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Julian Priester

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Julian Priester is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He has played with many artists including Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock. Priester attended Chicago's DuSable High School, where he studied under Walter Dyett. In his teens he played with blues and R&B artists such as Muddy Waters, Dinah Washington, and Bo Diddley, and had the opportunity to jam with jazz players like Max Roach, trumpeter Clifford Brown, and saxophonist Sonny Stitt. In the early 1950s Priester was a member of Sun Ra's big band, recording several albums with the group before leaving Chicago in 1956 to tour with Lionel Hampton

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Dave Holland: Freedom Call

Read "Dave Holland: Freedom Call" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

On the occasion of Dave Holland's 80th birthday, Edition Records releases Freedom Call, a box set comprising six LPs and three CDs, also available for streaming, bringing together previously unreleased live recordings by three pivotal formations in his career: the sextet with Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks and Eric Harland; the quintet with ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Holland: Freedom Call

Read "Freedom Call" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

In occasione dell'ottantesimo compleanno di Dave Holland, la Edition Records pubblica Freedom Call, un cofanetto di sei LP, tre CD e in streaming, che riunisce inediti live di tre formazioni fondamentali della sua carriera: il sestetto con Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks ed Eric Harland, la formazione che aveva inciso Pass It On; ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet

Read "The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet" reviewed by Dean Nardi

by Dean Nardi

As Ian Dury might have sung had he played the clarinet, “Hit me with your licorice stick." (That is “rhythm stick" for those not fluent in punk rock.) From the intricacies of classical music to the smooth swing of jazz to Klezmer--the folk music of the Eastern European Jewish population--the instrument resonates throughout a good portion ...

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Article: Interview

Jovino Santos Neto: The Music Leads Itself

Read "Jovino Santos Neto: The Music Leads Itself" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright

Following a years-long recording hiatus, Brazilian-born Seattle-based Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Jovino Santos Neto released three albums in 2025, all captured live. Two are digital-only releases, both recorded in 2024: Retratos: Brazilian Portraits (Audiophile Society), a duo performance with Estonian bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann in a program of great Brazilian composers, and A Onça e o Pajé ...

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Article: Album Review

La Tanya Hall: If Not Now, When...

Read "If Not Now, When..." reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

With If Not Now, When... , La Tanya Hall emerges not just as a vocalist but as a storyteller, deeply connected to the quiet power of a well-chosen song. This is her most personal statement yet, an album crafted with intention rather than for show, where each track earns its place through lyrical depth and emotional ...

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Article: Album Review

Josh Lawrence: Still We Dream

Read "Still We Dream" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann

"Long As You're Living," the opening track of Still We Dream, trumpeter Josh Lawrence 's seventh release for Posi-Tone Records, is an ideal candidate for extensive airplay on jazz radio. Coming in at under four minutes, it is all substance, no fluff, no excess. A blues in 5/4 time, generating middling tempo swing courtesy of bassist ...

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Article: Album Review

Dawn Clement: Delight

Read "Delight" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch

Pianist / vocalist / composer Dawn Clement has appeared on plenty of recordings, both as a sideperson and leader, but she has perhaps never quite accomplished what she has here with Delight, on the Origin Records label. There are balances achieved with this record that fans of the long-time Seattle, now Denver-based Clement can ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

Seattle Jazz Fellowship: A New Age In A New Space

Read "Seattle Jazz Fellowship: A New Age In A New Space" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch

The Seattle Jazz Fellowship, a 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting jazz and jazz culture primarily at the local level, came to life in a backroom bar in the city's arts district on Capitol Hill in October 2021. The city, the nation, the world, was just beginning to fully climb out of the social slumber imposed by the COVID-19 ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Naomi Moon Siegel Opens Up and Evolves

Read "Naomi Moon Siegel Opens Up and Evolves" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer

The music of trombonist Naomi Moon Siegel captures both urban energy and rural spaciousness. Her formative years in Seattle's experimental jazz scene included collaborations with, and mentorship from, Wayne Horvitz and Julian Julian Priester. In 2016, she moved to Missoula, Montana--a decision that transformed her musical perspective and became the foundation of her newest work.


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