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News: Interview

Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin Interviewed at AAJ

April 6, 2009

The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Some jazz was played in the U.S.S.R. since before World War II. Even during the height of the Cold War, ...

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Article: Interview

Alex Sipiagin: Burning For Jazz

by R.J. DeLuke
April 6, 2009

The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Before glasnost fully took hold, and before U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Mike Barone / National Youth Jazz Orchestra / Vaughn Wiester / Dutch Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
April 3, 2009

Mike Barone Big Band Class of '68 Rhubarb Recordings 2009 While some may deem composer / arranger / trombonist Mike Barone's latest album gratuitous, those who were introduced to Barone's music via the band's superb recording Live at Donte's, 1968 should take enormous pleasure in hearing further inspired ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

Three of a Perfect Pair

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 22, 2009

For the past decade or thereabouts, I've tried to organize “From the Inside Out" around one theme, to address in one column the different ways that different musicians perform on the same instrument, or in the same style or genre. But if there's one lesson that life seems intent on teaching, it's that music (like life) ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Peter Scharli Trio featuring Ithamara Koorax: Obrigado Dom Um Romao

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 12, 2009

Peter Scharli Trio featuring Ithamara Koorax Obrigado Dom Um Romao TCB Music 2009 Obrigado Dom Um Romao is both a happy and sad accident. Percussion master Dom Um Romao was friends and played extensively with both Peter Scharli, one of Europe's most inventive composers and trumpeters, and Brazilian ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Vaughn Wiester / Doncaster Jazz Orchestra / Kluvers Big Band / Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 2009

Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra Dreams Come True COJazz 2009 If you're going to dream, you may as well dream big, in glorious Technicolor with stereophonic sound. As Vaughn Wiester knows, there are times when Dreams Come True. Wiester's vision of leading his own big band is a ...

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Article: Interview

Charli Persip

by George Kanzler
February 12, 2009

People looking for the magic elixir, the Fountain of Youth, should stop looking and start jazz drumming. Charli Persip, who'll turn 80 in July, will soon join Roy Haynes and Chico Hamilton as fully active octogenarian jazz drummers with busy careers. Persip grew up in Newark, NJ and, after touring with Dizzy Gillespie's small group and ...

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Article: Live Review

Jon Hassell 2009 Tour

by Mark Corroto
February 10, 2009

Jon Hassell The Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH February 5, 2009 Jon Hassell and his band Maarifa Street entered the stage of The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio a few minutes before their scheduled 8pm start. The house lights were still up, and the ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Helen Merrill (Part 1)

February 3, 2009

Jazz greats are more sensitive than the rest of us. They have to be to produce honest art. While their angst and emotional unease may not always be evident, a deep sorrow and regret often rests just beneath the surface, coloring their creative mood and expression. Jazz artists who reach for their scars when they record ...

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Article: Year in Review

Jeff Dayton-Johnson's Best of 2008

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 11, 2009

When the world economy entered into a tailspin this year, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner dubbed the event the “Jazz Effect“ given that it emanated from the United States (she was drawing a parallel, for example, to the 1994 “Tequila Effect" that followed a botched currency devaluation in Mexico). I was so happy that a ...