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Life Cycle
By John LaPorta
Label: Civil Defense
Released: 2001
Track listing: Chootabaka Fatback; J.V. Blues (dedicated to Joe Viola); Repartee; Presidential Encounter; Lo Bastante; Two Plus Two; Alternative; Life Cycle; Valentine Variations; Conversion; Man To Man
John LaPorta: Life Cycle
by David A. Orthmann
It is unfortunate that John LaPorta’s accomplishments as jazz educator, including three decades at the Berklee College of Music, may have overshadowed his expertise as a player, especially stints with Woody Herman’s big band, and the combos of Lennie Tristano and Charles Mingus. Life Cycle, his ninth recording as a leader (or co-leader), is an assured ...
Gunther Schuller Turns 75!
by Scott Menhinick
All About Jazz: I was curious about what kind of influence your father being a professional musician had on your choice to follow a musical path.Gunther Schuller: Enormous, except not formal. I heard great music in my mother's womb and my father was in the New York Philharmonic so I was taken to concerts ...
