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Article: Album Review

Joe Henderson: In 'N Out

Read "In 'N Out" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
November 6, 2012

Music Matters is extending its reissue run of classic Blue Note records, which has led them to tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson's 1964 session In 'N Out. His third album as a leader for the label, In 'N Out mixes aggressive hard bop with more searching ballads on its way to turning into a musically diverse, first-rate ...

Article: Interview

Dafnis Prieto: Experiments in Spontaneity

by R.J. DeLuke
October 16, 2012

Improvisation--music in the moment, eloquently once called “the sound of surprise"--takes place in genres besides jazz. But in America's indigenous art form, it is a cornerstone. The degree to which a song might contain improv varies greatly. Sometimes it's hard to tell in a highly arranged piece where the musicians are taking liberties. Other times its ...

Article: Interview

Duduka Da Fonseca: The Guy From Ipanema

by R.J. DeLuke
October 15, 2012

The 1950s into the early 1960s was a special period in Brazil, the land of beautiful beaches, picturesque mountains and the home of a warm, inviting and sensuous music called samba that was developed during those years. It was also a time when bossa nova, another sumptuous musical style, was spawned. The music invades the senses ...

Article: Live Review

Sonny Rollins at Symphony Hall in San Francisco

by Harry S. Pariser
October 14, 2012

Sonny Rollins Symphony Hall San Francisco, CA September 30, 2012 Excitement was palpable among people milling around the entrance of Symphony Hall in downtown San Francisco during the evening of September 30, 2012, where legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins was to appear. Just past 8:00pm, he was introduced by Randall ...

Article: Interview

Bobby Zankel: Revisiting Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

by Victor L. Schermer
October 10, 2012

John Coltrane's iconic A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) is a jazz perennial, continuing to attract and move listeners around the globe nearly five decades after it was released. Great musicians, such as guitarists John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana, and saxophonist Joshua Redman cite its profound influence on their career. The Branford Marsalis Quartet , with A ...

Article: Interview

Kevin Brandon: Brandino Is In The House

by Scott Mitchell
September 20, 2012

Kevin Brandon is a Los Angeles-based bassist, producer, teacher and song writer who has been on the scene and laying it down for a long time. Known to his friends and colleagues as “Brandino," this musical dynamo has earned seven Grammy Awards and has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including the ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Elvin Jones

September 9, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Elvin Jones' birthday today! Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest child in a family of ten. His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones\' brothers were also jazz musicians: Hank (piano), and Thad (trumpet/flugelhorn). Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, ...

Article: Catching Up With

Barrett Martin: Musical Artifacts and Seattle Punk

by Jack Gold-Molina
September 8, 2012

Barrett Martin's primary instrument is the drums, but he has also been known to play upright bass, as well as many different types of ethnic percussion instruments that he has studied formally, often traveling to their countries of origin to seek out Griots and teachers. His musical credits include Seattle bands Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, ...

Article: Live Review

Azar Lawrence: Long Beach, CA, July 28, 2012

by Chuck Koton
August 28, 2012

Azar LawrenceSeabird LoungeLong Beach, CAJuly 28, 2012The “A Train," saxophonist Azar Lawrence, recently roared into the Seabird Lounge in Long Beach, CA with a burnin' quintet guaranteed to generate a lot of steam power. Lawrence, a native Angeleno, first impacted the jazz scene back in the early '70s while playing with ...

Article: Live Review

Montreal Jazz Festival: Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 7, 2012

by Greg Thomas
August 21, 2012

Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2012From the time of the airplane's descent to the airport in Montréal, I knew something was different and perhaps special about this place. Instead of a square or rectangular grid style of suburban housing plots, from my window I saw circular formations of housing, ...