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Article: Live Review

Bill Charlap-Renee Rosnes at Musical Instrument Museum

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by Patricia Myers

Bill Charlap-Renee Rosnes Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona June 4, 2014 Facing each other at a nestled pair of nine-foot concert grand pianos, Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes combined their 20 fingers for a compelling concert that didn't rely solely on the Great American Songbook. While there was a bit of ...

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News: Radio

Songs Of Jimmy McHugh This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Jimmy McHugh’s songs entered the jazz pantheon through recordings by Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and many, many more. Today McHugh’s songs remain among the most popular jazz standards recorded by both mainstream and traditional jazz artists. In this week’s Riverwalk Jazz broadcast devoted to McHugh's songs, tap master Savion Glover pays tribute to Bojangles’ ...

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Article: Album Review

Marcos Pin and Yago Vazquez: Marcos Pin: Duology

Read "Marcos Pin: Duology" reviewed by Mike Oppenheim

by Mike Oppenheim

Duology: Session 1 features the duet playing of guitarist Marcos Pin and pianist Yago Vazquez. The album is a tour through some of the most popular jazz standards. The duo format and individual talents of Pin and Vazquez bring a life and energy to the tunes, revealing the depth and potential in even the most frequently ...

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Article: Album Review

Ian Carey and Ben Stolorow: Duocracy

Read "Duocracy" reviewed by Jeffrey Uhrich

by Jeffrey Uhrich

Trumpeter Ian Carey and pianist Ben Stolorow shed all inhibitions and strip down to the bare essentials with their provocative new release, Duocracy. As seasoned veterans of the San Francisco Bay area jazz scene, Carey and Stolorow each have released critically acclaimed albums as leaders and began playing together while gigging in the Bay Area. The ...

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Article: Album Review

Misha Tsiganov: Misha Tsiganov: The Artistry Of The Standard

Read "Misha Tsiganov: The Artistry Of The Standard" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Veteran Russian pianist Misha Tsiganov has an extensive discography featuring original compositions and, like most musicians, blending a few standards for familiarity along the way. With The Artistry Of The Standard, the pianist presents an entire album of standards reprising the music of jazz greats Wayne Shorter, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and John Coltrane among others. ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Artistry of the Standard

Read "The Artistry of the Standard" reviewed by Andrew Luhn

by Andrew Luhn

On the homepage of Misha Tsiganov's website is a quote that reads “Falling in love with jazz is exactly like falling in love with a person... Except with jazz you never get over it..." This quote serves as an appropriate introduction for the Russian-born pianist's Criss Cross debut, The Artistry of the Standard. On this album ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Misha Tsiganov: The Artistry Of The Standard

Read "Misha Tsiganov: The Artistry Of The Standard" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Standards represent so many things. They can be a fallback for those short on ideas or a springboard for those willing to invest a bit of themselves into the music. They're a representative historical sampling of what jazz has been and done, reminding all of those on the bandstand of who and what came before, but ...

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Article: Book Review

Storie poco standard. Le avventure di 12 grandi canzoni tra Broadway e jazz

Read "Storie poco standard. Le avventure di 12 grandi canzoni tra Broadway e jazz" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo

Storie poco standard. Le avventure di 12 grandi canzoni tra Broadway e jazz Luca Bragalini 224 Pagine ISBN: # : 978-88-5920-383-4 EDT 2013 Capita raramente di imbattersi in saggi così originali come questo di Luca Bragalini, brillante musicologo e storico del jazz. La sua è una opera di ...

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Article: Album Review

Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz: Genevieve & Ferdinand - Live

Read "Genevieve & Ferdinand - Live" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

Kate McGarry has always defied easy classification. She's a jazz singer, and a folk singer too; she could also be filed under mainstream pop, but then, what's all that esoteric Brazilian music doing in her repertoire? The answer is simple: McGarry is her own genre, applying her clear and beautiful voice to whatever material ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Sven Ake Johansson: Jazzbox

Read "Sven Ake Johansson: Jazzbox" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Funny how listening to the five-CD Jazzbox by free jazz drummer Sven-Åke Johansson may remind you of the British punk rock band The Clash's first hit single “Train In Vain" (1980). Like Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, Johansson's career has been one that has worked to challenge the language of American music. In The Clash's case, ...


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