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Article: Profile

Moving On Music: Literal Magic

Read "Moving On Music: Literal Magic" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Moving On Music (MOM), one of Ireland's finest music promotion companies. There will probably be little hoopla, no big party and probably not even a cake. Instead, it will be business as usual for the small but industrious team of four, and that means bringing the best music of all ...

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Article: Interview

Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz

Read "Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz" reviewed by Dean Nardi

by Dean Nardi

Mental bungee-jumping may not be their sport of choice, but a cerebral ledge exists that sooner or later every jazz musician must leap off. One day, ready or not, tuning up or shaking down their instrument, they will glance in a mirror, hug a pregnant mother-to-be, second-line a funeral, walk in the deepest, dark woods, chance ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Yuletide Goodness Plus New Releases By Camille Thurman, Renee Rosnes, Mark Winkler And Lisa Hilton

Read "Yuletide Goodness Plus New Releases By Camille Thurman, Renee Rosnes, Mark Winkler And Lisa Hilton" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes holiday recordings from Maddye Trew, Romero Lubambo & Pamela Driggs, new releases from Lisa Hilton, Mark Winkler, Camille Thurman and Renee Rosnes, with birthday shoutouts to Sue Maskaleris, Jihye Lee, Camille Thurman, Cliff Beach, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Dan Pugach Big Band, George Cables, Arooj Aftab, Jason Keiser

Read "Dan Pugach Big Band, George Cables, Arooj Aftab, Jason Keiser" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes Grammy nominations, new releases from the Dan Pugach Big Band, George Cables, Arooj Aftab, Jason Keiser plus a single from säje, with birthday shoutouts to Michelle Ann May and Jazz Master Sheila Jordan. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 3

Read "Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 3" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu

Yes, Jimi Hendrix was a rock guitar god, but he inspired scores of jazz players, and fans. After all, he is the first non-jazz musician to enter the DownBeat Hall of Fame, back in 1970 (the year of his passing). Enjoy our third and final segment of this week's tribute to Jimi Hendrix, and yet more ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Paying Tribute: Jamie Baum and Kris Davis

Read "Paying Tribute: Jamie Baum and Kris Davis" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

These two albums present prominent female musicians paying tribute to other women in the arts who have inspired them. Jamie Baum draws her inspiration from the work of several poets while Kris Davis tips her cap to other jazz pianists. The Jamie Baum Septet + What Times Are These Sunnyside Records ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Trombonist-Composer Naomi Moon Siegel

Read "Take Five With Trombonist-Composer Naomi Moon Siegel" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

An award-winning trombonist, improviser, composer and educator, Naomi Moon Siegel is committed to creating a positive, transformative music culture beyond conventional genre norms. She has been an innovative performer and recording artist since graduating from Oberlin Conservatory in 2006. Siegel kicked off her professional career on the West Coast in Oakland, California, and came of age ...

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Article: Album Review

Kris Davis Trio: Run the Gauntlet

Read "Run the Gauntlet" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Innanzitutto le dediche: a Geri Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, Carla Bley, Renee Rosnes, Sylvie Courvoisier, sei colleghe di strumento (e non solo), ognuna con la sua brava colonnina esplicativa nel booklet che accompagna il CD, a cui Kris Davis si sente evidentemente vicina. Poi la musica: un piano trio pieno, vitale, contemporaneo ma ...

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Article: Live Review

Detroit Jazz Festival 2024: The Year of Alice

Read "Detroit Jazz Festival 2024: The Year of Alice" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch

Detroit Jazz Festival 2024 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius Detroit, MI August 30-September 2, 2024 An annual pilgrimage to the Detroit Jazz Festival allows a jazz fan, or in this case, a jazz journalist, to reset to an internal default setting for what this music means to us on a very ...

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Article: Album Review

Kris Davis: Run the Gauntlet

Read "Run the Gauntlet" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic

For her first trio outing as a leader since 2014's Waiting For You To Grow (Clean Feed Records), daredevil pianist Kris Davis takes on her inspirations and mentors on the whirlwind Run the Gauntlet. Dedicated to the beacons who have guided and supported her searching, inventive way--Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, ...


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