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Article: Extended Analysis

Year of the Snake

Read "Year of the Snake" reviewed by John Kelman


When a group of musicians works together more often in extracurricular configurations with other leaders, what do they do when they come together for their own project? In the case of saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard-- who, individually and collectively, have worked with everyone from pianist Brad Mehldau and guitarist Kurt ...

Album

Fly

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Star Child; Go There; Fly; Anthropology; 4 A.M.; Metropolitan Avenue; Alabama.

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Article: Live Review

SFJAZZ Collective: Ottawa, Canada, October 13, 2011

Read "SFJAZZ Collective: Ottawa, Canada, October 13, 2011" reviewed by John Kelman


SFJAZZ Collective The Music of Stevie Wonder Centrepoint Theatre, Ottawa, Canada October 13, 2011 In its eight-year existence, the SFJAZZ Collective has gone from triumph to triumph, each year choosing a specific artist to honor--past years including pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonists Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter--and ...

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Article: Album Review

Ahmad Hassan Muhammad: Fly

Read "Fly" reviewed by Jonathan Wertheim


Ahmad Hassan Muhammad isn't a big name in jazz--yet. The Cincinnati-born pianist self-produced and released hist first record, Fly, in October 2010, and while the disc is very much a first effort, it holds surprise, pleasure and promise often unheard in second or third releases by others in the jazz scene today. Everything ...

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Article: Live Review

Brad Mehldau Trio: Kingston, Canada April 11, 2010

Read "Brad Mehldau Trio: Kingston, Canada April 11, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman


Brad Mehldau TrioGrand TheatreKingston, CanadaApril 11, 2010 When a trio has been together as long as pianist Brad Mehldau's--the current incarnation, with original bassist Larry Grenadier and relative newcomer (but no stranger to either of his band mates), drummer Jeff Ballard, has been together for over five years, first heard on ...

Album

Sky & Country

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Lady B; Sky & Country; Elena Berenjena; CJ; Dharma Days; Ananda Nanda; Perla Morena; Transfigured; Super Sister.

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News: Performance / Tour

Fly 2010 Tour Dates - Just Announced!

Fly 2010 Tour Dates - Just Announced!

FLY - January Tour Dates 2010 Fly Trio is Mark Turner Larry Grenadier Jeff Ballard JANUARY 13: The Regatta Bar, Cambridge, MA JANUARY 15: Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI JANUARY 16: Dazzle Jazz Club, Denver, CO JANUARY 17: Dazzle Jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Smith and Vital Information: Vitalive!

Read "Vitalive!" reviewed by John Kelman


Recorded on tour in 1988 and originally released in 1991, Vitalive! is, in the words of drummer Steve Smith, “the most 'jazz' version of Vital Information to date." It would be easy to argue with Smith, even though he's the group's leader, that VI has always been a jazz band, as evidenced by Come On In ...

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Article: Live Review

ECM at 40: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 3-6, October 22-25, 2009

Read "ECM at 40: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 3-6, October 22-25, 2009" reviewed by John Kelman


Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 ECM at 40. It's hard to believe that a record label responsible for stretching the boundaries of modern music has survived the various crises that have threatened and, in some cases, decimated so many others. With Enjoy Jazz's “The Blue Sound: 40 Years ...

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Article: Album Review

Mikkel Ploug Group: Harmoniehof

Read "Harmoniehof" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug, a rising player in the vein of such contemporaries as Kurt Rosenwinkel and Torben Waldorff, articulates his own vocabulary--one that contains folk, rock, and modern jazz sensibilities. Harmoniehof, the follow-up to Ploug's eponymous 2006 debut on Fresh Sound New Talent featuring saxophonist Mark Turner, further illuminates his tightly knit band.


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