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Article: Interview

Don Aliquo: The Man, The Music, The Journey

Read "Don Aliquo: The Man, The Music, The Journey" reviewed by Ludwig vanTrikt


Geography is a central theme in the life and artistry of Pittsburgh's native son, Don Aliquo. The saxophonist, educator and bandleader is part of a rich steel town jazz lineage which includes his father, Don Aliquo Sr., a performing artist and teacher in his own right. There is also a metaphorical geography, in which Aliquo covers ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Erik Applegate

Read "Take Five With Erik Applegate" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Erik Applegate: Erik Applegate has been called “a top-notch acoustic bass performer" (Jazzreview.com), and he has appeared with the Bob Mintzer Big Band, Nnenna Freelon, Milt Jackson, Jeff Coffin, Eddie Daniels, Ingrid Jensen, George Garzone, Tom Harrell, Marlena Shaw, and others. He toured with James Williams and in a trio with Harold Mabern and Ed ...

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Article: Album Review

Eclectica: Streaming Video Soul

Read "Streaming Video Soul" reviewed by John Kelman


After years building an audience one town at a time, banjoist Béla Fleck and the Flecktones no longer needs to record and tour incessantly, allowing its members to pursue other avenues. With Fleck off pursuing his Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions (Rounder, 2009), bassist Victor Wooten collaborating with ...

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News: Recording

Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock: Arc of the Circle (Runway Records)

Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock: Arc of the Circle (Runway Records)

The most impressive part about this album is that it was recorded all in one sitting at Charlie's house in Nashville (a church built in 1912.) Oh yeah, and it was the first time that Charlie Peacock and Jeff Coffin had ever played together. The entire recording was improvised and the orchestrations and other players were ...

Album

Bloom

Label: Compass Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Move. Move Your Rug...Processional (Blues for Otha Turner) 2. Better Do Your Thing 3. Evil Boweevil 4. My Dog Chunks 5. Mad Hatter Rides Again 6. Circle of Wills 7. Hatim 8. Bloom 9. Old Jack Craw 10. As Light Through Leaves 11. Weird Beard 12. Wobble

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Article: Album Review

Jeff Coffin Mu: Bloom

Read "Bloom" reviewed by Mark Sabbatini


Plenty of musicians load up on all-star and eclectic personnel for what are promoted as genre-smashing albums. Saxophonist Jeff Coffin is among the relative few who actually delivers on a level most people can relate to. His multi-ensemble, multi-genre Bloom visits Dixie, freeform, world, folk, and other styles, interpreting with an authentic and modern ...

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Article: Album Review

Jeff Coffin Mu'tet: Bloom

Read "Bloom" reviewed by Matt Merewitz


Saxophonist Jeff Coffin is capable of so much. But I've wondered why he doesn't stick more to the Trane-inspired post bop, which he does so well. I guess you gotta make a living these days and if having a sound that borders on the cheesiness of Michael Brecker, Ed Calle, and the late Bob Berg is ...


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