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Article: Album Review

Mintz Quartet: Mintz Quartet

Read "Mintz Quartet" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
September 29, 2013

The jazz world is packed with dynamic drummers, and players who raise the job of timekeeping--and beyond--to a fine art. And then there are the supreme poets of the drum kit: The late Paul Motian, with his gentle orchestra of textures, colors, and diaphanous accents; Jack De Johnette, with his bustling undercurrents and rock steady grooves; ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Thomas Winther Andersen

by AAJ Staff
July 2, 2013

Meet Thomas Winther Andersen:Originally from Norway, Thomas Winther Andersen now lives in Amsterdam. At 13, he began playing electric bass, and after a few years his love for jazz became so strong that he decided to switch instruments and learn to play upright bass. Thomas studied music at the Amsterdam Conservatory from 1988 to ...

Article: Album Review

Satoko Fujii New Trio: Spring Storm

Read "Spring Storm" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 14, 2013

Some of jazz's finest, most innovative and adventurous music can be found in the piano trio format. The list of artists pushing the boundaries is a long one: Vijay Iyer; Hal Galper; Craig Taborn; Brad Mehldau and a good dozen more, conservatively. A name rarely mentioned in that group--in part, because she leads so many groups ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Hal Galper

April 18, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Hal Galper's birthday today! With over 90 recordings to his credit, 30 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 ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet Dan McClenaghan

by AAJ Staff
April 26, 2013

I currently live in: Oceanside, CA I joined All About Jazz in: 2002 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I'd always sought out the reviews in the print magazines. Cruising the web, I found All About Jazz and liked it. I contacted Michael Ricci to see if he ...

Album

AIREGIN REVISITED

By John Bishop

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2012

Album

Airegin Revisited

By Hal Galper

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Embraceable You; Asscendant; One Step Closer; Ambleside; Melancholia; Conception; Airegin.

Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2012

by Dan McClenaghan
December 21, 2012

Scores of excellent CDs were released in 2012. These are some of the finest. Click on the CD titles for more in depth reviews. Hal Galper Airegin Revisited Origin Records Pianist Hal Galper has been delving deeply into his rubato explorations of the standards, along with his ...

Song of the Day

One Step Closer

December 18, 2012

Album: Airegin Revisited
By Hal Galper
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2012
Duration: 7:29

Article: Extended Analysis

The Complete Arista Albums Collection

by John Kelman
December 14, 2012

When fusion first emerged in the late 1960s/early '70s with artists like trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Chick Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin, the emphasis was on guitar and keyboard heavy lineups like Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with an equally strong predilection for the intensity and volume of rock and a kind of thundering funk ...