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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Mike Mainieri

by AAJ Staff
July 30, 2009

Meet Mike Mainieri: Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, performer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting edge in music. During '50s and early '60s, he performed with such legendary artists as Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, and Wes Montgomery. ...

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Take Five With Walter Beltrami

by AAJ Staff
July 27, 2009

Meet Walter Beltrami:Studied performance and jazz composition at Berklee College of Music. Graduated in performance at Musikhochschule Luzern, CH. Three released CDs as a leader with Philology, CamJazz and Re:think-art records. Won the Luca Flores Jazz Price as best Italian soloist at Barga Jazz 2004 and one of the eight finalists world-wide of the ...

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Take Five With Curtis Andrews

by AAJ Staff
July 19, 2009

Meet Curtis Andrews: Drummer/percussionist/composer Curtis Andrews strives to create, assemble, mix and discover. Schooled in the jazz tradition, he prefers to take his music beyond that and has studied intensely, the music of Ghana and India. As a result, his debut album The Offering of Curtis Andrews is unlike anything you may have heard.Instrument(s): ...

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Article: Film Review

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2009

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden Reprise Records 2009 The garish pseudo psychedelic cover graphics of guitarist Eric Clapton and keyboard player and guitarist Steve Winwood's Live From Madison Square Garden package mislead. These recordings taken from a three night run at the hallowed venue in ...

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Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz: Days 1-3, July 10-12, 2009

by Michael J. West
July 15, 2009

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-10 “You know," said one American tourist to his friend as he walked past the tents on the first day of Umbria Jazz, “Ever since we got here last week this is all we've heard anyone talk about." Small wonder. The 10-day, citywide festival is more than ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Tierney Sutton Band: Desire

by Carl L. Hager
July 12, 2009

Tierney Sutton Band Desire Telarc 2009Singer Tierney Sutton's Desire is the kind of provocative musical work that could change the way a listener hears music. It is an album that is meant to spiritually provoke. It arrests, alarms, it even terrifies. By the end ...

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Article: Live Review

Bonerama Rocks Long's Park in Lancaster, PA

by Wade Luquet
June 26, 2009

Bonerama Long's Park Amphitheater Lancaster, Pennsylvania June 14, 2009While many communities have free summer concerts, few have as an impressive a lineup as the Long's Park Summer Music Series in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. With very strong local business support, the Long's Park Amphitheater Foundation is able to bring in such ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Bill Frisell: The Quiet Genius

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
June 24, 2009

If there is a given within the music of guitarist Bill Frisell, it's the honest approach in every note he composes and plays. There are no compromises. His magical world of creativity incorporates yet transcends all styles and genres of music, and as one of today's most original and innovative composers, he has created a unique ...

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Article: Interview

Arturo O'Farrill: Upholding the Latin Tinge

by R.J. DeLuke
June 22, 2009

Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that. He didn't pursue the music of his father—the great Chico O'Farrill—in his younger days, but he came upon it as he studied the music. He came to not only ...

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News: Recording

Violinist Tracy Silverman & Eclectica Release "Streaming Video Soul" CD on Artistshare

June 15, 2009

Super-funky, remarkably flexible and wide open to the moment, the aptly named Eclectica captures magic on the fly on Streaming Video Soul, its adventurous ArtistShare debut. Comprised of electric 6-string violinist-vocalist Tracy Silverman, promising young electric bassist Kyle Whalum (son of renowned jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum) and 5–time Grammy Award winning drummer, inventor and visionary Roy ...