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Avishai Cohen's Flood CD Release Celebration - December 2nd and 3rd at The Jazz Standard
On October 21, 2008 Anzic Records released trumpeter/composer Avishai Cohen's new CD, Flood, the 2nd recording in The Big Rain Trilogy and the follow up to the critically acclaimed After The Big Rain (July, 2007 on Anzic). On Flood, Cohen, a distinct and innovative figure in the global-jazz movement, continues to successfully weave his Israeli cultural ...
Michael Bates: Lessons From The Road
by AAJ Staff
By Michael Bates Touring can be both exhausting and exhilarating, especially as a bandleader. The last few months have brought reminders of this as I was planning, booking and finally, actually touring with my quartet in support of my recent CD Clockwise on Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label. As part of this tour, ...
Donny McCaslin: Recommended Tools
by Tom Greenland
Recommended Tools, saxophonist Donny McCaslin's seventh session as a leader and his first for Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music, follows in the tenor trio tradition of Sonny Rollins' A Night at the Village Vanguard and Joe Henderson's The State of the Tenor. Going chordless, without the safety-net of a comping instrument, gives the frontline instrumentalist more latitude ...
Feel the Vibes: Neon, Trio Viriditas and The Wee Trio
by Robert Iannapollo
A recently-spotted chat group thread queried, “Is the trombone dead?" A large number of responses set the questioner straight but one response was something like, “No. But the vibes and tuba are." This answer would surprise such active veterans as Gary Burton, Khan Jamal, Bobby Hutcherson and Karl Berger, all of whom are still producing vital ...
The Wee Trio: Capitol Diner Vol. 1
by Troy Collins
Jazz has a long history of up and coming musicians attempting to incorporate the popular music of their time into the standard repertoire. Some acts have made such ideology their calling card. For example, both the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Sex Mob regularly include contemporary pop songs in their set lists. As such, the cover ...
Michael Bates: Clockwise
by Wilbur MacKenzie
On Sep. 17, 2008, bassist Michael Bates’ band Outside Sources took the stage for two sets at Cornelia Street Café to celebrate the release of Clockwise, proving itself to be a tight unit that reveled in richness, unpredictability, astounding technical ability and near-telepathic interaction. The press material surrounding the CD directly referz to pianoless ...
Nick Vayenas: First Steps
by Franz A. Matzner
Soft spoken, straightforward, and possessed of a pleasantly down to earth sense of humor, trombonist Nick Vayenas' speech reflects well his musical approach--deliberate, unassuming, mellow, and deceptively layered.Candid about his stature as a young composer and player still just starting out, Vayenas discusses the genesis of his musical approach; what he learned putting together ...
Scott Tinkler: The Massacre of the Ego, The Garden of Forking Paths, Backwards & Lost Thoughts
by Kurt Gottschalk
The Antripodean Collective The Massacre of the Egos Extreme 2008 Marc Hannaford with Scott Tinkler, Ken Edie & Philip Rex The Garden of Forking Paths Extreme 2007 Scott Tinkler Backwards ...
Michael Bates: Clockwise
by Troy Collins
Clockwise is the third offering from Canadian-born bassist Michael Bates' ensemble Outside Sources. Charting impressive compositional growth since his previous album, A Fine Balance (Between the Lines, 2004), this session finds the Brooklyn-based composer leading his quartet through a dynamically varied program. Fueled by youthful verve, he deftly combines adventurous post-bop structures with the advanced compositional ...
Versatile Big Bands: American Agonistes and Worth the Wait
by Elliott Simon
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra American Agonistes: Music in Time of War Leo Records 2007 Peter Erskine Tim Hagans & The Norrbotten Big Band Worth The Wait Fuzzy music 2008 If your idea of a big band begins ...
