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Article: Profile

Raymond MacDonald: Man with Two Brains

Read "Raymond MacDonald: Man with Two Brains" reviewed by Duncan Heining


By way of introduction... Saxophonist Raymond MacDonald is a busy man. He balances the life of a gigging, recording musician with a high-flying academic career and, in both respects, his reputation has grown far beyond his Glasgow home. As a musician, he is perhaps best known for his work with the George Burt/Raymond MacDonald ...

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Article: Book Review

The Long Shadow of the Little Giant: The Life, Work and Legacy of Tubby Hayes

Read "The Long Shadow of the Little Giant: The Life, Work and Legacy of Tubby Hayes" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


The Long Shadow of the Little Giant: The Life, Work and Legacy of Tubby Hayes Simon Spillett 376 Pages ISBN: #13 978 1 78179 1738 Equinox Publishing Ltd. 2015 Tenor saxophonist, author, and discographer Simon Spillett spent a decade writing The Long Shadow of the Little Giant: The ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Quanta January: Chris Kelsey and Tomas R. Einarsson

Read "Jazz Quanta January:  Chris Kelsey and Tomas R. Einarsson" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


There are two jazz traditions represented in Jazz Quant January, the freedom principle of saxophonist Christ Kelsey and cool complexity of Latin jazz by way of Icelander bassist Tomas R. Einarsson. Two traditions transplanted and allowed to flourish. Chris Kelsey Duets | NYC / Woodstock Tzazz Krytyk ...

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Article: Year in Review

2015: The Year in Jazz

Read "2015: The Year in Jazz" reviewed by Ken Franckling


The year 2015 was a curious blend of ups and downs, with glimmers of optimism offset by its losses. Venues opened to great fanfare, but others closed for a variety of reasons. UNESCO's International Jazz Day became firmly entrenched as the exclamation point on Jazz Appreciation Month activities in April. Daily arts journalism took a hit ...

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So Many Things: The European Tour 1961

Label: Acrobat Music
Released: 2015
Track listing:
CD 1:
L'Olympia, Paris, November 18th 1961 (First House)
01. Blue Train; 02. I Want To Talk About You; 03. Impressions; 04. My Favourite Things.
L'Olympia, Paris, November 18th 1961 (Second House)
05. I Want To Talk About You; 06. Blue Train.

CD 2:
L'Olympia, Paris, November 18th 1961 (Second House, cont.)
01. My Favourite Things.
Falkconercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 20th 1961
02. Announcement; 03. Delilah; 04. Everytime We Say Goodbye; 05. Impressions; 06. Naima.

CD 3:
Falkonercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 20th 1961 (cont.)
01. My Favourite Things (false starts); 02. Announcement by John Coltrane; 03. My Favourite Things.
Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland, November 22nd 1961 (Second House)
04. Blue Train; 05. I Want To Talk About You; 06. Impressions; 07. My Favourite Things.

CD 4:
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, November 23rd 1961 (First House)
01. Blue Train; 02. Naima; 03. Impressions; 04. My Favourite Things.
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, November 23rd 1961 (Second House)
04. My Favourite Things.

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A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters

Label: Impulse! Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: (CD1): Part I - Acknowledgment; Part II - Resolution; Part III - Pursuance; Part IV - Psalm; Part III - Pursuance (mono); Part IV - Psalm 9mono); (CD2): Part I - Acknowledgment (vocal overdub 2); Part I - Acknowledgment (vocal overdub 3); Part II - Resolution (take 4/alternate); Part II - Resolution (take 6/breakdown); Part IV - Psalm (undubbed version); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 1/alternate); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 2/alternate); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 3/breakdown with studio dialogue); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 4/alternate); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 5/false start); Part I - Acknowledgment (take 6/alternate); (CD3): Introduction by M.C. André Francis; Part I - Acknowledgment (live); Part II - Resolution (live); Part III - Pursuance (live); Part IV (live).

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Article: Book Review

Free Jazz / Black Power

Read "Free Jazz / Black Power" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Free Jazz / Black Power Philippe Carles and Jean-Louis Comolli 256 Pages ISBN: ISBN 978-1-62846-039-1 University Press of Mississippi 2015 Forty four years after its publication in French, Philippe Carles and Jean-Louis Comolli's thought-provoking, fiercely intellectual book Free Jazz/Black Power finally finds its way into English, ...

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Perez: Prepare A Place For Me

Read "Prepare A Place For Me" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


The heart of this album is found in pianist/composer Oscar Perez's trio with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Alvester Garnett. Their four tracks showcase the cohesive sound they have developed together, Perez's elegant pianism matched by his empathetic partners. It's a modern piano trio, with a conversational style and all members contributing. There's enough ...

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Article: Live Review

Bobby Zankel Quartet at the Philadelphia Art Alliance

Read "Bobby Zankel Quartet at the Philadelphia Art Alliance" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Bobby Zankel/ Dave Burrell/ William Parker/ Andrew Cyrille QuartetPhiladelphia Art Alliance Ars Nova Workshop Philadelphia, PA December 18, 2015 When you bring together four of the most passionate avant-garde jazz musicians, something interesting is bound to occur. In this concert, the musicians were not only top shelf but, in ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

John Abercrombie on ECM - Part 1: Through the '80s

Read "John Abercrombie on ECM - Part 1: Through the '80s" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Now that the The First Quartet set of recordings by guitarist/composer John Abercrombie from 1979-1981 has been released, it is as good a time as any to explore Abercrombie's career on ECM as a leader/co-leader, plus some his work as a sideman. There is a famous epithet from Bill Evans: “Jazz is not a ...


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