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Article: Multiple Reviews

Keefe Jackson and Aram Shelton: Seeing You See and Two Cities

Read "Keefe Jackson and Aram Shelton: Seeing You See and Two Cities" reviewed by Clifford Allen

by Clifford Allen

The city of Chicago continues to find itself in a jazz renaissance well into the waxing years of the 21st century--a status that many of America's cities can't easily lay claim to. With the pedigrees of individual improvisers and composers like reedman Ken Vandermark and flutist Nicole Mitchell well established in the 1990s, a slightly younger ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 17, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 9 6 Tom Harrell Roman Nights (HighNote) 207 150 +57 1 54 1 6 2 1 3 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute To Duke Ellington (Telarc) 166 211 -45 0 37 1 11 3 3 1 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart Of Mine ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

Read "Horace to Max" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Though best known for his drum work on key 1960s Blue Note sessions with artists including vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Andrew Hill and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Joe Chambers has gradually built a reputation as an equally distinctive composer and mallet player. Horace to Max is more heavily weighted towards cover material from Shorter, bassist Marcus Miller, ...

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News: Recording

Joe Chambers - Horace to Max (Savant)

Joe Chambers - Horace to Max (Savant)

The arc of drummer Joe Chambers' recording career hasn't matched the magnitude of his merit until relatively recently. Blue Note used him in a sideman capacity on a number of its seminal Sixties sessions, but never tapped him for the leader's chair until decades later and then summarily dropped him after just a single album. A ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Vinson Valega

Read "Take Five With Vinson Valega" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Vinson Valega: Vinson grew up in a musical family near Washington, D.C., studying classical piano from age seven until switching to the drums when he was 12. He played drums for three years in the All-County Jazz Ensemble during high school and subsequently held the drum chair in the University of Pennsylvania Big ...

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Article: Live From New York

February 2010

Read "February 2010" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Franck Amsallem

Read "Take Five With Franck Amsallem" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Franck Amsallem: Mickey Mac: Franck Amsallem has been a professional pianist and composer for over 30 years. As a leader he has released seven cds, all of which have received rare critical acclaim. His sideman credits have included some of the great names in jazz: Gerry Mulligan, Charles Lloyd, Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune, Bobby Watson, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

M'boom, World Saxophone Quartet at Birdland Jan. 19-23 + World Tour

M'boom, World Saxophone Quartet at Birdland Jan. 19-23 + World Tour

M'Boom, World Saxophone Quartet 2010 tour Tour dates New York City: Birdland, 44th Street, Jan. 19-23, 2010 Milan, Italy: Feb. 14, 2010 Paris, France: Feb. 16, 2010 Hamburg, Germany: Feb. 18-19, 2010 Nearly three decades have passed since that glorious 1981 evening, when an audience of three thousand ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Ron Carter: Super Sideman

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by Ken Dryden

Attila Zoller/Ron Carter/Joe Chambers Common Cause Enja 2009 Sadao Watanabe with the Great Jazz Trio I'm Old Fashioned Test of Time 2009 Ron Carter has long been one of the most ...

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Article: Interview

Harris Eisenstadt: From Mbalax to Canada Day

Read "Harris Eisenstadt: From Mbalax to Canada Day" reviewed by Clifford Allen

by Clifford Allen

Over the past decade, drummer, bandleader and composer Harris Eisenstadt has been a force in improvised music, active in both Los Angeles and New York (where he now resides). It's a testament to his creativity and energy that his ensembles have run the gamut from free-bop in the vein of post-Blue Note small groups, to orchestral ...


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