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Robin McKelle: A Different Approach

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 25, 2006

Robin McKelle doesn't fancy herself a jazz singer. However, with a little prompting from her producer, she has released a first-rate jazz album. Unlike other vocalists whose debuts have featured many of the same standards, McKelle went back a little further with Introducing Robin McKelle. She even approached the process differently, spending her own money to ...

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Christian McBride Interviewed at AAJ

May 23, 2006

With Live at Tonic, his first live recording and a whopping three-CD set that documents two nights at the legendary New York Club, bassist Chrisitan McBride ups the ante by supplementing his outstanding working group with a host of guests including guitarist Charlie Hunter, violinist Jenny Scheinman and pianist Jason Moran. AAJ Senior Editor Chris M. ...

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Christian McBride Throws Down

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 23, 2006

Philadelphia native Christian McBride stands among contemporary music's heaviest musicians. That's no reflection of McBride's physical stature, or even of his cavernous speaking voice. It is descriptive of his powerful, profoundly resonant voice on acoustic and electric bass. It almost certainly applies to his formidable body of work, which includes seven albums as a leader and ...

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Don Alias: Heart, Soul and Lungs

by Mike Brannon
May 22, 2006

We have lost one of the greats. The proverbial six-degrees-of-separation aside, Don Alias, has played with everyone. Active since the late '50s, he stands as easily the most influential percussionist in jazz and one of the few who ever transcended jazz and flamenco successfully and could by all accounts truly swing hard on congas. Alias has ...

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Roger Kellaway Trio with special guest Stefon Harris At the Jazz Standard May 25-28 / Live Interview w/Michael Bourne-WBGO Mon., May 22 at 2PM

May 20, 2006

Live Interview w/Michael Bourne-WBGO Mon., May 22 at 2PM 88.3FM www.WBGO.org May 25-28 Roger Kellaway Trio with special guest Stefon Harris Roger Kellaway - piano Russell Malone - guitar Jay Leonhart - bass Stefon Harris - vibraphone At the Jazz Standard 116 ...

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Bob James: Following His Heart

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 18, 2006

If you've listened to contemporary jazz and its relatives over the last 30-plus years, chances are you've come across pianist Bob James. In fact, you don't have to be a jazz fan to have heard his music. He scored the soundtrack to the television series Taxi, including the hit theme song, “Angela. His career has placed ...

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Kurt Rosenwinkel: Emerging Brilliance

by David Adler
May 16, 2006

After nearly a decade in the trenches, Kurt Rosenwinkel is beginning to emerge as the next big thing in the world of jazz guitar. He has just released his second all-original Verve CD, The Next Step, a follow-up to last year's The Enemies of Energy. Two earlier standards albums, Intuit (Criss Cross, 1998) and the hard-to-find ...

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Jimmy McGriff: Nobody Else But Himself

by Andrew Velez
May 16, 2006

For two evenings in April, Philadelphia-born Jimmy McGriff celebrated his 70th birthday with a gala gig at New York's Smoke. Wearing a cap reminiscent of the Beatles era, his bulky six-foot frame hunched over the organ, he radiated the intense concentration of a friendly Sumo wrestler. A professional musician since his early teens, he'd evolved firmly ...

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Andrew Drury: The Cool Thing About Improvisation

by Jason West
May 15, 2006

A few months ago I went back to Suquamish Elementary. Located on the Port Madison Indian Reservation, I hadn't been back since I was a student there 30-plus years ago. Nixon was president then. His black and white portrait photo greeted students at the main entrance. I'd look up at his face and zero in on ...

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Lonnie Plaxico

by Javier AQ Ortiz
May 14, 2006

Lonnie Plaxico's first recording on Blue Note is a treat for a musician who, in his early 40s, already has an exciting veteran career in jazz circles, although he played mostly R&B in Chicago. He left his native Windy City to come play for Wynton Marsalis. The famed trumpet player heard a demo tape from Plaxico ...