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Current Trends in Racism in Modern America
Label: Sound Aspects
Released: 2010
Track listing: Part One; Part Two.
Jazz Icons: Heroes, Myths and the Jazz Tradition
by Ian Patterson
Jazz Icons: Heroes, Myths and the Jazz Tradition Tony Whyton Hardcover; 219 pages ISBN: 978-0-521-89645-0 Cambridge University Press 2010 From relatively early in its history, the so-called jazz community was divided--sometimes bitterly so--over the definition of jazz, and more significantly, over ownership. That ...
Zeno de Rossi / Shtik: The Manne I Love! (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2)
by Mark Corroto
Drummer Zeno De Rossi's tribute to the late Shelly Manne covers the valiant west coast drummer's contributions from swing to bebop, and from soundtracks to Frank Zappa. Recorded over a two-year period, this double-disc set incorporates varying ensembles and diverse styles into an inexhaustible homage to a neglected jazz hero. Shtik'sprevious release--Me'or 'Einayim (El ...
Henry Grimes at The Stone: Alive at 75
by Gordon Marshall
Henry Grimes, Newman Taylor Baker, Lee Mixashawn Rozie and Connie CrothersThe StoneEast VillageNew York, NY John Zorn honored the great Henry Grimes, bassist and violinist, with “a month of 75th birthdays" this November, consisting of a curatorship of his venue, The Stone, together with his wife, Margaret. A long weekend spent ...
John Zorn - Masada Marathon
by AAJ Italy Staff
Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 8.11.2010 Partiamo dai numeri. Non sarà intellettuale e nemmeno elegante, ma rende l'idea di quel che è successo: poco meno di quattro ore di musica, dodici formazioni ad alternarsi sul palco di un Manzoni traboccante di entusiasmo, ventotto artisti coinvolti, una quarantina di composizioni eseguite, tutte a firma John Zorn. Non ...
Nels Cline: Dirty Baby
by Mark Corroto
Those not hearing Nels Cline's music lately just aren't listening. Besides gracing rock band Wilco's albums and live shows, he seems to be the hottest jazz/improv guitarist of late. Right on the heels of his two-disc Initiate (Cryptogramophone, 2010)--maybe the jazz record of the year--he drops another double set, Dirty Baby, which is part of an ...
Jamie Saft Special Quintet at Cornelia St. Café
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Jamie SaftCornelia St. CaféNew York, NYNovember 12, 2010Perhaps better known for his electric keyboard work in genre-flouting projects, Jamie Saft also possesses a deep jazz sensibility and prodigious piano technique. It was these talents he sought to exercise with his “Special Quintet" for a 2-night, 4-set stand at Cornelia Street Café. ...
Guitars In NYC: Fred Frith, Frank Zappa, Jonathan Richman, Robert Cray, Lenny Kaye, Bob Mould, Frank Marino, Jim Hall & Roky Erickson
by Martin Longley
Fred Frith The Stone October 30, 2010 In the old days, when English guitarist Fred Frith lived in New York, locals could bask in his constant presence on the scene. Following this 14 year period, from 1979, Frith moved to Stuttgart in Germany, and has now been teaching at ...
