other electric bassists like Stanley Clarke were redefining the role of the instrument--no longer ...

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News: Radio

Jimmy McHugh's Songs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Jimmy McHugh's Songs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Jimmy McHugh's songs entered the jazz pantheon through recordings by Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and many, many more. Today McHugh's songs remain among the most popular jazz standards recorded by both mainstream and traditional jazz artists. In this week's Riverwalk Jazz broadcast devoted to McHugh's songs, tap master Savion Glover pays tribute to Bojangles' ...

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Article: Interview

Tom Everett: Jazz at Harvard

Read "Tom Everett: Jazz at Harvard" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut

It's no accident that forty years of jazz at Harvard coincides with forty years of Tom Everett at the esteemed university. Everett founded Harvard University's first student jazz band, taught its first jazz history course and welcomed the campus' first visiting jazz artist. He now leads two jazz bands at the prestigious university, continues to teach ...


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