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Article: Album Review

The David Liebman Trio: Lieb Plays The Blues A La Trane

Read "Lieb Plays The Blues A La Trane" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Saxophonist Dave Liebman's rise into the jazz big time came from his stint in Miles Davis' band in the early seventies, playing soprano sax on the iconic trumpeter's often maligned but groundbreaking and excellent On the Corner (Columbia Records, 1972). It didn't hurt, profile-wise, working with drummer Elvin Jones, on Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium

Read "California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

CTI All StarsCalifornia Concert: The Hollywood PalladiumCTI Masterworks1971 (Reissued 2010) With the emergence of CTI Masterworks and the firing salvo of its comprehensive, four-CD box set, CTI Records--The Cool Revolution (2010), CTI Records is back and better than ever. With upgraded sound and packaging that lovingly recreates, albeit ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Various Artists: CTI Records - The Cool Revolution

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by John Kelman

Various ArtistsCTI Records--The Cool RevolutionCTI Masterworks2010 The late 1960s was, in many ways, a time of reckoning for jazz. While the music had continued to evolve over the previous half century, it was coincident with the emergence of rock music as a serious force that jazz began to ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Storyville Records: A Treasure Trove of Swinging Jazz

Read "Storyville Records: A Treasure Trove of Swinging Jazz" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Since its foundation during the European revivalist movement of the early 1950s, Copenhagen-based Storyville Records has grown into a major repository of New Orleans, big band and mainstream recordings. With something approaching 600 releases in its back catalogue, the label is a treasure trove of jazz that swings. Founded in 1952 by Danish jazz ...

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Quest: Re-Dial: Live in Hamburg

Read "Re-Dial: Live in Hamburg" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

The new millennium seems to be a time when groups are reuniting, sometimes to even greater acclaim than they achieved the first time around. It's also a time when aging jazz musicians are lighting a fire under their own careers, ramping up their output and broadening their reach. Saxophonist Dave Liebman's activity in the past year ...

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Penang Island Jazz Festival: Malaysia, December 2-5, 2010

Read "Penang Island Jazz Festival: Malaysia, December 2-5, 2010" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

7th Penang Island Jazz FestivalPenang, MalaysiaDecember 2-5, 2010 There was talk of bringing in a bomoh, or witchdoctor, to chase away the ominous-looking black clouds that hovered over the beachside gardens of the Bayview Hotel, home to the Penang Island Jazz Festival. The south-west monsoon that feeds the lush tropical growth of ...

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Article: Album Review

The David Liebman Trio: Lieb Plays The Blues A La Trane

Read "Lieb Plays The Blues A La Trane" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

One day in April, 2008, saxophonist Dave Liebman, on tour in Belgium, was feeling a little under the weather. He decided to replace his trio's planned set list for the evening with a set of blues tunes associated with John Coltrane. Kris Roevens recorded the set, at De Singer in Rijkevorsel, and two years later it ...

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Take Five With Scott Lee

Read "Take Five With Scott Lee" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Scott Lee:Scott Lee switched from a career in tennis at UNC-CH to jazz, after hearing the Bill Evans Trio. Arriving in NY in the '70s, he worked with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Al Cohn, Red Rodney, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Andy Statman, Chris Conner, Morgana King, Helen Merrill, Betty Buckley, and ...

Article: Album Review

John Coltrane: Last Performance at Newport July 2, 1966

Read "Last Performance at Newport July 2, 1966" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Partiamo da qualche nota esplicativa: il materiale di questo CD riproduce quanto a suo tempo incluso (su vinile) dalla giapponese VideoArts Music in The World According to John Coltrane e, in quanto a discografia ufficiale, si colloca alla vigilia della partenza del quintetto sorto a fine '65 sulle ceneri del golden quartet (unico sopravvissuto, com'è noto, ...

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Ray Brown’s Great Big Band: Kayak

Read "Kayak" reviewed by Robert J. Robbins

by Robert J. Robbins

Not to be confused with the late, legendary bassist of the same name, San Francisco-based bandleader/arranger Ray Brown, an ex-trumpeter with the Stan Kenton and Full Faith and Credit big bands, drives his own nineteen-piece ensemble populated by the Bay Area's A-list musicians. Brown, whose percussionist father pioneered jazz education in the public schools of Long ...


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