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Article: Jazz Primer

Miles Davis: Unlimited Miles

Read "Miles Davis: Unlimited Miles" reviewed by Bill King

by Bill King

I can't think of an artist who has had greater influence over jazz the past forty years than Miles Davis. For music, style, language and business, Davis was at the top of the game. One to never step aside and let critics dissuade or impede his aspirations, he constantly retooled his band with the ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Martin: Not By Chance

Read "Not By Chance" reviewed by Greg Camphire

by Greg Camphire

Bassist/composer Joe Martin has assembled an all-star cast for his second release as a leader, Not By Chance. All of the tunes, with one exception, are written by Martin, and his interplay with pianist Brad Mehldau, saxophonist Chris Potter and drummer Marcus Gilmore is masterful. The group explores rhythms through unending variations, creating instant responses with ...

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Article: Live Review

John Tchicai at Cafe Oto in London

Read "John Tchicai at Cafe Oto in London" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

John Tchicai / John Edwards / Tony Marsh Cafe Oto London August 24, 2009Having played with John Coltrane on his groundbreaking Ascension (Impulse, 1965), it was no surprise that Danish reedman John Tchicai attracted a large crowd on one of his infrequent London appearances at Dalston's Cafe Oto.

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News: Radio

The John Coltrane Songbook

The John Coltrane Songbook

Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane looms large in modern jazz history–a man and musician who overcame early personal problems to be a key part of Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis’ legendary 1950s groups, and who then went on to take his place beside these jazz giants as a leader, a player, and a composer. Coltrane changed the ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John Coltrane

Jazz Musician of the Day: John Coltrane

All About Jazz is celebrating John Coltrane's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. At the age of three his family moved to High Point, NC, where young Coltrane spent his early years. His father, ...

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Article: Live Review

30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival

Read "30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall

Hank Jones / Corea, Clarke & White Sean Jones / Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Alfredo Rodriguez / Dennis Coffey / Wayne Shorter Quartet Chuchito Valdes / Stefon Harris & Blackout 30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Count Basie Orchestra: Swinging, Singing, Playing

Read "Count Basie Orchestra: Swinging, Singing, Playing" reviewed by Robert J. Robbins

by Robert J. Robbins

Count Basie OrchestraSwinging, Singing, PlayingMack Avenue2009 Although over a quarter-century has elapsed since the passing of William “Count" Basie in 1984, the bandleader and pianist's legacy has proved one of the most durable from the big band era, and the Basie band's Swinging, Singing, Playing maintains the Basie ...

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Article: Interview

Stefon Harris: Authenticity and Audacity

Read "Stefon Harris: Authenticity and Audacity" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Authenticity is a special word for vibraphone wizard Stefon Harris when it comes to his art, which springs from the tradition of jazz music, but is approached through a modern lens that takes into account the sounds and perspective of 2009. He has enough audacity--also a special word for Harris--to say it clearly, to ...

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Article: Interview

Ornette Coleman: Music is a Verb

Read "Ornette Coleman: Music is a Verb" reviewed by Warren Allen

by Warren Allen

"Some people think of music as being on some higher level," Ornette Coleman says by phone from his apartment in New York City. “But basically it's the human being that receives the pleasure from sound. Not from the argument over what it is." There are a lot of questions about Ornette Coleman and ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Sunjump: Archaeology of the Present

Read "Sunjump: Archaeology of the Present" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

In a time when the music business, as many other other branches of commerce, is in crisis, it has become increasingly relevant to ask what needs to be done in order to save record labels. While the major companies retreat to protective copyright thinking and unimaginative repacking of archive material, a new host of independent labels ...


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