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Article: Live From New York

James Blood Ulmer, Hot Club Of Cowtown & David Lindley

by Martin Longley
April 13, 2011

James Blood Ulmer & The Memphis Blood Blues Band Jazz Standard March 27, 2011 For a blues combo that doesn't possess a particularly powerful presence on the mainstream blues circuit, James Blood Ulmer certainly took his Memphis Blood Blues Band to the music's furthest limits and highest levels, both ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans: Electric Fruit

by Clifford Allen
March 18, 2011

Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter EvansElectric FruitThirsty Ear2011 Percussionist and improviser Weasel Walter often uses the term “face rip" to describe a particularly intense musical experience. In improvised music, you often don't get a “blood and guts" approach; free jazz, in many instances, has been ...

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Article: Interview

Wadada Leo Smith: The Teacher

by Franz A. Matzner
March 14, 2011

Wadada Leo Smith's career as a creative musician spans more than forty years. The trumpeter/composer's myriad accomplishments have been well-documented, particularly recently, as his recoding and performance career have undergone a marked renaissance, the success of which has shown a spotlight not only on his recent undertakings, but also inspired a reexamination of his past works.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Yo Miles! Revisited: Lightning and Shinjuku

by John Kelman
March 14, 2011

Amongst the plethora of tributes to trumpet icon Miles Davis' electric period on Columbia, beginning with 1969's In a Silent Way and ending with 1975's Agharta and Pangaea, only a few stand out as being truly reverential--not just to the electrified energy and jungle funk of the music, but to its undeniably avant leanings as well. ...

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News: Interview

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith Interviewed at All About Jazz....And More!

March 14, 2011

Article: Album Review

Elliott Sharp: Electric Willie

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 9, 2011

Willie Dixon è stato uno dei più influenti bassisti del blues elettrico di Chicago e la sua figura, non solo di musicista ma anche di organizzatore, si staglia in modo deciso nel panorama della musica nera dalla seconda metà degli anni quaranta in poi. Dixon era molto aperto verso le novità e non a caso molte ...

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A Little Stroke Of Light

By Henry Kaiser

Label: Axiom
Released: 2010

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Article: From Far and Wide

The $100 Guitar Project: Act 1

by Pascal-Denis Lussier
November 10, 2010

An online listing for a “no name," threadbare guitar; musicians with a distinct sense of humor; an idea, and one credit card... And a few emails later we've got something that combines the honest-but-struggling underdog, the ugly duckling, Pygmalion, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Kaspar Hauser, a Cinderella rags to riches, Herbie the Love ...

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar

Read "I Never Meta Guitar" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 14, 2010

There are no fans of the guitar in today's creative music--they are better described as fanatics, or devotees. But then the guitar has always caused listeners to choose sides. I'm a fan of Jimmy Page and you, Pete Townshend--or do you prefer Wes Montgomery to my Jim Hall. John McLaughlin or Pete Cosey? Some of these ...

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Article: JazzLife UK

There's No Such Thing as a British Jazz Scene

by Bruce Lindsay
June 14, 2010

March and April 2010 were eventful months for JazzLife UK--my photo-documentary project on the jazz scene in Britain. Spring finally emerged from winter's grasp, snowdrops replaced snow drifts and jazz life got busier. Debates about jazz and the media took center-stage, at least for some of us, politicians limbered up for a General Election (I know ...