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Article: Album Review

Allison Miller: Boom Tic Boom

Read "Boom Tic Boom" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Just say yes to records led by drummers. Why? Because drummers may rarely be the leaders or composers, but they're always the soul of any good recording. Where's Coltrane without Jones, or Jarrett without DeJohnette? Nowhere. That's why, when a session is commanded by a percussionist, as is Boom Tic Boom by drummer Allison Miller, there ...

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Take Five With Glenn White

Read "Take Five With Glenn White" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Glenn White:Described as “a brilliant gem," Glenn's modern jazz compositions and skilled, interactive playing have been called “a thoughtful, remarkable style," which “stems from a deeper understanding." A graduate of New England Conservatory, Glenn has performed alongside many notable musicians including Cuneiform artist Jamie Baum, Impulse! artist Greg Tardy, ECM Records artist Art ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC

Read "Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman

New England Conservatory (NEC) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of being America's first fully-accredited Jazz Studies Program at a music conservatory. The merriment kicked off in NEC's home of Boston with a week of events in October 2009, culminating in a performance by the Wayne Shorter Quartet accompanied by the school's Philharmonia, a merger between jazz ...

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Charlie Banacos: Recollections of a Legend

Read "Charlie Banacos: Recollections of a Legend" reviewed by Mike Brannon

by Mike Brannon

"You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" --Joni Mitchell “There are a dozen ways to hit a key." --Charlie Banacos How do you say goodbye to someone who truly changed you; someone who you know caused you to be a better person just for having known them? How do you say goodbye ...

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American Waltz

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: American Waltz; Buttah; Happy Cramping; How Do I Know What I Don't Know?; Be A Battery; Old Fashioned; Soupy's Comin' Home; Bulletrain. All compositions by Josh Rosen, except for Happy Cramping (Rosen, Grenadier, Molinari, Pellitteri)

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Among Friends

By George Garzone

Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Theme For Ernie; Alone; To My Papa; Between Two Cities; My One And Only Love; Milestones; Farewell; Free.

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The Avatar Sessions: The Music Of Tim Hagans

By Tim Hagans

Label: Fuzzy Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Buckeyes 2. Boo 3. Box Of Cannoli 4. Here With Me 5. Palt Seanuts 6. Rufus At Gilly's 7. Song For Mirka

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Your Favourite Jazz Records: No Rules in Jazz

Read "Your Favourite Jazz Records: No Rules in Jazz" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

In the late 2000s, Danish jazz is experiencing something of a renaissance. The fertile milieu around Copenhagen's Rhythmic Music Conservatory has helped to create a network of connections that is making it possible for musicians to control their art and release their music on self-owned labels. A perfect example of this new movement is the small ...

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Article: Album Review

Massimo Sammi: First Day

Read "First Day" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

Massimo Sammi's debut draws inspiration from the 2001 motion picture A Beautiful Mind, based on the life of mathematician John Nash. The album's theme is implemented, as the guitarist describes in his liner notes, by Sammi's “musical storyboarding of the film," based on Nash's experiences and theories. While the music's background, which includes free jazz improvisation, ...

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George Garzone: Among Friends

Read "Among Friends" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

George Garzone is one of the unsung heroes of the saxophone, who is known for playing fast and hard. Anyone who has heard his legendary group, The Fringe, whether live or on record, can testify to his ability to blow any competition off the stand, but there is also a softer side to his playing and ...


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