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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Garrison

March 3, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Garrison's birthday today! Bassist Jimmy Garrison was the anchor in the classic John Coltrane Quartet, from 1961-\'66, which recorded all of its well-known albums on Impulse. Garrison\'s big, blunt sound, steady time and inventive counter lines were an elemental ingredient in the sound of that famous group. He actually fitted ...

Article: Interview

Working the Rhythm Section: Tom Lawton, Lee Smith, and Dan Monaghan

by Victor L. Schermer
January 26, 2015

As Duke Ellington's standard goes, “It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing." The rhythm section (piano, bass, drums, with guitar and percussion sometimes added) is the core of the typical jazz ensemble. They set the frame for the leader, singer, and soloists and contribute their own solos as well. Even though they ...

Article: Jazz Primer

John Coltrane and the Meaning of Life

by Douglas Groothuis
January 22, 2015

Few jazz musicians inspire more respect or demand more attention than John Coltrane. Elvin Jones, Coltrane's drummer in “The Classic Quartet" (1961-65), said that most people who listen seriously to John Coltrane's music eventually acquire all of his recordings. I find that those who hear Coltrane for who he was want to hear all that he ...

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Take Five with Jimmy Bennington

by AAJ Staff
January 15, 2015

Meet Jimmy Bennington: Jimmy Bennington was born May 22, 1970 in Columbus, OH. Mentored by late Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones, Bennington celebrates 25 years in the music field in 2015. Jimmy has performed and recorded with many artists including David Haney, Perry Robinson, Julian Priester, Steve Cohn, Ed Schuller, Daniel Carter, Ken Filiano, and Fred ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Arthur Barron, David Liebman, Abel Pabon: The Miami Jazz Project

by Victor L. Schermer
December 18, 2014

Always on the lookout for outstanding players to join him, NEA Jazz Master saxophonist, flautist, and composer David Liebman finds in the The Miami Jazz Project a simpatico group of musicians to echo and recapitulate his interest in the post- Coltrane concatenation of fusion and world music where his career first took off in the 1970s. ...

Article: Lyrics

Coltrane, Mozart, l'inverno del '66 e l'assoluto

by Luca Canini
October 20, 2014

Offering: Live at Temple University È una sublime vertigine quella che fa mancare la terra sotto i piedi quando ci si avvicina, biograficamente e musicalmente, agli ultimi mesi della vita di Mozart. Mesi scanditi da uno straniante e straziante distaccamento dalle cose terrene, dagli affanni e dalle meschinità del quotidiano viennese; mentre le ...

Article: Album Review

John Coltrane: Offering: Live At Temple University

Read "Offering: Live At Temple University" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush
August 20, 2014

Discovering unheard John Coltrane material is the Holy Grail for serious music devotees, and the imminent release (Sept.23,2014) of a 1966 live date in the form of Offering: Live at Temple University on the Impulse! label (in conjunction with Resonance Records and Universal Music) to join The Olatunji Concert and One Down, One Up Live at ...

Article: Album Review

Dylan Ryan / Sand: Circa

by Robert Bush
August 10, 2014

Circa is the second effort from drummer Dylan Ryan's trio Sand, featuring guitarist Timothy Young and bassist Devin Hoff, extending the concepts established on the 2012 release, Bleached Sky. If you've ever pondered what Crazy Horse or Robin Trower might sound like with an acoustic bassist and a dynamically sensitive drummer, Circa ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Garrison

March 3, 2014

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Jazz Quanta: February

by C. Michael Bailey
February 7, 2014

February's Jazz Quanta is a beautifully mixed bag of blues, jazz instrumental and classical. There is never a dull moment. Renee' and the Walkaways--The Walkaway Sessions (Self Produced, 2013). Vocalist Renee' Cheek heads up the piquant gumbo talent of her very own band, the Walkaways. The Walkaway Sessions is a Louisiana grassroots affair ...