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Article: Album Review

Howard Johnson and Gravity: Testimony

Read "Testimony" reviewed by Roger Farbey


Howard Johnson really should need no introduction. He's played with many of the greats including Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Hank Crawford, Jack De Johnette and Gil Evans (his solo on “Voodoo Child" was a highlight of Evans's Jimi Hendrix tribute album). He also appeared on Carla Bley's seminal 1971 album Escalator Over The Hill. Throughout his ...

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Article: Album Review

Ingrid and Christine Jensen: Infinitude

Read "Infinitude" reviewed by John Kelman


While they've often recorded together over the years--from the collective Nordic Connect quintet and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen's early albums including Now as Then (Justin Time, 2003), to many of saxophonist Christine's recordings, from her two much-lauded Jazz Orchestra albums (most recently Habitat (Justin Time, 2014)) to earlier, small group dates including Look Left (Effendi, 2006)--the two ...

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News: Recording

Howard Johnson Celebrates His 75th With New CD And Concert At The Jazz Museum In Harlem on Sunday, January 29th at 2:30pm

Howard Johnson Celebrates His 75th With New CD And Concert At The Jazz Museum In Harlem on Sunday, January 29th at 2:30pm

Sun, January 29, 2017 2:30 PM- 5:00 PM EST The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 58 West 129th Street New York, NY 10027 Featuring: Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone, tuba, penny whistle; Yayoi Ikawa: piano; Melissa Slocum: bass; Newman Taylor Baker: drums. Testimony includes eight tunes ranging from soulful to funky ...

Article: Album Review

Lydian Sound Orchestra: Music For Lonely Souls (beloved by nature)

Read "Music For Lonely Souls (beloved by nature)" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Anche per merito di questo disco, la Lydian Sound Orchestra ha vinto il referendum della critica italiana, indetto dalla rivista Musica Jazz, quale migliore formazione del 2016. Un riconoscimento che giunge a quasi trent'anni dalla sua fondazione sotto la direzione di Riccardo Brazzale (il progetto prende forma nel 1989 e il primo disco -Melodious Thunk--giunge tre ...

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Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz Winter a Orvieto

Read "Umbria Jazz Winter a Orvieto" reviewed by Libero Farnè


Umbria Jazz Winter 24 Orvieto Varie sedi 28.12.2016-01.01.2017 In questa ventiquattresima edizione di Umbria Jazz Winter, come in altre precedenti, non è mancata la qualità, con alcuni concerti che non sarebbe facile ascoltare altrove, fra cui molte proposte replicate in più sedi e in orari diversi. Quasi tutti i gruppi ...

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Article: Interview

Nat Hentoff: The Never-Ending Ball

Read "Nat Hentoff: The Never-Ending Ball" reviewed by Ian Patterson


This interview was first published at All About Jazz on June 23, 2010. Nat Hentoff was eleven years old when, walking down the road one day in Boston, he heard music so exciting that he shouted with pleasure and ran into the shop to learn that the music was of clarinetist Artie Shaw. In ...

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The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix

Label: RCA Legacy; Columbia/Legacy
Released: 2016
Track listing: Angel; Crosstown Traffic; Medley: Castles Made of Sand/Foxey Lady; Up From The Skies; 1983 - A Merman I should Turn To Be; Voodoo Chile; Gypsy Eyes; Little Wing; Angel (Alternate Take); Castles Made of Sand (Alternate Take); Up From The Skies (Alternate Take); Gypsy Eyes (Alternate Take).

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Article: Hi-Res Jazz

The Westerlies: New Music For Brass In Hi Res

Read "The Westerlies: New Music For Brass In Hi Res" reviewed by Mark Werlin


The Westerlies, a self-titled album performed by an “accidental brass quartet" of two trumpet players and two trombonists, is a stunning accomplishment: a reference-quality recording of trans-genre new instrumental music that managed to beat the odds and reach a wide audience. The album's unexpected success points to the importance of curation in an overcrowded online music ...

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Article: Interview

Ashley Kahn: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece

Read "Ashley Kahn: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece" reviewed by Lazaro Vega


This interview was first published at All About Jazz in November 2000 and is part of our ongoing effort to archive pre-database material. Ashley Kahn, the author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece (Da Capo Press, 224 pgs.), is Music Editor at VH1, and was the primary editor ...

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News: Recording

Power, Passion and Majesty - Beauty and the Beast - The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith with special guest Bill Evans (soprano and tenor saxophone)

Power, Passion and Majesty - Beauty and the Beast - The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith with special guest Bill Evans (soprano and tenor saxophone)

CD release date October 28, 2016 on Spartacus Records Tommy Smith originally wrote his epic suite Beauty and the Beast specifically for American saxophonist Dave Liebman, a fearsome player with a generous heart. This fabulous live recording with the superbly expressive Bill Evans and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra fully captures the colossal scale of the ...


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