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Article: Album Review

Brenda Earle Stokes: Right About Now

Read "Right About Now" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Is Brenda Earle Stokes primarily a vocalist, a composer, or a pianist? That's an unanswerable question if ever there was one. The marketplace typically forces artists to list their chief credential first, making it easier to categorize and pigeonhole them, but that's a problem for Stokes; she's equally talented in all three areas, as demonstrated throughout ...

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Article: Album Review

Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico

Read "Momento Magico" reviewed by Ian Patterson


If guitarist Ulf Wakenius' Vagabond (ACT Music, 2012) was a highlight in a discography that stretches back thirty years to Urban Experience (Dragon, 1984) then Momento Magico--which possibly raises the bar still further-- serves as an anthology of his influences both old and new. Wakenius has toured the world extensively for decades, so it's perhaps unsurprising ...

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Article: Interview

Yeahwon Shin e il Questionario di Proust

Read "Yeahwon Shin e il Questionario di Proust" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica Yeahwon Shin: Non so esattamente come rispondere a questa domanda. Quello che posso dire è che cerco sempre di essere onesta e sincera con la musica. AAJ La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Y.S. Ammiro la ...

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Article: New York Beat

Samba Christmas at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Read "Samba Christmas at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" reviewed by Nick Catalano


The Brazilian tidal wave which has been building throughout the fall at Dizzy's continued its flow with a holiday line-up of samba stalwarts. Led by percussionist Duduka Da Fonseca, pianist Helio Alves and vocalist Maucha Adnet, the all-star group featured sax/ clarinetist Anat Cohen, guitarist Mike Moreno, and bassist Hans Glawischnig. Most interesting ...

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Article: Album Review

Itamar Erez & Yshai Afterman: New Dawn

Read "New Dawn" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Israeli guitarist-pianist Itamar Erez, member of American- Turkish Sufi multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek band, revisits some of his best compositions in an intimate setting in his album New Dawn, a duo with fellow Israeli percussionist Yshai Afterman, a disciple of master Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco. Tough Erez is the composer of all the pieces, except Afterman ...

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz Festival 2013

Read "Enjoy Jazz Festival 2013" reviewed by Adriana Carcu


Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2-November 18, 2013 Enjoy Jazz is an event that can be attended in its entirety only by the lucky residents of the metropolitan area located in the Rhine-Neckar Triangle--and that for the simple reason that it runs for seven weeks. The good news is that ...

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Article: Profile

Julie Sassoon: Dancing in the Shadows

Read "Julie Sassoon: Dancing in the Shadows" reviewed by Duncan Heining


It's been seven years since British pianist and composer Julie Sassoon released her first solo CD, New Life (Babel). Since then, she and her family have moved to Berlin and Sassoon has quietly established herself in Germany as an unusual and unique talent. It's been a long wait for fans but her new live album, Land ...

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Article: Album Review

Helio Alves and Duduka Da Fonseca (HD2): Songs from the Last Century

Read "Songs from the Last Century" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger


One of the many delights of writing for All About Jazz is stumbling upon a great CD from the past, and being able to bring it to an audience that might have missed its debut. It's clear that Songs from the Last Century is one of these rare gems--even before a single note is heard, the ...

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Article: Live Review

Calixto Oviedo: New York, NY. July 9, 2013

Read "Calixto Oviedo: New York, NY. July 9, 2013" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes


Calixto Oviedo, “Calixto's Way" New Dimensions of Latin Jazz: Cuban Drum SeriesJazz StandardNew York, NYJuly 9, 2013Master drummer Calixto Oviedo's quintet--pianist Carlos Averhoff, Jr., electric bassist Nestor Del Prado, percussionist Mauricio Herrera and tenor saxophonist Gustavo Ramirez--set off its early set at New York's Jazz Standard with a contemporary, ...


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