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Undead Jazz Festival: Day 3, June 25, 2011

Read "Undead Jazz Festival: Day 3, June 25, 2011" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Undead Jazz FestivalNew York, New YorkJune 23-26, 2011 Most jazz festivals in their later incarnations look for fancier, more illustrious places to play than they did at inception. The third night of the Undead Jazz festival momentarily ...

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Hubert Laws: In The Beginning

Read "Hubert Laws: In The Beginning" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Hubert LawsIn The BeginningCTI Masterworks2011 (1974) The release of a double album during the LP-era could be a double-edged sword. This format provided a platform for artists to elaborate on their ideas and serve a hefty portion of music to their fans and potential followers, but a ...

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Vision Festival: Day 1, June 5, 2011

Read "Vision Festival: Day 1, June 5, 2011" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Day 1 | Days 2-3 | Day 4 | Days 5-6 | Day 7 Vision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York, NYJune 5-11, 2011 Now in its 16th year, the annual Vision Festival in NYC's Lower East Side remains the premier showcase for the city's avant jazz talent. While for residents, ...

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Montreal Jazz Festival 2011

Read "Montreal Jazz Festival 2011" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Days 1-3 | Days 4- 6 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montreal, Canada June 25- July 4, 2011After a hiatus in 2010, in order to take a three-week Norwegian road trip, it's great to get back to the festival that the Guinness Book of Records calls “The biggest ...

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Take Five with Kim Pensyl

Read "Take Five with Kim Pensyl" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Kim Pensyl: Kim Pensyl is a prolific jazz recording artist, composer and arranger who has twice been named one of Billboard's Top-20 Contemporary Jazz Artists of the Year. A pianist and trumpeter, he has had four Top-10 albums on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. He has recorded with jazz legends such as Toots Thielemans, ...

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The Vinny Golia Octet: Music for Baritone Saxophone

Read "The Vinny Golia Octet: Music for Baritone Saxophone" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush

Vinny Golia OctetMusic For Baritone SaxophoneNine Winds Records2011 Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia has been both the beacon and a touchstone for the West Coast free improvising community, particularly in Los Angeles, for over 30 years. Golia started his Nine Winds label in 1977, as a vehicle for ...

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Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: June 26-28, 2011

Read "Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: June 26-28, 2011" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 T D Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 23-July 3, 2011 Well, the numbers are in, and the opening weekend of the 2011 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival has broken all previous records, despite a day of heavy rain severely impacting attendance for ...

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Susana Santos Silva Quintet: Devil's Dress

Read "Devil's Dress" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey

Matosinhos, a northern suburb of Oporto, Portugal, is renowned for its high quality fish and seafood--and, increasingly nowadays, its jazz. It is home to the 20-piece Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, best known internationally for its collaborations with veteran US saxophonist Lee Konitz and, most recently, with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel on Our Secret World (Wommusic, 2010)..

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Take Five With Iman Spaargaren

Read "Take Five With Iman Spaargaren" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Iman Spaargaren: Iman is a multi-reed player, arranger and composer. He has a distinctive way of playing and a very personal tone on his horn. During the past few years Iman has been busy with a wide variety of music groups such as Iman Spaargaren Quartet & Septet, Captain Hook, European Union Quartet ...

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Jeff Lederer: Sunwatcher

Read "Sunwatcher" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Sunwatchers is a most auspicious debut by saxophonist Jeff Lederer. The reed man chose to reanimate the spirit of Albert Ayler for this session, and along with Ayler's ghost came that of late-John Coltrane spirituality and experimentation.Lederer can been heard as the saxophone behind the creative bands of Ted Kooshian's cartoon and TV show ...


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