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Jeff Gauthier: Open

by Ian Patterson
January 3, 2012

Violinist Jeff Gauthier has been a leading figure in cutting-edge jazz on the West Coast since the mid-'70s. As a leader, he's produced half a dozen compelling works with his band of 20 years, The Jeff Gauthier Goatette. Open Source (Cryptogramophone, 2011) finds the quartet grown to a quintet, with trumpeter John Fumo bringing added fire ...

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Rez Abbasi: Thoroughly Modern Marvel

by Lawrence Peryer
January 2, 2012

Guitarist Rez Abbasi is part of a generation of jazz musicians who came of age after the conservative backlash of the 1980s. He and his peers are making their mark on America's art form by contributing their rich and varied cultural backgrounds and with an embrace of popular culture that was heresy in some quarters for ...

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Mathias Eick: The Lyrical Dimension

by Adriana Carcu
December 30, 2011

Norwegian trumpeter/composer Mathias Eick comes from a musical space that, during the last 30 years, has rightfully earned itself the attributes of a genre. The singularity of his tone, marked by the lyrical quality of his phrasing and underlined by a melancholic solemnity, adds a particular note a the Nordic jazz tradition he shares with Jan ...

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Something Else! Interview: Drummer Danny Seraphine, Formerly of Chicago

December 29, 2011

Chicago co-founder Danny Seraphine is putting the finishing touches on his second album with California Transit Authority—which fashioned its name and its muscular jazz-rock approach from his old group's initial sound: “If you love early Chicago, then you are going to love this," Seraphine said in the latest SER Sitdown. “I'm very proud of it, and ...

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Remembering Hoagy Carmichael

December 28, 2011

We lost Hoagy Carmichael on this date in 1981. We have not lost “Skylark." Here's Carmichael in 1956 singing one of his most beloved songs. The words are by Johnny Mercer, the alto saxophone solo by Art Pepper, the trumpet by Don Fagerquist. The song is from Hoagy Sings Carmichael With the Pacific Jazzmen, his classic ...

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Warren Wolf: The Wizard of Vibes

by R.J. DeLuke
December 26, 2011

Warren Wolf has made his name by playing the vibes, which he does with aplomb. He's as much a virtuoso on the instrument as anyone, even including his jazz elders. That may be, in part, because he was influenced by the sound of Milt Jackson and studied with one of the best in Dave Samuels, while ...

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Antonio Borghini fra Italia e Berlino; disquisizioni sul contrabbasso e sul jazz

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 26, 2011

La fuga dei cervelli dall'Italia. Si può catalogare in questa categoria anche la più o meno lunga esperienza che molti giovani jazzisti di casa nostra decidono di fare in altre realtà europee o americane? Non lo so, ma credo che si tratti di esperienze importanti, che tramite il confronto e la prassi li aiutano a crescere ...

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A Chat with Perpetual Groove's John Hruby

December 23, 2011

By Eric Bell As keyboardist Matt McDonald returns to Perpetual Groove, we talk to departing keyboardist John Hruby, who plays his last shows with PGroove at Center Stage in Atlanta on 12/30 and 12/31. Find full Perpetual Groove tour info here, and check out Eric Bells' earlier conversation with Albert Suttle and Matt McDonald discussing the ...

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Erin Dickins: In Her Own Voice

by Chris M. Slawecki
December 20, 2011

It was a long time coming, but for singer Erin Dickins, recording her debut solo album Nice Girls (Champagne Records, 2010) proved well worth the wait.Several musical lifetimes ago, Dickins was a founding member of Manhattan Transfer and appears on their first album, Jukin' (Capitol, 1971). While she has remained close with Tim Hauser, ...

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A Chat with Keller Williams

December 20, 2011

By Dennis Cook Bass, the new album from Keller Williams (released December 13 on SCI Fidelity Records), begins with a warming blast that's akin to finding expected sunlight outside when one opens the door. It's a thick, inviting sound and the studio debut of Keller's live reggae-funk band Kdubalicious, where he's joined by Jay Starling (keyboards) ...