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Article: Album Review

Jon Mayer: Nightscape

Read "Nightscape" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

New York-born, Los Angeles-based pianist Jon Mayer began his musical career in the New York jazz scene of the 1950s and 1960s. He has a long and distinguished pedigree, including work with Jackie McLean and John Coltrane, but his first recording as leader came as late as 1996, with Round Up The Usual Suspects (Pullen Music). ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

John Coltrane: Side Steps

Read "John Coltrane: Side Steps" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

John Coltrane Side Steps Prestige Records 2009 The 5-CD Side Steps follows two other Prestige box sets--the 6-CD Fearless Leader (2006) and 5-CD Interplay (2007)--which together catalogue saxophonist John Coltrane's recordings for the label 1956-58. The three boxes, each packed with extraordinary music, chronicle on parallel paths ...

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Article: Album Review

Fred Anderson: 21st Century Chase

Read "21st Century Chase" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

To quote Roger Daltry of The Who, from 1965: Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is ...

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Article: Live Review

Indianapolis Jazz Festival: Day 2, September 27, 2009

Read "Indianapolis Jazz Festival: Day 2, September 27, 2009" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Day 1 | Day 2 The Indianapolis Jazz FestivalIndianapolis, IndianaSept. 27, 2009Day Two of the Indy Jazz Fest at the White River State Park dawned with anticipation, everyone looking forward again to be pulled into the flow of the music. Cooler than Saturday, the weather still held against the vagaries ...

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Article: Interview

Joan A. Cararach: el 'maestro' de Barcelona

Read "Joan A. Cararach: el 'maestro' de Barcelona" reviewed by Joao Moreira dos Santos

by Joao Moreira dos Santos

Fundado por Joan Roselló en 1966, el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona ha ido renovándose y evolucionando con múltiples avatares desde entonces, pero la edición de este año es verdaderamente especial. No sólo desafía la crisis económica, presentando más conciertos que nunca (60 en casi dos meses), sino que además, por primera vez, se clausura en ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The State of the Trombone 2009: Steve Davis and Luis Bonilla

Read "The State of the Trombone 2009: Steve Davis and Luis Bonilla" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Jazz offers ample opportunity to hear diametrically opposed ideas and approaches coming from similar ensembles (and sometimes the same ensemble, as with saxophonist John Coltrane). Consider, on one side, the middle-of-the-road, mainstream, standards jazz made early on by trumpeter Miles Davis and the free jazz of saxophonist Ornette Coleman. The trombone has had players in both ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The State of the Piano 2009: Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams

Read "The State of the Piano 2009: Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

The jazz palette is long and wide. Within any given performance format there exist seminal artists as different as saxophonists John Coltrane and Lester Young, trumpeters Miles Davis and Lester Bowie, and pianists Art Tatum and Gene Harris. When speaking of solo piano performances, two beacons performing today are Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams. ...

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Take Five With Les Blachut

Read "Take Five With Les Blachut" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Les Blachut:Les Blachut is a performing and recording artist. He is a multi-instrumentalist; keyboards, mallet percussion, vibraphone, marimba, steel-pans, arranger, composer, mobile and studio recording engineer, music teacher, private instructor, music competition judge, and radio program producer. Blachut is a South Florida-based versatile musician experienced in jazz improvisation, ethnic music world-wide, experimental collaborations, ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

The Story Of Jazz Saxophone

Read "The Story Of Jazz Saxophone" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

For some, the saxophone is the sound of jazz. The unique fusion of brass and woodwind that is the sax found an electrifying vibrato in the hands of jazzmen that truly changed the world. The pale “pure" tone of the instrument, as first used in classical compositions, vanished in a musical blast of slurs ( Coleman ...

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Article: Live Review

Allan Holdsworth Trio: Gatineau, Canada

Read "Allan Holdsworth Trio: Gatineau, Canada" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Allan Holdsworth TrioMaison de la Culture de Gatineau Gatineau, Canada September 28, 2009 In a trio, changing only one member can make a tremendous difference. It's been two years since guitar legend Allan Holdsworth last performed in eastern Canada but, with an eight-city tour focused largely in the province of Quebec, it's ...


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