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Article: Live From New York

Jack DeJohnette, Project/Object, William Bell and Johnny Winter

Read "Jack DeJohnette, Project/Object, William Bell and Johnny Winter" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley

The Jack DeJohnette GroupBirdlandJanuary 6, 2010 This was the second night of a residency featuring the debut of a new fusion-orientated quintet. Drummer Jack DeJohnette is no stranger to electrification, but this lineup presented an intriguing proposition, confounding the audience in any attempt to predict exactly where the music would ...

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Eddy Loves Frank

By Ed Palermo

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Night School; Echidna's Arf (Of You); Regyptian Strut; Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?; Dupree's Paradise; What's New in Baltimore; Let's Move to Cleveland; America the Beautiful.

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Ed Palermo: Eddy Loves Frank

Read "Eddy Loves Frank" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Since 1994, Ed Palermo has arranged and performed over 200 works by the late Frank Zappa, a brilliant musician whose often controversial lyrics distracted people from his gifts as a composer. Putting together a tightly rehearsed band consisting of New York City-based musicians, Palermo has played his charts in nightclubs around the city for over 15 ...

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Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank

Read "Eddy Loves Frank" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

With the dubious benefit of hindsight, it could be argued that Frank Zappa's music could--and on the basis of this release can still be--defined by what it's not. Zappa was both astute and knowing enough to realize that both progressive and jazz rock could easily become stylistic straitjackets. His music was reflective of this knowledge as ...

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News: Interview

Big Band Leader/Zappa Archivist Ed Palermo Interviewed at AAJ

Big Band Leader/Zappa Archivist Ed Palermo Interviewed at AAJ

It's got to be love, hasn't it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of Frank Zappa's tunes? For what other reason would someone dedicate himself for over 15 years to presenting his arrangements of Zappa's music in the setting of a 17-piece jazz big band, and at a loss to boot? Yes, it's safe ...

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Ed Palermo: We're Only In It For The Music

Read "Ed Palermo: We're Only In It For The Music" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

It's got to be love, hasn't it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of Frank Zappa's tunes? For what other reason would someone dedicate himself for over 15 years to presenting his arrangements of Zappa's music in the setting of a 17-piece jazz big band, and at a loss to boot? Yes, ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank

Read "Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

The Ed Palermo Big BandEddy Loves FrankCuneiform Records2009 Saxophonist and bandleader Ed Palermo loves Frank Zappa, and not just a little bit. It's not only the transcribing of 200 Zappa tunes, the scores of concerts where Palermo has led his big band through the late Zappa's music, nor ...

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Article: Album Review

The Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank

Read "Eddy Loves Frank" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

Alto saxophonist/bandleader Ed Palermo returns with his third CD devoted to the music of Frank Zappa. Palermo has now become the jazz face of Zappa, having prepared close to 200 transcripts that leaven the music with jazz harmony, while leaving the inherent flavor and quirkiness intact. The charts lend themselves to lush orchestration as much as ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge / Swiss Jazz Orchestra / The Aggregation

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by Jack Bowers

Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge The Comet's Tail MAMA Records 2009 On The Comet's Tail, Chuck Owen's superb Florida-based Jazz Surge performs the compositions--yes, compositions--of the late great tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker. As Owen writes in the liner notes, “[Michael's] blinding brilliance as a performer / improviser...may ...

Article: Album Review

The Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank

Read "Eddy Loves Frank" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Giunto al terzo disco dedicato alla riproposizione per big band delle composizioni di Frank Zappa (il secondo su etichetta Cuneiform dopo Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance), Ed Palermo si fa più audace e ambizioso, realizzando probabilmente il suo capolavoro. I temi zappiani presi in esame sono sicuramente i più complessi tra quelli finora affrontati ...


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