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News: Interview

Saxophonist Jessica Jones Interviewed at AAJ

Saxophonist Jessica Jones Interviewed at AAJ

Tenor saxophonist Jessica Jones has worked with the likes of Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Steve Coleman and Peter Apfelbaum. A current resident of Brooklyn, NY, she lives with her saxophonist/husband Tony and is a long time jazz educator focusing on children to develop their talent for improvising, composition and oral tradition. She has previously ...

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Article: Interview

Jessica Jones: More "Word"

Read "Jessica Jones: More "Word"" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Tenor saxophonist Jessica Jones has worked with the likes of Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Steve Coleman and Peter Apfelbaum. A current resident of Brooklyn, NY, she lives with her saxophonist/husband Tony and is a long time jazz educator focusing on children to develop their talent for improvising, composition and oral tradition.

Album

Word

Label: New Artists Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Everything Is; Miss Kelly's; The Roses; Yesterdays; My Romance; Come Down The Hall; What Purpose Is Your Pain; Saratoga Avenue; Daddy's Music And Love Talk Talk/Diagnosis Henry; I'm Calling/Two Psalms; Mo Misunderstanding.

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Article: Album Review

Jessica Jones Quartet: Word

Read "Word" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


The provocative Word takes a few bites from different pies, making it quite an interesting album. This is a Jones family project--leader, pianist and saxophonist Jessica is joined by husband Tony (saxophone), daughter Candace (vocals) and son Levi (bass). Jessica Jones, Bay Area native, is now a resident of Brooklyn. Both she and her ...

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Article: Live Review

Jessica Jones Live at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC

Read "Jessica Jones Live at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC" reviewed by David Miller


Jessica Jones Quartet Featuring Candace Jones Bowery Poetry Club New York, New York July 13, 2008 The first notes of Candace Jones' voice hit me like a tornado. Sure, they were sung softly, but that did not lessen their impact. I smiled to myself. So much beauty in the ...

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Article: Opinion

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Jazz Musicians

Read "All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Jazz Musicians" reviewed by AAJ Staff


By Jessica Jones Trust improvise give all you are to the bottom of the barrel don't fold don't fold know the melody before you start improvising and never avoid a solo just because you don't know the melody tell a story weave your little heart out dance like you will never get another ...

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Article: Album Review

Jessica Jones Quartet: Word

Read "Word" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Jazz has always had its own poetry. Not just the music, but the language. Recall hearing Cab Calloway or Louis Armstrong give an introduction from the bandstand or the cadence of Lester Young and Slim Gaillard's words. Jazz has always had its own idiom. It is poetry, and it is easy enough to understand that poetry ...

Album

Jessica Jones Quartet: Nod

Label: New Artists Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1) Bird's Word, 2) Little Melonae, 3) Happiness Is, 4) Waynopolis, 5) Love And Persevere, 6) Manhattan, 7) These Foolish Things, 8) Platform Shoes - Apocalypse

Album

Nod

Label: New Artists Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Bird's Word; Little Melonae; Happiness Is; Waynopolis; Love and Persevere; Manhattan; These Foolish Things; Platform Shoes - Apocalypse

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jessica Jones Quartet: Nod

Read "Jessica Jones Quartet: Nod" reviewed by Mark Sabbatini


Jessica Jones Quartet Nod New Artists Records 2004 One of the first things apparent about this album is that it doesn't dwell in any particular time zone. Jessica Jones' third quartet album, Nod , opens with an ensemble that sounds deliberately muffled like a 1950s bebop ...


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