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Hal Galper Trio: Airegin Revisited

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by Dan McClenaghan
December 9, 2012

Hal Galper's Airegin Revisited is exhilarating. The pianist has been working at his artistry for more than a half century, and he is moving surely into the “elder statesman of jazz" category, riding the furious wave of several distinctive and idiosyncratic trio recordings. Galper, like alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and pianist Martial Solal, has gone deeper ...

Article: Album Review

Jeff Johnson: Suitcase

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by Dan McClenaghan
December 9, 2012

Bassist Jeff Johnson traveled the United States from the 1970s until 1990. He followed the work during his time of transience, and played an array of styles, from R&B to country, from blues to pop, and jazz. Then he put his suitcase down in Seattle and evolved into something of a house bassist for Origin Records, ...

News: Recording

Origin Records Has Just Released The Hal Galper Trio's Latest Foray Into Their Original "Rubato Style" Of Playing

November 26, 2012

Dear Fellow Travelers. Thanks for taking the musical journey with us. It’s a journey without a road map, where the road takes us wherever it wants to go. The destination? There is none. It’s the trip that counts. We strive to intuit the direction upon which the road takes us without imposing our ego’s on ...

Article: On and Off the Grid

What Is Jazz Now?

by Dom Minasi
September 10, 2012

Back in February, All About Jazz Managing Editor John Kelman asked me to develop a column based on points I made in the comment section of the article BAM or JAZZ: Why It Matters. I still feel the same way, but trumpeter Nicholas Payton's statement that jazz died in 1959 made me think, and I've been ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Hal Galper

April 18, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Hal Galper's birthday today! With over 82 recordings to his credit, 20 as a leader in his own right, pianist, composer, publisher, educator, author and touring artist, Hal Galper is best known for his work with Chet Baker, Connonball Adderley, John Scofield and the Phil Woods Quintet. His recordings as a ...

Album

Trip the Light Fantastic

By Hal Galper

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Alice in Wonderland; Babes of Cancun; Get Up & Go; Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry; Suspension; Trip the Light Fantastic; Be My Love.

Song of the Day

Suspension

December 28, 2011

Album: Trip the Light Fantastic
By Hal Galper
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 5:56

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Article: Album Review

Hal Galper Trio: Trip the Light Fantastic

Read "Trip the Light Fantastic" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 24, 2011

About eighty percent of the jazz piano players out there can fit into one of two schools: that of the introspective, harmonically rich Bill Evans mode; or the more percussive and gregarious Bud Powell bebop approach. There's also a small slice of the that pie that draws it primary inspiration from bright and splashy Art Tatum/Oscar ...

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Article: Interview

John Scofield: Peaceful Pursuits

by John Kelman
September 26, 2011

Sometimes a recording comes together easily, with a minimum of muss or fuss. Other times, life seems to conspire against it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't get done, or that it suffers as a result. Sometimes, in fact, it can make the end result even better. For John Scofield-- one-third of a power trifecta ...

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News: Education

Local Jazz History at the Boston Public Library for Jazz Week from JazzBoston

May 5, 2011

A sense of place and history always attends Jazz Week. Booker Ervin was a mail man not far from where I live in the 60s. Johnny Hodges was born over in Cambridgeport. This year focuses on a region and two pianists. Both Events will be at the Main Branch Library in Copley Square. “North Shore Jazz, ...