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Article: Album Review

Soft Machine: Bundles

Read "Bundles" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

If the recent discovery of NDR Jazz Workshop (Cuneiform, 2010) demonstrated that the once considered “transitional" 1973 line-up of British psychedelia-cum-electric-avant- jazzers Soft Machine was, indeed, a fine enough standalone unit, then Esoteric's near- concurrent reissue of 1975's Bundles proves that the addition of guitarist Allan Holdsworth lit one serious fire beneath that same group. Back ...

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Article: Album Review

The Mark Lomax Trio: The State Of Black America

Read "The State Of Black America" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Drummer/composer/band leader Mark Lomax must not be afraid of ghosts. Because with all the spirits hovering over his recording The State Of Black America, it would be understandable that he and his band of saxophonist Edwin Bayard and bassist Dean Hulett might be a bit intimidated to bridge the firebrand music of the 1960s from today's ...

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News: Radio

Sirius XM Radio to Broadcast Live from the Montreal Jazz Festival

SIRIUS XM's Real Jazz channel will broadcast live from the 31st annual Montreal Jazz Festival, the world's largest jazz gathering. Listeners will hear Real Jazz host Mark Ruffin give a preview of the event's performances including music and interviews with artists including Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Houston Person, Robert Glasper, Gretchen Parlato and others. The live ...

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Article: Interview

Alan Ferber: Developing String Theory

Read "Alan Ferber: Developing String Theory" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner

Trombonist and composer Alan Ferber is a precise and thoughtful individual whose careful, deliberate expression is equally evident in both his insightful way of speaking--and his beautifully composed and executed recordings. As a freelancer, Ferber has tackled a wide breadth of music, everything from big band and small ensemble jazz to Broadway musicals and the beats ...

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Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010

Read "Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11 Mikko Innanen & InnkvisitioEtienne Charles and Folklore / Bill Frisell's Beautiful DreamersBill Frisell 858 Quartet TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 24-26, 2010 Back in April 2010, when the TD Ottawa International ...

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Article: Album Review

Meg Okura: Naima

Read "Naima" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Naima is the name of one of saxophonist John Coltrane's more famous compositions. It's also the name of Japanese violinist Meg Okura's CD release. Joined by her nine-piece Pan Asian Jazz Ensemble, Okura has honed a finely-crafted set of chamber jazz, with all players being equals, and all players getting their chances to play the melody, ...

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Article: Album Review

John McLaughlin & The 4th Diminsion: To The One

Read "To The One" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush

Iconic guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin has released his most consistently engaging disc in years. What makes it so? Well, his band is the same kind of highly skilled fusion unit as on many McLaughlin dates--nothing new there. The main difference seems to be a renewed commitment to the art of songwriting. Much more care has been ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Daniel Ian Smith

Read "Take Five With Daniel Ian Smith" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Daniel Ian Smith: Daniel Ian Smith is a saxophonist/flutist and an Associate Professor at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where he has taught for the past fifteen years. Daniel has had the privilege to perform in Japan, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the United States in major jazz festivals ...

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Article: Album Review

Domenic Landolf: New Brighton

Read "New Brighton" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

The trio ensemble of reed instrument with a spare backing of just drums and bass was pioneered by Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Ornette on alto sax, of course, with the occasional trumpet or violin, and Coltrane on tenor and soprano, Rollins on his always brawny tenor saxophone. It was groundbreaking stuff in the ...

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Article: Book Review

At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene

Read "At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene Nat Hentoff Hardcover; 246 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-26113-6 University California Press 2010 The photograph which adorns the jacket of Nat Hentoff's At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene--a collection ...


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