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News: Recording

Brian Auger Releases Solo Album, "Language Of The Heart"

Legendary British keyboardist Brian Auger has released one of the few solo albums of his distinguished career, which has spanned over fifty years. Language of the Heart (Ghostown Records) contains seven new original songs, with guest artists including guitarists Jeff “Skunk" Baxter and Julian Coryell. Produced by Tea, the album features Auger's vocals and lyrics, and ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Stanley Clarke: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection

Read "Stanley Clarke: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Legacy Recordings' recent spate of Complete Albums Collection box sets have righted a whole slew of wrongs by bringing long out-of-print recordings back in a reasonably priced and tidily collected series. They may be relatively light on production values--simple clamshell-style boxes, mini-LP cardboard sleeves, and booklets whose information, beyond detailed track and personnel listings, is largely ...

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News: Recording

John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Mike Stern and others on the New Gary Husband Album

John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Mike Stern and others on the New Gary Husband Album

Multi-dimensional drummer, keyboardist, composer and arranger Gary Husband hits his stride with Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2, his latest release on Abstract Logix Records. Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 features an explosive all-star line-up of guest musicians such as John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Jan Hammer, Robin Trower, Jimmy Herring, Wayne Krantz, Mark King, Alex Machacek and ...

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Article: On and Off the Grid

What's The Point, Part 1

Read "What's The Point, Part 1" reviewed by Dom Minasi

by Dom Minasi

This is the first entry for my new column at All About Jazz. I actually published What's The Point? in my own blog in January 2012. All About Jazz asked if I would be interested in writing for them; I was surprised and honored. I decided to update and rewrite the original article; because of the ...

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News: Recording

Sony Music's Popmarket.com Releases Complete Albums Collections By Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke & George Duke

Sony Music's Popmarket.com Releases Complete Albums Collections  By Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke & George Duke

Stanley Clarke—The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection and The George Duke Band—The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection Both titles available for pre-order at Popmarket.com in advance of January 24, 2012, release date The Ultimate Jazz Festival continues as Sony Music's PopMarket.com presents Complete Albums Collections from the Epic Records archives by two of the greatest names ...

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Article: Album Review

Elly Hoyt: Elly Hoyt

Read "Elly Hoyt" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Tasmanian-born Elly Hoyt's self-titled debut catapulted her into the forefront of the jazz scene Down Under, winning the coveted Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2011. Australian jazz is perhaps stronger than ever, with a veritable wealth of young musicians emerging and festivals popping up like 'roos, and this award serves meaningful notice ...

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Article: Interview

Jack DeJohnette: Time and Space

Read "Jack DeJohnette: Time and Space" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It begins with the sound of a resonating bell, followed by a gently cascading piano solo that gradually assumes shape and form, hovering around two chords and creating an inviting ambiance that resolves with another ringing of the bell, segueing gently into the groove-heavy “Salsa for Luisito." The track is “Enter Here," and the album is ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! John McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s, and with other well- known players such as Chick Corea and Tony Williams. Before moving ...

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Article: Interview

Rez Abbasi: Thoroughly Modern Marvel

Read "Rez Abbasi: Thoroughly Modern Marvel" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer

Guitarist Rez Abbasi is part of a generation of jazz musicians who came of age after the conservative backlash of the 1980s. He and his peers are making their mark on America's art form by contributing their rich and varied cultural backgrounds and with an embrace of popular culture that was heresy in some quarters for ...

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Article: Talkin' Blues

Talkin' Blues with Jimmy Herring

Read "Talkin' Blues with Jimmy Herring" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

Jimmy Herring is a musician who blurs lines, both in terms of genres and roles. Over the past two decades his work with the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, Frogwings, Phil Lesh & Friends, Project Z, Jazz is Dead, and Widespread Panic has cemented his position as one of the world's premier ...


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