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Article: Extended Analysis

Switzerland 1974

Read "Switzerland 1974" reviewed by John Kelman


Thank goodness for Cuneiform Records. Beyond releasing cutting edge new music from now-longstanding groups like The Claudia Quintet and relative newcomers like Norway's Pixel, the intrepid American label continues to unearth, restore and release wonderful archival finds like S.O.S.' Looking for the Next One (2013), and the equally impressive Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop-April '69 (2011), from ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Osborne: Dawn

Read "Dawn" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Alto saxophonist Mike Osborne's career was relatively short--barely 20 years between his first gigs with the pioneering Mike Westbrook Band and his retirement from the music scene because of mental health problems in 1982. His discography is lengthy, but albums as leader are rare. Dawn draws together recordings from three relatively early sessions in Osborne's career--early, ...

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Article: Album Review

Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian: Hamburg '72

Read "Hamburg '72" reviewed by Luca Canini


Un paio di premesse. Doverose: per onestà intellettuale e per profondità di campo. La prima: da un pezzo ho smesso di emozionarmi per l'ennesimo disco di Keith Jarrett. Gli ultimi flebili sussulti risalgono al 2000, al doppio Whisper Not, prova di gran classe pur nell'ambito di un virtuosismo che da tempo si era ...

Album

Miroslav Vitous Group

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: When Face Gets Pale; Second Meeting; Number Six; Inner Peace; Interplay; Gears; Sleeping Beauty; Eagle.

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Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel Cd-player di... Maurizio Brunod

Read "I 10 CD nel Cd-player di... Maurizio Brunod" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


01. Jaga Jazzist -A Livingroom Hush (Ninja Tune -2002). Leggendo il libro di Luca Vitali “Il suono del nord" sono venuto a conoscenza di questa band norvegese davvero incredibile ed innovativa. Questo è il loro primo album, molto interessante tra elettronica, jazz e progressive. 02. Steve Lacy-Mal Waldron -Sempre amore (Soul Note ...

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Article: Live Review

Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet at Ronnie Scott's

Read "Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet at Ronnie Scott's" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet Ronnie Scott's EFG London Jazz festival November 20, 2014 One of the most pleasing aspects of the EFG London Jazz Festival is its reach into the many jazz clubs dotted around the capital. Whilst the concert halls host the big names and draw the tourists ...

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Article: Live Review

John Surman at Seventy

Read "John Surman at Seventy" reviewed by Duncan Heining


John Surman, Chris Laurence & Trans4mation Quartet Kings Place London Jazz Festival November 14, 2014 The first Friday of this year's London Jazz festival saw John Surman celebrating his seventieth birthday at Kings Place near King's Cross Station. The venue is about as far as it could get from anyone's ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazztopad 2014, Three World Premieres

Read "Jazztopad 2014, Three World Premieres" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Jazztopad Wroclaw, Poland November 13-15, 2014 Jazztopad enters its second decade with confident stride. The festival has come a long way in the first ten years, evolving, experimenting and growing as any good festival should. In 2014, Jazztopad stands as an internationally renowned festival with a clearly defined ethos, one that combines ...

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Article: In the Studio

Jazz on the Screen: A Jazz and Blues Filmography

Read "Jazz on the Screen: A Jazz and Blues Filmography" reviewed by AAJ Staff


This article appears courtesy of David Meeker and the Library of Congress. Learn more about Jazz on Screen. Overview of Jazz on the Screen By David Meeker The cultural, sociological and technical histories of jazz and motion pictures have run in parallel, sometimes intersecting, lines ever since both forms emerged ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Anacapa

Read "Anacapa" reviewed by John Kelman


Some artists move forward in great leaps and bounds, while others evolve more slowly, over longer periods of time. David Binney is one of those rare musicians who manage to do both. While a sampling of some of his recent albums, such as Bastion of Sanity (2005), Cities and Desire (2006) and Aliso (2010l, all on ...


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