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Article: Album Review

Tribe: Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976

Read "Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

If the 1960s was the decade of sexual liberation and psycho-pharmaceuticals, the 1970s was the decade of self-empowerment and community activism, and nowhere was this more true than in black America. Musicians were among the vanguard of the activists, forming collectives to increase their leverage within the “entertainment" industry and, through education projects, to strengthen their ...

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Article: Live Review

Assaf Kehati, Billy Hart, & Noam Weisenberg: Trio Music

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by David Lighton

Assaf Kehati Trio featuring Billy Hart Twins Jazz Washington, D.C. June 5, 2010 In recent years, the guitar trio--with bass and drums--has reached mythic status. Once an obscure instrumentation, the setting has been elevated to new heights by young guitarists seeking the kind of interplay for which the piano ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With John Troy

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by AAJ Staff

Meet John Troy:John Troy has had a rich affinity towards the performance and development of his music since beginning the saxophone at age twelve. After showing exceptional ability in the classical realm throughout middle school, and with the tutelage of William Eicher, his attention gradually turned toward the study of jazz saxophone. ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Grant Green

Jazz Musician of the Day: Grant Green

All About Jazz is celebrating Grant Green's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Grant GreenGreen was born on June 6, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri. He first performed in a professional setting at the age of 13. His early influences were Charlie Christian and Charlie Parker; however... more ...

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Article: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note

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by Dan Bilawsky

With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...

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Article: Live Review

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

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by Matt Marshall

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Waitiki 7: New Sounds Of Exotica

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by Chris May

The Waitiki 7New Sounds Of ExoticaPass Out Records2010 As kitsch as a Jeff Koons Valentine card, and as camp as a Liberace Christmas TV special, exotica first flourished, primarily in the US, between the mid-1950s and the early 1960s. As the Pacific returned to peace after the ...

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Article: Interview

Nels Cline: Of Singers and Sound

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by Rex Butters

Mimi Melnick's Salons feature some of Los Angeles' best improvising musicians in the most intimate of settings--her home, at the top of a hillside overlooking the San Fernando Valley. This afternoon's trio tunes, and tests sound levels. Bass wizard and longtime UCLA professor Roberto Miranda banters with veteran drummer Bert Karl, while the group's lanky guitarist, ...

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Article: Album Review

Ralph Lalama Quartet: The Audience

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by Woodrow Wilkins

Covers can become trite very quickly, but when arrangements are fresh and performance is equal to the task, they can become as endearing as new masterpieces. The Audience, by Ralpha Lalama Quartet, has that quality with its mix of lesser-known jazz songs, a little pop and some original interludes. Lalama, a tenor saxophonist, has ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Lee Morgan: Search for the New Land

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by Matt Marshall

Lee Morgan Search for the New Land Blue Note / Music Matters 2009 (1964) Backed by what may have been his most emphatically modern group, trumpeter Lee Morgan did indeed set out on an exploratory quest in this follow-up to his smash, hard bop gem, The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1964). ...


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