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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 1

Read "Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 1" reviewed by Nick Catalano


Part 1 | Part 2 A host of visionary producers in Seattle have produced an extraordinary TV documentary on the state of contemporary jazz art and artists. Dubbed Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense, the four-part program features a virtual who's who of young jazz performers talking about their creative struggles and ...

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Article: Live Review

TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival 2009

Read "TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival 2009" reviewed by Alain Londes


TD Canada Trust Toronto International Jazz Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 26-July 5, 2009 The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival enjoyed its 23rd edition this year with a structure similar to that of recent years. The Mainstage concerts in front of City Hall were a nightly focal point as well ...

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Article: Live Review

Discover Jazz Festival, Burlington, Vermont: Garden of Musical Delights

Read "Discover Jazz Festival, Burlington, Vermont: Garden of Musical Delights" reviewed by Doug Collette


Discover Jazz Festival 2009: Garden of Delights Burlington, Vermont June 5-14, 2009 ---> Observing how the Queen City of Burlington Vermont comes alive during the ten days of the Discover Jazz Festival is akin to the way the spring and summer evolves in the Green Mountains. The plenitude of rain ...

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Article: Profile

The Making of Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense

Read "The Making of Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense" reviewed by Eric Benson


On an August morning in 1958, a 33-year-old photographer named Art Kane gathered 57 jazz musicians together on the steps of a Harlem brownstone. The resulting picture, known as “A Great Day in Harlem," appeared in the January 1959 issue of Esquire and has become the most famous image in jazz history. The photograph lacks the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Stars Hold Live Recording Session at the Elephant Room

Jazz Stars Hold Live Recording Session at the Elephant Room

Austin - The Ron Westray / Thomas Heflin Jazz Project performs Friday, April 24, at 9:30 p.m. at the Elephant Room, 315 Congress Avenue. Both musicians are recording artists for Blue Canoe Records, the first all-digital jazz label. Westray is perhaps best known for his work as lead trombonist for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra conducted ...

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Tales of the Stuttering Mime

Label: 11:11
Released: 2005
Track listing: Isitis; Love/Stranger; Tainted; Ayanna; The Enemy Flying; Lulu's Back In Town; Miles In Sebastian; Black Elk Speaks; Phi; 11:11; Muldoon.

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Article: Album Review

Eric Revis: Tales of the Stuttering Mime

Read "Tales of the Stuttering Mime" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland


Best known as Branford Marsalis' bassist, Eric Revis' first solo project mixes straight-ahead jazz with intense funk fusion and employs a gaggle of special guests. The vast array of sounds and ensembles showcases the bass as an incredibly multifaceted instrument that easily finds its place among a diverse smattering of situations. The album ...

Album

Tales Of The Stuttering Mime

Label: 11:11
Released: 2004
Track listing: Isitis; Love/Stranger; Tainted; Ayanna; The Enemy Flying; Lulu's Back In Town; Miles In Sebastian; Black Elk Speaks; Phi; 11:11; Muldoon.

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Article: Album Review

Eric Revis: Tales Of The Stuttering Mime

Read "Tales Of The Stuttering Mime" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Did you see bassist Eric Revis in Branford Marsalis' DVD remake of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme? He was not impersonating Jimmy Garrison. Unlike Branford's not imitating Coltrane, you could become hypnotized by his solos. His presence was almost overwhelming. A member of Branford's band for the past seven years, the bassist began his ...


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