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Joey Baron: Heaven on Earth, Stolas & Dream Dance
by George Kanzler
James Carter/John Medeski/Christian McBride/Adam Rogers/Joey BaronHeaven on EarthHalf Note2009 Masada Quintet Featuring Joe LovanoStolasTzadik2009 Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey BaronDream DanceCAMJazz2009
Miles Revisited: Sketches of Spain (50th Anniversary Edition) & Miles Ahead Live
by George Kanzler
Miles DavisSketches of Spain (50th Anniversary Edition)Columbia-Legacy2009 MSM Jazz OrchestraMiles Ahead LiveJazzheads2009 Third Stream, an attempt to meld aspects of jazz and European classical and world musics, as a term ...
Thelonious Monk: Pianists Riff on Monk
by George Kanzler
This month, over a dozen pianists will participate in a free concert, Thelonious Monk at 92, at the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan. Seven of them, and two other pianists with an abiding interest in Monk, answered questions about Monk's music and more specifically, his piano playing, as influence and inspiration. Jazz ...
Dizzy Gillespie: I'm Beboppin Too & The Cool World
by George Kanzler
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big BandI'm BeBoppin' Too Half Note2009 Dizzy GillespieThe Cool WorldPhilips-Verve2009 The legacy of Dizzy Gillespie's pioneering bebop big band could not be served better than by the ...
Count Basie: Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 20: Mustermesse Basel 1956, Pt. 2; On My Way & Shoutin' Again! & Swinging, Singing, Playing
by George Kanzler
Count Basie OrchestraSwiss Radio Days, Vol. 20: Mustermesse Basel 1956, Pt. 2 TCB2009 Count BasieOn My Way & Shoutin' Again!Verve2009 Count Basie OrchestraSwinging, Singing, PlayingMack Avenue2009 ...
The Matt Wilson Quartet: That's Gonna Leave A Mark
by George Kanzler
A drummer whose creativity, drive, dedication and infectious joy have garnered him high honors from fellow musicians and critics alike, Matt Wilson is also a perspicacious and activist bandleader. The Matt Wilson Quartet--alto and tenor saxophones doubling clarinets, bass and drums--is raucous, rambunctious and high energy. Among piano-less quartets, it's more in the tradition of Ornette ...
Jed Levy: One Night At The Kitano
by George Kanzler
Some live jazz albums transport the listener. If you shut your eyes, you can picture the dim lights of the candles on the tables, the clinking sound of ice cubes falling into glass tumblers... you might even find yourself looking around for someone to take your drink order. One Night at The Kitano makes you feel ...
Chris Potter: Monterey Quartet & Underground
by George Kanzler
Dave Holland / Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Chris Potter / Eric HarlandThe Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey Jazz Festival RecordsYear Chris PotterUltrahangArtistShare2009 Although he was the youngest ...
In Europe: London, Paris & Brussels
by George Kanzler
Coleman Hawkins In Europe: London, Paris & Brussels Impro Jazz 2008 In the '20s, Coleman Hawkins (1904-69) established the tenor sax as a prominent soloing option in jazz, creating the first template for the dominant sound of the instrument. The powerful tone, deep swagger and churning rococo harmonic ...
Grant Stewart: Plays the Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
by George Kanzler
Here's a refreshing take on Ellingtonia, one that doesn't rely on the overdone ("Take the A Train," “Perdido") or easy ("C-Jam Blues"). Canadian native Grant Stewart brings a post-Swing, combo approach to his Ellingtonia, even going so far as to reference Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk{{ and the {{Duke Ellington/John Coltrane collaboration. The ...
