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Take Five With Jay Smith

Read "Take Five With Jay Smith" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Jay Smith:Jay Smith has performed with dozens of groups all over California, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain in a wide range of music, from bebop and gypsy jazz to Latin rock and funk. He has worked with groups and musicians as Kelulu, Mento Buru, The Fresno Philharmonic, David Baron Stevens, Andre Bush, Mike ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Lovano / Us Five: Bird Songs

Read "Bird Songs" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut


Sax giant Joe Lovano has blown next to a bevy of jazz greats, and been applauded as soloist and leader throughout his nearly 40-year career. While it might seem surprising that audiences had to wait until his 22nd album for a tribute to Charlie Parker, Bird Songs demonstrates, once again, that Lovano does things his own ...

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News: Interview

Esperanza Spalding and Her Jazz Bass Still on the Move After Her Grammy Nomination

Esperanza Spalding and Her Jazz Bass Still on the Move After Her Grammy Nomination

It was just over a year ago that I wrote about Esperanza Spalding in this space. Back then, the bassist was hot off her performances at the White House and President Obama's Nobel Prize awards ceremony. That is enough for most people to hang a career hat on, but then came the 2011 Grammy nominations: Spalding ...

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Chamber Music Society

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2010
Track listing: Little Fly; Knowledge Of Good And Evil; Really Very Small; Chacarera; Wild Is The Wind; Apple Blossom; As A Sprout;What A Friend; Winter Sun; Inútil Paisagem; Short And Sweet.

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Article: From Far and Wide

The Ticket

Read "The Ticket" reviewed by Wade Luquet


One of the perks of being a jazz writer is that I can often get free tickets to concerts. This great benefit has offered me the opportunity to take my wife to some nice jazz events and meet some interesting people. Aside from taking notes in the dark, our jazz dates are just like any other ...

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Take Five With Beat Kaestli

Read "Take Five With Beat Kaestli" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Beat Kaestli: Beat Kaestli is a Swiss vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer. When faced with the choice of a promising singing career in his homeland or broadening his musical horizon in the US, he decided to make New York City his new home. While honing his craft alongside noteworthy jazz performers, such as Jane Monheit, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mauricio Zottarelli brings his brazilian jazz/fusion quintet to the Blue Note NYC

On November 13th, the brazilian drummer and composer Mauricio Zottarelli performs with his group at the Blue Note in New York City. The band will be presenting his original music as well as some of his inventive arrangements. Zottarelli has been actively performing and contributing with some of the most preeminent artists in the Jazz, Latin/Brazilian ...

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Article: Interview

Linda Oh: Persevering Against the Odds

Read "Linda Oh: Persevering Against the Odds" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


In an arena that is overwhelmingly dominated by her male counterparts, bassist Linda May-Han Oh is going to be a force with which to be reckoned. Her auspicious, self-produced debut, Entry (2009), was lauded by critics, and was one of pianist Vijay Iyer's top picks for 2009. Born in Malaysia and living in New York, Oh ...

Article: Interview

Esperanza Spalding: l'equilibrio interiore

Read "Esperanza Spalding: l'equilibrio interiore" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Intervista di Esther Berlanga-Ryan Gli appassionati di Classica e di Jazz si confrontano sulla musica ormai da anni. Se Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart e Duke Ellington avessero mai potuto incontrarsi, si sarebbero probabilmente guardati con reciproco rispetto—per poi discutere di battute, note e assoli... e, forse, la musica sarebbe fluita così facilmente come le parole. Ormai da ...

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Article: Live Review

Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society at Knight Theater

Read "Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society at Knight Theater" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Esperanza SpaldingKnight TheaterCharlotte, North CarolinaSeptember 24, 2010Having had little exposure to Esperanza Spalding's music, some questions were answered by her visit to the Knight Theater on September 24th. Part of Charlotte's two-day Sunset Jazz Festival, it was the prodigy-turned jazz phenom's first appearance in the city. The concert dovetailed with Chamber ...


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