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Article: Album Review

Tommy Smith: Torah

Read "Torah" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Since returning home after schooling at Berklee College of Music, vibraphonist Gary Burton's final ECM quintet and Whiz Kids (1987), and four Blue Note discs as a leader, Tommy Smith has virtually single-handedly placed his native country on the jazz map with his Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO). He's also become a powerful advocate on the ...

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Touch Guitarist Markus Reuter Interviewed at All About Jazz

Touch Guitarist Markus Reuter Interviewed at All About Jazz

German touch guitarist Markus Reuter stands at the forefront of the international ambient music community. From his various collaborations with King Crimson alumni and electronic music pioneers Ian Boddy and Robert Rich, Reuter has crafted a busy schedule of his own recordings, lent his own ear and expertise to engineering and production work in parallel with ...

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Abstract Logix's Souvik Dutta Interviewed at All About Jazz

Abstract Logix's Souvik Dutta Interviewed at All About Jazz

It's a remarkable story. Beginning life as an online shop for fusion music of the broadest possible variety, Abstract Logix has, since its first foray into releasing albums under its own imprint in 2005, rapidly grown into the preeminent record label on the fusion scene. With a roster that includes a number of established greats and ...

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Article: Live Review

John Abercrombie Quartet Live at Anthology

Read "John Abercrombie Quartet Live at Anthology" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush

John Abercrombie Quartet Anthology San Diego, CA October 8, 2010 Over the last 40 years, John Abercrombie has earned his spot among the pantheon of jazz guitarists. His liquid tone, mercurial ideas and quicksilver phrasing make him instantly identifiable in just a few notes. His sound, his voice on the ...

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John Taylor and John Geggie: Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010

Read "John Taylor and John Geggie: Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

John Taylor/John GeggieNational Arts Centre Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010 After an impressive start to its 2010 Fall/Winter Series, the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival kept the momentum up by bringing another of modern jazz's finest pianists to town, less than a week after Chick Corea and his latest trio, ...

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Karl Seglem: Ossicles

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by John Kelman

Saxophonist and goat/antelope hornist Karl Seglem has led a long and diverse career, both as a recording artist and as the head of NORCD, a label that reaches across a multitude of musical boundaries looking to be broken, linking them together with a decided focus on the traditional music of his native Norway. Despite an increasingly ...

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Chet Doxas: Big Sky

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by John Kelman

As much as a recent Ottawa, Canada performance was an intimate opportunity for local fans to see John Abercrombie, it was equally noteworthy for the two brothers who brought the veteran guitarist and bassist John Menegon, both from Upstate New York, for a short tour of Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal. Saxophonist Chet Doxas and drummer ...

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Portico Quartet: Montreal, Canada, October 2, 2010

Read "Portico Quartet: Montreal, Canada, October 2, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Portico QuartetL'AstralMontreal, CanadaOctober 2, 2010 It's a tough slog for a European band to break into the North American market. High work visa costs, expensive travel between cities distanced by hundreds--if not thousands--of miles add logistical nightmares to the fact that the North American market is so flooded with new ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Mainieri / Marnix Busstra Quartet: Trinary Motion: Live in Europe

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by John Kelman

Looking more like a man in his fifties than his 72 years, vibraphonist Mike Mainieri has been stepping up the pace, with three fine but stylistically different albums in the last year: Crescent (NYC, 2010), an elegant and moving John Coltrane tribute with recently departed alto great Charlie Mariano; 2.0 (NYC, 2010), celebrating the return of ...

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Chick Corea / Christian McBride / Brian Blade: Ottawa, Canada, October 3, 2010

Read "Chick Corea / Christian McBride / Brian Blade: Ottawa, Canada, October 3, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Chick Corea Trio: Chick Corea / Christian McBride / Brian BladeDominion Chalmers ChurchOttawa, CanadaOctober 3, 2010 The last time Chick Corea came to Ottawa with a trio, it was for an informal and relatively unrehearsed show that, featuring old friends Eddie Gomez (bass) and Airto Moreira (drums), relied more on longstanding ...


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