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Article: Megaphone

Monk's Music and the Guitar

Read "Monk's Music and the Guitar" reviewed by Bobby Broom


As a guitarist whose love for jazz music began in the '70s, I was understandably excited to hear a few months ago, from a most reliable source, that Thelonious Monk really dug guitarist George Benson! Benson was probably the most popular jazz guitarist of the '70s and those who know about the place of the guitar ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The State of the Tenor 2009: AJ Kluth and Ricky Sweum

Read "The State of the Tenor 2009: AJ Kluth and Ricky Sweum" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Saxophonists AJ Kluth and Ricky Sweum look more like the backfield from Friday Night Lights than they do jazz musicians. But jazz musicians they are, playing what may be heard as the logical, evolutionary result of post-bop: a dry ice eutectoid of smooth, free, avant-garde, cool and modal jazz. Their music is characterized by open composition ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Sessions of the Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)

Read "Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Sessions of the Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)" reviewed by Michael Steinman


Oscar Peterson The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953) Mosaic Records 2008 The late Oscar Peterson was technically dazzling, harmonically sophisticated and indefatigably rhythmic. His virtuosic command of the piano has never been questioned. Because of Norman Granz' enthusiasm for his work, Peterson recorded ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Amy Barlow Liberatore

Read "Take Five With Amy Barlow Liberatore" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Amy Barlow Liberatore: Born in Binghamton, raised among jazz musicians who mentored her from her first club appearance at 17, Amy Barlow Liberatore began her vocal/piano career (New York, Los Angeles, Bermuda, Puerto Rico) playing jazz standards. A lucky break put her on the road with Rickie Lee Jones' first national tour. She later began ...

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Article: Interview

Jim Hall: The Elegant Guitarist

Read "Jim Hall: The Elegant Guitarist" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


There's good news and better news for the many fans of guitar great Jim Hall--counted among them a number of established guitarists who are, themselves, eminent. It would be hard to find a guitarist who doesn't look up to Hall and whose playing has not been influenced by him in some way. Players relish Hall's rich ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

The Story of Jazz Guitar

Read "The Story of Jazz Guitar" reviewed by AAJ Staff


While in its early days, jazz guitar was considered a rhythm instrument alongside the banjo of Dixieland. In 1940, Charlie Christian and his Gibson ES-150 changed that and elevated guitar to lead instrument status alongside the saxophone and trumpet--instruments that could acoustically cut through the sound of a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. Here, we encapsulate some of ...

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)

Read "Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)" reviewed by Samuel Chell


How do you criticize pianist Oscar Peterson? The two primary meanings of such a question expose the divide among those who must confront his talent--and, like it or not, no musician or supporter of the music can duck the issues raised by the most prolifically recorded pianist in jazz history. To the one camp, Peterson's playing ...

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Video

I Love You

Featuring the music of Herb Ellis
Duration: 6:07

Guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Bob Magnusson and drummer Sherman Ferguson play the Cole Porter standard, "I Love You".
Album

Ellis In Wonderland

Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 2006

Album

Soulville

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: Soulville; Late Date; Time on My Hands; Lover, Come Back to Me; Where Are You?; Makin' Whoopee; Ill Wind; Who?; Boogie Woogie; Roses of Picardy.


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