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Article: Big Band Caravan

Ed Puddick Big Band / Frank Macchia / Rick Wald NY 16

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by Jack Bowers

Ed Puddick Big Band Guys & Dolls Diving Duck Records 2010 The late Frank Loesser wrote at least 700 songs, more than a dozen of which are included in the score for the smash musical Guys and Dolls, which, believe it or not, opened on Broadway more than sixty years ...

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Article: Album Review

Marc Copland: Crosstalk

Read "Crosstalk" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Rather than form a longstanding band that can soak up his musical vision over a period of years, pianist Marc Copland thrives in a universe of rotating players that keeps things fresh and spontaneous. On his three outstanding New York Trio Recordings, Copland switched bassists (Gary Peacock, Drew Gress) and drummers (Paul Motian, Bill Stewart), versatile ...

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Article: Book Review

Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing

Read "Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel

Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing Michael Dregin Paperback; 332 pagesISBN: 978019975625-4Oxford University Press2010 Midnight, Pigalle. The red-light district of Paris glows in a nocturnal carnival of neon and incandescent color.... Welcome to Michael ...

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Article: Film Review

Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm - Portrait Of A Jazz Legend

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by Jack Bowers

Stan KentonArtistry In Rhythm: Portrait Of A Jazz LegendJazzed Media2011 “I thought that [Stan] was an echo of life itself: that life is precious, life is exquisite, and life is magnificent. He lived it, and his legacy points to some of those values. Whether we are able ...

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Article: Album Review

Joseph Daley Earth Tones Ensemble: The Seven Deadly Sins

Read "The Seven Deadly Sins" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

The Seven Deadly Sins comprises some of the most monumental music to have been composed and recorded in quite some time. Significantly, this does not only refer to the seven-part suite of the title, but also the second track “Ballade of the Fallen African Warrior," another extended piece with multiple sections. Joseph Daley, master of the ...

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News: Recording

"JAZZ ROOTS: Music of the Americas" Out April 5th!

Sony MASTERWORKS Jazz in partnership with producer Larry Rosen will release JAZZ ROOTS: The Music of the Americas, the first compilation of this new branded series which traces the story of Jazz starting with the “Drums from Africa" and their effect on the musical DNA of the Americas. The historical descriptions for the package have been ...

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Article: Album Review

Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra: India & Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane Live at Yoshi's

Read "India & Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane Live at Yoshi's" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

India & Africa offers a surprisingly accessible performance tribute to some of saxophonist John Coltrane's most knotty and deeply spiritual music, a tribute wondrously heavy on drums and percussion, beginning with orchestra leader Anthony Brown. Taken into standalone context like this, Coltrane's exploratory jazz probes into the music of India and Africa--including “India," “Africa," “Liberia" and ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

Mama Africa

Read "Mama Africa" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

If you wanted to travel to--oh, let's just say--Tanzania and then from Tanzania to India, then to Puerto Rico, to England, then Spain, to Peru, then to South Africa, to personally experience their musical varieties both garden and exotic, you could do it by cashing in, with rounding, about 28,690 frequent flier miles. Or ...

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Article: Afrobeat Diaries

Part 22 - Seun Kuti and Brian Eno Take Afrobeat Forward

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by Chris May

Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80From Africa With Fury: RiseBecause Music2011 It is, almost, too good to be true. With his second album, the aptly titled From Africa With Fury: Rise, co-produced with Brian Eno, Seun Kuti delivers on the promise of his debut, Many Things (Tot ...

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Article: Album Review

Animation: Asiento

Read "Asiento" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Jam bands Phish and Gov't Mule have been making a cottage industry of covering a famous LP for their respective Halloween concerts (the bands' “costumes," so to speak). In 2010, we were treated to Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus (Warner Brothers, 1978) and The Who's Who's Next (MCA, 1975), respectively. It is not ...


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