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Article: Album Review

The Jiggs Whigham International Trio: Live At Nighttown: 'Not So Standards'

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by Dan Bilawsky

A jazz trio performing songs like “Autumn Leaves" and “Days Of Wine And Roses" isn't exactly out of the ordinary, but this trio performing those songs is something else. Live At Nighttown: 'Not So Standards' finds Jiggs Whigham, an American trombone giant who expatriated to Germany long ago, back at home in Cleveland, Ohio, putting on ...

Album

The Core

By Bob van Luijt

Label: Kubrickology Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: The Core; I Will Think Of You; Red Moon Suite – Travel; Red Moon Suite – Arrival; Red Moon Suite – Home.

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Article: Album Review

Eric Vloeimans' Oliver's Cinema: Eric Vloeimans' Oliver's Cinema

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by Dan Bilawsky

Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans isn't afraid to try different things. In fact, he seems to relish the opportunity to work in a variety of settings. Vloeimans tangled with pianist John Taylor, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron on Bitches and Fairy Tales (Challenge Records, 1999); he went the electric route with a quartet known as ...

Album

Biosphere

By Florian Weber

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 1. Filaments; 2. Casimir Effect; 3. Piecemeal; 4. Clocks: 5. Mivakpola; 6. Cosmic; 7. Biosphere; 8. Getragen; 9. Evolution; 10. Tears in Heaven.

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Article: Live Review

Jazz on a Summer's Day 2013

Read "Jazz on a Summer's Day 2013" reviewed by Phillip Woolever

by Phillip Woolever

Jazz on a Summer's DayKrefeld, GermanyJuly 13, 2013 The setting was historic, on the grounds of a 12th century castle. The program tilted toward tomorrow, with an ear for the future. That picturesque, present day progression made the 29th Jazz on a Summer's Day a timeless musical present for devoted fans in ...

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Article: Live Review

ELBJazz Festival 2013: Hamburg, Germany, May 24-25, 2013

Read "ELBJazz Festival 2013: Hamburg, Germany, May 24-25, 2013" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

ELBJazz FestivalHamburg, GermanyMay 24-25, 2013Attending a multitude of festivals each year, there's always the challenge of finding the hook--the thing that makes a festival different from any other. When it comes to Hamburg's ELBJazz Festival, now only in its fourth year, it's easy. A harbor town on the Elbe River, located just 70 ...

Article: Album Review

Florian Weber: Biosphere

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il pianista Florian Weber dà alle stampe, insieme al suo quartetto, un lavoro dalle diverse sfaccettature stilistiche e formali. Questo grazie a un approccio alla meteria sonora privo di preconcetti e limiti di repertorio. Biosphere passa difatti da una serie di originali molto introspettivi e dagli andamenti irregolari, come le iniziali “Filaments" e “Casimir Effect" dalle ...

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Jazz & Blues Florida December 2012 Online Edition Posted

Jazz & Blues Florida December 2012 Online Edition Posted

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's best and only free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. This issue marks four years of being totally online. The issue also offers a special promotional click-through entry for a free drawing for tickets to Steve ...

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Lee Konitz: What True Improvising Is

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by Bob Kenselaar

Lee Konitz is legendary as one of the great individualists in jazz, an art form that has always placed an extraordinary high value on individualism and unique forms of expression. “I've pretty much dedicated myself to trying to figure out what true improvising is," he says, “as opposed to playing what you know and getting loose ...

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Article: Interview

Simin Tander: Softly, As In A Morning Dew

Read "Simin Tander: Softly, As In A Morning Dew" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

For many people around the world, the word jazz evokes a singer in a bar, club, restaurant or hotel, reworking the standards of yore. Vocal jazz has such a high profile, relatively speaking, because radio stations and TV stations largely balk at the idea of instrumental music, and, easy listening-as a lot of vocal jazz tends ...


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