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Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Days 3-5: December 31, 2010-January 2, 2011

Read "Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Days 3-5: December 31, 2010-January 2, 2011" reviewed by Sara Villa


Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Orvieto, Italy December 29, 2010-January 2, 2011 The Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Discovered, produced and hailed by Quincy Jones, Alfredo Rodriguez chose to contradict any potential preconception linked with the highly slippery definition of Latin Jazz to which his Cuban ...

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Article: Live Review

McCoy Tyner/Alfredo Rodriguez: Toronto, December 11, 2010

Read "McCoy Tyner/Alfredo Rodriguez: Toronto, December 11, 2010" reviewed by Alain Londes


McCoy Tyner / Alfredo RodriguezKoerner HallToronto, CanadaDecember 11, 2010 As part of the Aspects of Oscar series, featuring top jazz pianists performing in honor of the late Oscar Peterson, this particular evening brought two solo piano performances to Toronto's Koerner Hall: aspiring young Cuban talent, Alfredo Rodriguez, opened the show; while ...

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Inversions

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2010
Track listing: Aki's Blues; For Cedar; A Lil' Bit; Inversions; Loverman; Dave's System; Everything I Love; Tin Tin Deo

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Eric Alexander Quartet: Chim Chim Cheree

Label: Venus Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: You Don't Know What Love Is; Dear Lord; On a Misty Night; Chim Chim Cheree; Pursuance; Afro Blue; The Night has a Thousand Eyes; Wise One.

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Article: From Far and Wide

Smalls Jazz Club: Live and So Much More

Read "Smalls Jazz Club: Live and So Much More" reviewed by Mark Corroto


After a few minutes talking with pianist Spike Wilner, Charlie Parker's quote about authenticity in music comes to mind: “If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn..." Actually, the entirety of Bird's thoughts best captures the art of Spike Wilner. Bird goes on to state: “They teach you there's a boundary line ...

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Michael Dease: Grace

Read "Grace" reviewed by Larry Taylor


This could be the break-out album for trombonist Michael Dease, his music and style putting him in the company of trombone legends including Jack Teagarden, J.J. Johnson,. Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller. On Grace, Dease is anchored by a very able rhythm crew, including pianist Cyrus Chestnut, bassist Rufus Reid, and drummer Gene ...

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Under the Big Top: Detroit's 31st Year Hits a High Note

Read "Under the Big Top: Detroit's 31st Year Hits a High Note" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


31st Annual Detroit Intermational Jazz FestivalHart PlazaDetroit, MichiganSeptember 3-6, 2010Last year may have been their 30th anniversary year, but this past Labor Day weekend, The Detroit Jazz Festival pulled out all the stops for what had to be one of the most memorable line-ups of recent memory. Mother Nature would cooperate ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Eric Alexander at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Chris’ Jazz Café, on September 24 & 25, 2010

Eric Alexander at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Chris’ Jazz Café, on September 24 & 25, 2010

Chris' Jazz Café celebrates its 20th anniversary on September 24 and 25, 2010, with an all-star band featuring Eric Alexnader and Pete Bernstein. 20th Anniversary Band Eric Alexander—saxophone Bootise Barnes—saxophone Larry McKenna—saxophone Peter Bernstein—guitar Dan Kostelnik—organ Rodney Green—drums September 24 and 25, ...

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Michael Dease, Mike Fahie: Attack of the Killer Trombones!

Read "Michael Dease, Mike Fahie: Attack of the Killer Trombones!" reviewed by J Hunter


The trombone: long locked into a stereotypical role formed by Dixieland, and only occasionally broken since. Fortunately, the last few years have seen more and more trombonists following J.J. Johnson's lead and bringing the instrument out front. Four discs with trombones at their center have stood out so far in 2010; two are reviewed here, two ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

Read "Horace to Max" reviewed by Larry Reni Thomas


Drummer/vibraphonist/composer/educator Joe Chambers' Horace to Max is an awesome display of versatility and master musicianship; that's impossible to put away, it gets better with each listen. The distinctive blue-and-black colored cover design is similar to those fine Blue Note records of the 1960s and 1970s. The disc possesses a subtle suggestive theme that can only be ...


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