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Ubiquitous Bassist Christian McBride Interviewed at AAJ

November 24, 2009

Christian McBride has, over the course of the past two decades, emerged as one of jazz's leading bassists, equally comfortable in the fusion territory of his recent tour with Chick Corea and John McLaughlin's Five Peace Band as he is a more straight-ahead session, like his own new release, Kind of Brown (Mack Avenue,. 2009). He's ...

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Christian McBride: Getting the Inside Straight

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
November 24, 2009

If we think about it for a little while, it's possible to believe that there is something almost mystic and undeniably powerful about jazz. The way it developed through the years and its constant ignition-like energy; the creativity of those who lead the way and those who continue the journey today; the improvisation that takes over ...

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Article: Album Review

Richard Bona: The Ten Shades of Blues

Read "The Ten Shades of Blues" reviewed by David Miller

by David Miller
November 11, 2009

Widely known in jazz circles for his virtuosity on the bass, relatively little attention has been paid to Richard Bona's solo career. Pity, as his solo records are generally excellent. Bona's records have a style that can only be referred to as world music. Generally, that term is misused, but Bona truly takes his influences from ...

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Take Five With Karen Segal

by AAJ Staff
November 6, 2009

Meet Karen Segal: Originally from Boston, Massachusetts and based in San Francisco, Karen played with Marilyn Mazur (Miles Davis) and Suzanne Fasteau (Bill Evans) in Copenhagen as a teenager. She co-founded the acid-jazz band “Red Clay" with David Brown (Brazzaville, Beck) in Los Angeles in the early 1990's. Karen has studied with teachers including Dean Brown ...

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Article: Album Review

Mads Tolling: The Playmaker

Read "The Playmaker" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 24, 2009

He's been around for a few years as a member of the Turtle Island Quartet, but for some he's best known for his work on Stanley Clarke's welcome return to fusion, The Toys of Men (Heads Up, 2007). Either way, The Playmaker isn't the violinist's first release as a leader--that would be Speed of Light (Self ...

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Article: Interview

Bruce Lundvall, presidente de Blue Note

by Victor L. Schermer
October 22, 2009

Publicamos la traducción en castellano de esta entrevista, originalmente aparecida en All About Jazz el 15 de mayo del 2003. Bruce Lundvall viajará próximamente a Europa, a los festivales de jazz de Barcelona y Berlín, para conmemorar los 70 años de Blue Note. En Barcelona, Lundvall charlará con el crítico Bob Blumenthal (Institut d'Estudis Nord-americans, 3 ...

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: Hur! Hommage a la Musique de Christian Vander

Read "Hur! Hommage a la Musique de Christian Vander" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 21, 2009

When French drummer/composer Christian Vander put together the first incarnation of his since-enduring group Magma, releasing Kobaïa (Seventh Records) in 1970, it's unlikely that he'd have known the musical subculture he was spawning. A unique blend of fusion, neoclassicism, symphonic, and progressive rock, heavily reliant on relentless repetition and chanting in Vander's created Kobaïan language, Zeuhl ...

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Article: Album Review

Nguyen Le: Saiyuki

by John Kelman
October 16, 2009

He's not the first guitarist to explore the nexus of east and west--the legendary John McLaughlin is, at the very least, the first well-known six-stringer to do so--but, over the past couple decades, Nguyên Lê has been finding his own junctures. McLaughlin may have dug deep into the place where western harmony and Indian linearity meet, ...

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Article: Live Review

Rodrigo y Gabriela at Denver's Buell Theater

by Geoff Anderson
October 11, 2009

Rodrigo y GabrielaBuell Theater Denver, CO September 19, 2009 Who knew you could wring so much out of a couple acoustic guitars? At the Buell Theater, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quinetro attacked their instruments in a manner that had the audience wondering whether the delicate wood would survive, or at ...

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Article: Profile

John Surman: Listen and Trust

by Thomas Conrad
September 5, 2009

John Surman is arguably the best baritone saxophonist to come into jazz since Gerry Mulligan and one of the most important British jazz musicians of his generation. Yet he has rarely performed in the United States and never as a leader. Therefore it is no exaggeration to describe his upcoming gig at Birdland as a genuine ...