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Article: Extended Analysis

Neal Morse: Testimony Two Special Edition

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Neal MorseTestimony Two: Special EditionRadiant Records 2011 There are those who've claimed that rock music is “the Devil's Music," but for Neal Morse it's been just the opposite. Born again while leading Spock's Beard--on the vanguard of a new wave of symphonic progressive rock gaining traction in the ...

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Enter the "Freddie Hubbard - Pinnacle: Live & Unreleased from Keystone Korner" Giveaway

Enter the "Freddie Hubbard - Pinnacle: Live & Unreleased from Keystone Korner" Giveaway

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Resonance “Freddie Hubbard—Pinnacle: Live & Unreleased from Keystone Korner“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 11th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Freddie Hubbard at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...

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Article: Album Review

The New Gary Burton Quartet: Common Ground

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In a career now entering its sixth decade, vibraphonist Gary Burton has participated in plenty of one-off recordings, paying tribute to everyone from tango master Astor Piazzolla to mallet-men who have come before, like Lionel Hampton and Milt Jackson. His discography has been nothing if not unfailingly consistent--every recording meticulously conceived and flawlessly executed. A project, ...

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Pat Metheny: What's It All About

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Pat Metheny has released plenty of solo albums over the years, but One Quiet Night (Nonesuch, 2003) found him turning to a different modus operandi, imposing a series of restrictions: one guitar, one tuning, no overdubs. An intimate album of mostly original material, beyond three covers including Keith Jarrett's “My Song" and Gerry & the Pacemakers' ...

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Article: Live Review

Dave Liebman Group at Café Paradiso

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Dave Liebman Group Café Paradiso Ottawa, Canada May 20-21, 2011 When saxophonist and recent NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman brought his longstanding group to Ottawa's Café Paradiso a little over three years ago in April, 2008, it was truly one of the hottest, most memorable shows this city has seen in ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

David Sylvian: Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations

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David Sylvian Died In The Wool: Manafon Variations samadhisound 2011 As the world becomes a smaller place, so, paradoxically, do musical communities expand to reach around it. British singer/composer David Sylvian--first of 1980s pop group Japan, but then a solo artist taking increasing chances with each successive album--has been busting ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

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He puts out albums under his own name so rarely, while amassing a discography as a sideman/co-leader that's almost unparalleled in its sheer size and stylistic breadth—with over 100 recordings to date, since he first showed up in saxophonist James Carter's groups of the mid-1990s—that it's cause for celebration any time pianist Craig Taborn gets around ...

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Article: Album Review

Lee Konitz / Dave Liebman / Richie Beirach: KnowingLee

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While there is some truth in the old adage “if it ain't broke don't fix it," it's not always bad to mess with a good thing. Saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach have been playing together for over 40 years, in ensembles ranging from the big band of Quest for Freedom (Sunnyside, 2010) and smaller ...

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Article: Album Review

John Martyn: Heaven and Earth

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In a world filled with happiness and hurt, there's a gaping chasm between those that are aware and those that aren't. When John Martyn passed away months before his 60th birthday in 2009, the world lost one of the most painfully confessional singer/songwriters of the past half century. “Some people keep diaries," said Phil Cunningham in ...

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Article: Album Review

Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins: A Scarcity of Miracles

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It's been the subject of much discussion. The closest thing to a King Crimson record, after founder/guitarist Robert Fripp closed up shop on the brief 40th Anniversary tour? Hardly. A Scarcity of Miracles may be called “A King Crimson ProjeKct" on the cover, but there's little to link the music to any of King Crimson's past ...


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