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Article: Interview

Billy Childs: Pushing Past Preconceptions

by George Colligan
August 13, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]Billy Childs is simply one of the baddest musicians on the planet. He's a brilliant jazz pianist, having received much acclaim as a sideman with legends as well as from being a bandleader. His Windham Hill recordings--Take For Example, This....., His April ...

Article: Catching Up With

Zach Brock: The New Meritocracy of Jazz

by George Colligan
August 8, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]About a month or so ago, I had the pleasure of performing in a duo setting with violinist Zach Brock. I've known Brock for years; we met and played together a few times in New York City. However, this was our first ...

Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival 2013

by Timothy J. O'Keefe
August 7, 2013

Newport Jazz Festival Presented by Natixis Global Asset ManagementFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 4, 2013“What do you want to hear?" Roy Haynes' booming voice asked the audience. Wearing white satin pants and a tangerine shirt, he strolled across the stage and made his way toward the drum kit. Amid varied yells ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Myriad 3: Tell

by Dave Wayne
August 2, 2013

Three young guys in suits. Piano trio with a “band" name. Canadian. All original compositions except for “C Jam Blues." Wait, “C Jam Blues"? What? No indie rock covers? Well, then there's no way these guys could be Canada's answer to The Bad Plus. No electronics or sampling. Well, then Myriad 3 are not Canada's answer ...

News: Recording

Legacy Announces Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988

July 31, 2013

Deluxe box set features all 31 albums (across 34 CDs) released by Columbia Records; Includes first U.S. release of 8 albums which originally appeared on CBS/Sony (Japan) Box set arrives in stores November 12, 2013 Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988 brings together, for the first time, the master musician's complete Columbia Records and ...

Article: Live Review

North Sea Jazz Festival 2013

by R.J. DeLuke
July 30, 2013

North Sea Jazz FestivalAhoyRotterdam, the NetherlandsJuly 12-14, 2013The North Sea Jazz Festival is firmly entrenched as one of the best events anywhere for jazz lovers, and also for the music-makers themselves, who relish the atmosphere and the appreciative audiences that typically jam the thirteen venues running simultaneously in the mammoth Ahoy ...

News: Festival

2013 Newport Jazz Festival Previews

July 22, 2013

By Matthew S. Robinson Singer Freddy Cole keeps putting the pieces together Growing up in a large family of musicians, Freddy Cole had to do what he could to make his way in the family and in the music business. And yet, over 80 years on, he continues to bring chestnuts. Classics and contemporary gems to ...

Article: Album Review

Howard University Jazz Ensemble: Journey of a Friend

Read "Journey of a Friend" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 21, 2013

Although the Howard University Jazz Ensemble isn't quite as dependable as a morning sunrise, it has been present and accounted for in a recording studio once each year since it was formed in 1976 by Fred Irby III, who not only directed that first session but has supervised every one since, right up to No. 37, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Pop-Culture Blues

by Jack Bowers
July 14, 2013

The blues, as it turns out, has many shades; an enduring art form that has been an integral part of the language of jazz since its beginning (if not before). Some aspects of the blues are readily perceived, others not so much. “The common thread," Michael Treni writes in his astute liner notes to Pop-Culture Blues, ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Luka Veselinovic

by AAJ Staff
July 14, 2013

Meet Luka Veselinovic:Luka Veselinovic was born in Rijeka, Croatia. His father was a guitarist and his grandmother, a piano teacher. He is a professional musician, bassist, and composer who has been in jazz music for the past 10 years. He began playing bass at 21, and soon after became a professional. Luka has attended ...