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Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation: Varieties of Religious Experience Suite
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Gene Pritsker's Sound LiberationVarieties of Religious Experience SuiteInnova Records2010 There are times when certain music--usually symphonic in scope--suggests the character of a new cultural epoch. Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, also known as the Eroica symphony, was one such, and it set the tone for the Romantic era. His 9th ...
David Haney: Blue Flint Girl and Live from Yoshi's
by Clifford Allen
David Haney TrioBlue Flint GirlCIMP2009 The David Haney CollectiveLive from Yoshi'sCadence Jazz Records2009 The center of the jazz world is still considered to be Gotham, even though one can pretty ...
Bill Gerhardt: Momentum
by George Kanzler
It takes uncommon knowledge of jazz history to begin a solo piano album with a dedication to Herbie Nichols. “One for Herbie" is only one of the delightful surprises from pianist Bill Gerhardt on this winning solo recital, sumptuously recorded on a 10-foot Fazioli grand piano at the SteepleChase studios in Europe. Based in Asheville, North ...
Frank Kimbrough: Rumors
by Dan Bilawsky
Timing is everything, whether discussing music, sports or life in general, and this certainly proves to be the case with the recording of Rumors. In September of 2009, jazz photographer and occasional producer Jimmy Katz made a last minute offer to record pianist Frank Kimbrough in a setting of his choice. Kimbrough, having just played with ...
Take Five With Ian Carey
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ian Carey: Ian Carey was born in upstate New York, where he was introduced to jazz by a performance by the great Slam Stewart at his elementary school. After studying classical trumpet at the University of Nevada, Ian headed to New York City, where he studied with legends like Andrew Cyrille and Reggie Workman. He ...
ROPE: Fabrizio Puglisi / Stefano Senni / Zeno De Rossi: Saints And Sinners
by Mark Corroto
All jazz trios are charged with the command to “make it new," and very few accomplish that directive. Some impersonate the giants of jazz, while others play a parody--massacring styles in the name of modernizing the sound. Neither is the case for the trio known as ROPE. Pianist Fabrizio Puglisi, bassist Stefano Senni, and drummer Zeno ...
Dave Douglas Tiny Bell Trio: Constellations
by Mark Corroto
With trumpeter Dave Douglas' 21st century star continuing to rise, the hatOLOGY reissue of his Tiny Bell Trio recording Constellations serves as a reminder of the not too distant past. Hearing Douglas, guitarist Brad Shepik, and drummer Jim Black circa 1995 provides the context in which to consider their more recent efforts. At the time of ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Herbie Nichols
All About Jazz is celebrating Herbie Nichols' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Herbie NicholsHerbie Nichols is a perennially neglected jazz pianist and composer. He recorded less than half of his 170 compositions on three classic trio albums for Blue Note and one for Bethlehem before dying of ...
Herbie Nichols: A Jazzist's Life
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Herbie Nichols: A Jazzist's Life Mark Miller Soft cover; 224 pages ISBN: 978-1-55128-146-0 The Mercury Press 2009 Although he is considerably better known and respected today than he was in his lifetime, pianist Herbie Nichols and his spectacularly original music remains relatively obscure. This is one ...
Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio: Constellations
by Chris May
When hatOLOGY put it out back in summer 2009, pianist Horace Tapscott's mother lode of groove, The Dark Tree, originally released in 1991, looked like a serious contender for best reissue of the year. It's still a player--but so too is trumpeter Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio's Constellations, which slips under the wire at the eleventh ...
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