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Many Shades of Jazz Come Out at Newport 2010
by R.J. DeLuke
CareFusion Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6-8, 2010 The variety of music at the 2010 CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival August 6-9 was one of its notable traits. Mainstream, Latin, electric stuff, ornate orchestral offerings, swing and all kinds of things in between.The originality of the music ...
Newport Jazz Festival As Strong As Ever
by R.J. DeLuke
CareFusion Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6-8, 2010 It may seem like a small thing, but it's nice that the jazz festival in Rhode Island last weekend, August 6-8, was called the CareFusion NewportJazz Festival. No matter how you slice that, it's the Newport Jazz Festival, in the ...
Adriano Santos Quintet: In Session
by Edward Blanco
Adriano Santos of Sao Paulo, Brasil is a drummer and percussionist currently on the faculty of the Drummers Collective school in New York whose drumming style has been compared to that of Airto Moreira. Residing in New York since the mid '90s and a fixture in the area's vibrant jazz scene, Santos puts his slant on ...
Sonny Rollins Elected as Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences
by Jack Bowers
This month's most welcome news has nothing to do with big bands but everything to do with artistry and excellence: saxophonist and jazz icon Sonny Rollins has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy, a center for independent policy research (I don't quite understand what that has to do ...
Harry Allen: New York State of Mind
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nel secondo lavoro per l'etichetta Challenge, Harry Allen conferma i membri del suo quintetto con la sola esclusione del chitarrista Joe Cohn sostituito da Rossano Sportiello al pianoforte. Quest'ultimo s'è stabilito che da qualche anno a New York ed è molto apprezzato per la padronanza dei modelli stilistici tradizionali. Il tema di questo lavoro è New ...
Ehud Asherie featuring Harry Allen: Modern Life
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It is rare indeed to discover a young pianist, so obviously neither a baby nor a Baby Boomer, who is steeped in the history and tradition of American music from the turn of the twentieth century onwards. To find he can write a mean blues is a wonder and more than a joy to hear. To ...
Cedric Caillaud Trio & Harry Allen: Emma's Groove
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
What if bassist Cedric Caillaud's sophomore effort had been recorded at Rudy van Gelder's fabled Englewood Cliffs studio and released on Blue Note Records in 1959, rather than France in 2009? The sound of Patrick Cabon's piano might have been slightly less warm (succumbing to engineer van Gelder's tendency to render pianos with a metallic tinge). ...
Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage: Copacabana
by Raul d'Gama Rose
How it is possible that bassist Nilson Matta is allowed to fly so low under the proverbial radar, with recognition coming mainly from his peers, is one of those mysteries that artists have to learn to live with. Meanwhile, Matta has been complementing the music of luminaries from singers João Gilberto, Johnny Alf and Chico Buarque ...
Ehud Asherie: Modern Life
by John Barron
New York-based pianist Ehud Asherie swings hard on Modern Life, his third release for Posi-Tone Records. With the help of tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, bassist Joel Forbes and drummer Chuck Riggs, the Israeli-born Asherie demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the piano jazz tradition. Throughout this set of standards and riff-based Asherie originals, it doesn't take long ...
Ehud Asherie: Modern Life
by Bruce Lindsay
Modern life, if this fine recording from Israeli-born, New York-based pianist Ehud Asherie is anything to go by, happened sometime between the late-1940s and the late-'50s. From the beautifully-designed packaging--with the greens and golds of the graphics matched by those of Asherie's suit, shirt and tie--to the exquisite renditions of classic tunes and a couple of ...
