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Take Five With Johnny J Rivera

Read "Take Five With Johnny J Rivera" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Johnny j Rivera:Johnny (j) Rivera is a guitarist/songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and vocalist originally from Southern California, currently living in Las Vegas Nevada. He's been writing songs most his life. Some of his influences range from Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Heatwave, Steely Dan, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Paul Jackson Jr, Joe Sample, ...

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Article: Album Review

100nka and Herb Robertson: Superdesert

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by Jerry D'Souza

How much shit can one take? Well that depends. If it is being served by the quirky Polish trio 100nka--featuring guitarist Tomek Leś, bassist Adam Stodolski and percussionist Przemek Borowiecki--there may not be quite enough. Their music is rather undefinable, jumping and sneaking as it does into odd nooks and crannies. Much of it comes from ...

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Article: Live Review

The Derek Trucks Band in Rutland VT: One for the Ages

Read "The Derek Trucks Band in Rutland VT: One for the Ages" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

The Derek Trucks Band Paramount Theatre Rutland,Vermont November 6, 2009 The Derek Trucks Band concluded the second of their extended sets at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland, Vermont with “Key to the Highway" and “My Favorite things," each tune a mirror image of the other and ...

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Jon Irabagon with Mike Pride: I Don't Hear Nothin' But the Blues

Read "I Don't Hear Nothin' But the Blues" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Sometimes you don't need more than a sax and a drum set. Tenor saxophonist Jon Irabagon--winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition and a potent and articulate front man of the post-modern be-bop quartet Mostly Others Do The Killing--and versatile drummer Mike Pride--a collaborator of Anthony Braxton and punk outfits such as Millions of Dead ...

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Article: Live Review

"Birth of the Cool:" Bob Perkins Lectures and the Don Wilson Trio Performs

Read ""Birth of the Cool:" Bob Perkins Lectures and the Don Wilson Trio Performs" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Birth of the CoolPerformed by The Don Wilson TrioLecture by Bob PerkinsOctober 25, 2009The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA This writer could think of no better way to spend an autumn Sunday afternoon than to stroll over to the fabled Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ...

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Article: Live Review

Omar Sosa, Jimmy Cobb y Chano Domínguez, 'Kind of Blue' en el festival de Barcelona (V)

Read "Omar Sosa, Jimmy Cobb y Chano Domínguez, 'Kind of Blue' en el festival de Barcelona (V)" reviewed by Roan Clay

by Roan Clay

En 2009 se celebra el 50 aniversario de Kind of Blue, un disco que para la mayoría de la gente es el símbolo del jazz. Publicado originalmente en agosto de 1959, el disco más influyente del jazz es también el más vendido, con millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo y cuatro discos de platino (4 ...

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Article: Album Review

Coto Pincheira: The Sonido Moderno Project

Read "The Sonido Moderno Project" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

Coto Pincheira, as Julio Alejandro Pincheira Cubillos prefers being called, has made an enthusiastic impression with The Sonido Moderno Project, literally, the Modern Sound Project. This virtuoso pianist, to whom clave comes naturally, has attempted to pour this rollicking backbeat into a cauldron set alight by the vast number of Afro-Caribbean metaphors and rhythms. The result ...

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Article: Interview

Mika Pohjola: The Ever Search

Read "Mika Pohjola: The Ever Search" reviewed by Maxwell Chandler

by Maxwell Chandler

From studying music theory with his father to attending Vantaa Music Institute and the Royal College of Music, Mika Pohjola's life has been entwined with both music and the pursuit of knowledge. His work mirrors his desire to journey ever outward, searching for ways to incorporate the various influences and inspirations which have helped him create ...

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Article: Live Review

Omar Sosa, Jimmy Cobb and Chano Domínguez, 'Kind of Blue' variations at the Barcelona Jazz Festival (V)

Read "Omar Sosa, Jimmy Cobb and Chano Domínguez, 'Kind of Blue' variations at the Barcelona Jazz Festival (V)" reviewed by Roan Clay

by Roan Clay

In 2009 Kind of Blue, the album that symbolizes jazz music for more people the world over turned an astounding 50 years old. Originally released in August 1959, jazz' most influential album is also its best seller ever; having sold untold millions of copies worldwide, it's turned quadruple platinum (4 million copies) in the US alone. ...

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Article: Album Review

Donal Fox: The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project

Read "The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project" reviewed by Greg Thomas

by Greg Thomas

The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project commences with a short aria in G minor by Domenico Scarlatti, the famed baroque composer of over 550 sonatas for harpsichord. Pianist Donal Fox evinces an elegant pianissimo touch, setting the stage for the title composition, which refracts another Scarlatti theme into a 3/4 romp, with repeating motifs that build tension. ...


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