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Article: Live From New York

September 2005

by AAJ Staff
September 3, 2005

At the Stone, in a fairly rare New York appearance (Aug. 11th), Sticks and Stones laid bare the essence of the leaderless trio concept. Altoist Matana Roberts, bassist Josh Abrams and drummer Chad Taylor tunneled through abstract grooves, locked horns in riotous free-bop and sang with a deeply felt lyricism. The Strayhorn/Ellington classic “Isfahan , with ...

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Article: Profile

Bill Dixon: The Morality of Improvisation

by Clifford Allen
August 20, 2005

Followers of improvised music are very good at expanding on the personalities of artists, and that oral tradition has certainly been aided by the musicians through a sort of 'educational mythology.' To be sure, the personalities of Miles, Trane, Cecil, Mingus and Ornette are fascinating and notable, but this interest in the men and their whims ...

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Article: Album Review

Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer

Read "Snake Charmer" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
August 17, 2005

A native of India who migrated to Los Angeles and later New York, Rez Abbasi marries elements from both sides of the world on Snake Charmer, the guitarist's fourth album as a bandleader. He's accompanied by a small ensemble: Gary Versace on organ, Danny Weiss on drums and tabla, Dave Liebman on soprano saxophone, and Kiran ...

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Article: Interview

Drew Gress: Where My Ear Leads Me

by Paul Olson
July 22, 2005

WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=270>Bassist Drew Gress isn't the busiest bassist ever ("I don't think so, man. What about Ron Carter?, he asked me), but he's probably playing somewhere tonight. He's played as a sideman with Don Byron, Tim Berne, Marc Copland, John Hollenbeck and Uri Caine. But his three albums under his own name--Heyday (Soul Note, 1998), ...

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Article: Album Review

Drew Gress: 7 Black Butterflies

Read "7 Black Butterflies" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
June 12, 2005

Bassist Drew Gress consistently delivers, whether he's playing straight-ahead or outwardly adventurous music. He maintains a vigorous touring and recording schedule with a swath of the jazz community. Though creatively challenging, this approach has limited the time he has to develop his own music. With 7 Black Butterflies, his third CD as a leader, Gress makes ...

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Article: Profile

Roy Campbell 101: From Where He Came

by Jason Byrne - Red Cat Publicity
June 10, 2005

We're just about midway through 2005 and NYC-based trumpeter Roy Campbell has already toured Europe with The Nu Band; performed at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival with his Pyramid Trio, featuring his musical brother, bassist William Parker; and toured Europe yet again with guitarist Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity Band. Plus, he's played a host of gigs ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Carnival & Strange Fruit

by Ken Franckling
May 11, 2005

The New Orleans trumpet lineage keeps getting longer and in some ways, stronger. What started with Buddy Bolden and Louis Armstrong has in more recent decades brought us the likes of Wendell Brunious, Wynton Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Leon “Kid Chocolate Brown and Irvin Mayfield. Los Hombres Calientes Carnival Basin Street Records

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Article: Album Review

Avishai Cohen Trio & Ensemble: At Home

Read "At Home" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
May 7, 2005

The title of bassist Avishai Cohen's latest CD, At Home, is a double entendre. Given the diverse geographical titles and styles of the songs, it's clear that Cohen wants to convey the notion that he's at home everywhere, musically and geographically. The core of the work centers on his trio, but it also includes a fine ...

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Article: Live From New York

April 2005

by AAJ Staff
April 2, 2005

Over the course of six nights, the “JazzItaliano in New York" festival brought seldom-seen faces to a number of New York bandstands. At Smoke (Mar. 4th), alto and soprano saxophonist Rosario Giuliani teamed with pianist Pietro Lussu, bassist Gianluca Renzi and drummer Marcello Di Leonardo and made a huge sound, playing music from 2002's Mr. Dodo ...

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Article: Album Review

Avishai Cohen: At Home

by Paul Olson
March 20, 2005

Israeli bassist/composer Avishai Cohen is perhaps best known for playing with Chick Corea, but he was never destined to be a sideman; his songwriting and arranging skills are too developed. On At Home--his first release since 2003's Lyla--Cohen demonstrates that his writing and arranging are as imaginative and wide-ranging as his bass playing is virtuosic.