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John Coltrane vs. The Jazz Critics, 1961-1966, Photographic & Documentary Exhibit

July 2, 2012

Yalik's Modern Art presents a documentary exhibit recounting former High Point resident John Coltrane's uneasy relationship with jazz critics during the tumultuous Civil Rights period. The exhibit titled, John Coltrane vs. the Jazz Critics: 1961-1966, coincides with the 2012 John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, Saturday, September 1st. Through an examination of photographs, letters, record ...

Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-8: June 21-23, 2012

by John Kelman
July 1, 2012

Days 1-3 | Days 4-8 TD Ottawa International Jazz FestivalOttawa, CanadaJune 21-Jul 1, 2012With a total of five main venues--the main stage at Confederation Park, the Studio and Fourth Stage in the National Arts Centre, the OLG Stage tent across the street from Confederation Park at City ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Adam Rudolph & Ralph Jones: Sound Travelers on the Cosmic Path

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 29, 2012

Sound is everywhere around us. When we live, we experience life as sound and sight. Words, rhythms and vibrations are part of the way we communicate and perceive the world.Music, at its best, is a special way of communicating through sound. The message cannot and should not be translated into words. Instead, the sounds ...

Article: Live From New York

Henry Cole, Joe McPhee & Ravi Coltrane

by Martin Longley
June 27, 2012

Henry Cole & The Afrobeat Collective 92Y Tribeca May 30, 2012 The Checkout is a monthly live broadcast for the WBGO radio station, presented by DJ Josh Jackson. The deal down at 92Y Tribeca always involves two formidable combos, often featuring a very familiar act coupled with a surging ...

Article: Book Excerpts

The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire

by Ted Gioia
June 25, 2012

This article appears in the prologue of The Jazz Standards A Guide to the Repertoire by Ted Gioia (Oxford Univ. Press, 2012).Introduction When I was learning how to play jazz during my teenage years, I kept encountering songs that the older musicians expected me to know. I eventually realized that there were ...

Article: Album Review

Curtis Fuller: Down Home

Read "Down Home" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
June 25, 2012

Legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller was 22 years old when he played on John Coltrane's landmark Blue Train (Blue Note, 1957), and the saxophonist remained best friends with Fuller during the 1950s and '60s. In 2005, the trombonist met saxophonist Keith Oxman, and has since developed a friendship leading to Fuller's favorable comparison of his new friend ...

Article: Album Review

Curtis Fuller: Down Home

Read "Down Home" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 23, 2012

The trombone can be smoothly seductive, raucous, rasping or cheekily fruity by turn. Curtis Fuller is a master of the instrument, a veteran of six decades of top flight jazz who is still full of creativity as a player and writer. Featuring his regular sextet, Down Home is an absolutely delightful recording--a sophisticated collection of tunes ...

Article: From Far and Wide

Arabic Roots in Blues, Jazz, Rock?

by Fradley Garner
June 23, 2012

Arabic Roots in Blues, Jazz, Rock? Yes, Says Hofstra ProfDoes Islamic music have anything to do with the blues, jazz and rock? A whole lot, asserts Dr. Hussein Rashid, a native New Yorker who teaches religion at Hofstra University. In a lecture at Southern Methodist University in Texas, Rashid spoke of several waves of ...

Article: Album Review

Avishai Cohen: Duende

by Bruce Lindsay
June 22, 2012

Avishai Cohen is a distinctive player: his raw energy, deft and fluid fretting style and tough, forceful right hand combine in one of the most readily recognizable double bass sounds in contemporary music. He's brought this sound to collaborations with many leading musicians including pianists Chick Corea and Brad Mehldau, and drummer Mark Guiliana, and has ...

Article: Catching Up With

Wadada Leo Smith: Sounding America’s Freedom

by Franz A. Matzner
June 18, 2012

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has been at the forefront of musical invention for 40 years and has recently entered a late-career renaissance. In May, 2012, this seminal musician released his greatest effort to date, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform), a 30-year in-the-making testament to the power of civil rights and the importance of artistic engagement in social ...