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Jason Moran: Ten
by David Adler
Pianist Jason Moran offers Ten, to mark a decade with the Bandwagon, his trio with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, and it's an anniversary worth celebrating. But Ten is also Moran's first release since Artist In Residence (Blue Note, 2006), so it affords him the opportunity to include pieces from long-form commissioned works he's ...
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 ...
Pianos in the Foreground: Six Modern Masters
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Because of its huge range, the piano might be the most expressive and adaptable instrument in western music. And since jazz is a product of western culture, it's no surprise that jazz pianists have been the genre's foremost creators, interpreters and stylists. This has been true since the days of ragtime, New Orleans, stride and swing, ...
Steve Swell: Sound Miracles
by Gordon Marshall
Trombonist Steve Swell captures the energy of a big band in the close quarters of a small group. An alumnus of Buddy Rich's and Lionel Hampton's bands on the one hand, and collaborator with Anthony Braxton on the other, he seems bound to have fixed upon such a hybrid configuration at some point. But how an ...
Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note
by Dan Bilawsky
With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...
Paul F. Murphy: Playing Universally
by Dominic Fragman
Legendary drummer Paul F. Murphy has been involved with the high end of improvised music since the mid-1970s in San Francisco. He is most closely associated with the avant-garde of the '70s, '80s and '90s as a 12-year member of alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons' band and a leader of several of his own groups, including Trio ...
ART-i-Facts: Great Performances from 40 Years of Jazz at NEC
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Various Artists ART-i-Facts: Great Performances from 40 Years of Jazz at NEC New England Conservatory 2010 For almost 150 years the New England Conservatory has been a repository of learning for musicians from around the world. The institution has maintained a fine sense of history and 40 years ago began ...
Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC
by Marcia Hillman
New England Conservatory (NEC) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of being America's first fully-accredited Jazz Studies Program at a music conservatory. The merriment kicked off in NEC's home of Boston with a week of events in October 2009, culminating in a performance by the Wayne Shorter Quartet accompanied by the school's Philharmonia, a merger between jazz ...
Charlie Banacos: Recollections of a Legend
by Mike Brannon
"You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" --Joni Mitchell “There are a dozen ways to hit a key." --Charlie Banacos How do you say goodbye to someone who truly changed you; someone who you know caused you to be a better person just for having known them? How do you say goodbye ...
The Salle Wagram Concert (Complete Edition)
Label: Domino Records (7)
Released: 2009
Track listing: Peggy's Blue Skylight; Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress Then Blue Silk; Meditations On Integration; Fables Of Faubus; So Long Eric; Parkeriana;
