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Junius Paul

Junius Paul is an internationally recognized composer, bandleader, and acoustic and electric bassist born and raised in the Chicago area. He has shown himself to be a highly versatile bassist, with performance and/or recording credits that include The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Famoudou Don Moye Sun Percussion Summit, ensembles led by Roscoe Mitchell, Kahil El’Zabar, Makaya McCraven, The Fred Anderson Trio, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Vincent Davis & Percussion Plus, Dee Alexander, The Curtis Fuller Quintet, Oliver Lake, Willie Pickens, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marquis Hill, KRS-One, and Donald Byrd, among others.

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Article: Play This!

Junius Paul: Asé

Read "Junius Paul: Asé" reviewed by Scott Lichtman


Bass lovers unite! For those who adore the dexterity, the groove, the sheer “plunk" of a crisply-recorded upright bass, check out “Asé" by Junius Paul. The piece opens with an anthemic motif that quickly transforms into a beehive of motion. Paul continues this jaw-dropping flurry of sound until he shifts into a modal groove that welcomes ...

Article: Live Review

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2024

Read "Bergamo Jazz Festival 2024" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Bergamo Jazz Festival Bergamo Varie sedi 21-24.3.2024 La quarantacinquesima edizione di Bergamo Jazz coincide con il passaggio di testimone nella direzione artistica da Maria Pia De Vito allo statunitense Joe Lovano, più volte ospite come musicista della rassegna orobica. La formula è quella consolidata da anni: tre serate con doppio concerto ...

Album

The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris

Label: Rogue Art
Released: 2023
Track listing:
CD 1:
Leola; Introduction to Cards; Cards; Improvisation One; Ritual "Great Black Music"; Kumpa / Stormy Weather; New Coming; Jigiba / I Feel Like Dancing; Bulawayo Korokokoko.
CD 2:
We Are on the Edge; Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace; I Greet you with Open Arms; Funky AECO; Improvisation Two.

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Article: Live Review

Makaya McCraven At Barbican Centre

Read "Makaya McCraven At Barbican Centre" reviewed by Chris May


Makaya McCraven with London Contemporary Orchestra Barbican Centre, Main Hall In These Times London November 11, 2023 Jazz, said Whitney Balliett in 1958, is the sound of surprise. The New Yorker critic, who passed in 2007 but remains one of jazz literature's most felicitous writers, was describing jazz ...

Album

In These Times

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2022
Track listing: In These Times; The Fours; High Fives; Dream Another; Lullaby; This Place That Place; The Calling; Seventh String; So Ubuji; The Knew Untitled; The Title.

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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2022

Read "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2022" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 30-July 4, 2022 Like everything else, the Covid-19 pandemic stopped the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in its tracks. Forced to cancel the 2020 festival, they instead presented a four-day virtual festival online on June 27-30. Another abbreviated ...

Album

Deciphering the Message

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: A Slice of the Top (AKA Sliced Off the Top); Sunset (AKA Son Set); When Your Lover Has Gone (AKA When You’ve Left Your Lover); Ecaroh (AKA Revlis); Tranquility (AKA Corner of the World); Wail Bait (AKA Wait Bail); Coppin’ the Haven (AKA At the Haven Coppin’); Frank’s Tune (AKA De’Jeff’s Tune); Autumn in New York (AKA Spring in Chicago); Monaco (AKA Monte Negro); Mr. Jin (AKA Mr. Gin); C.F.D. (AKA D.F.C.); Black Rhythm Happening.

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Article: Album Review

Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message

Read "Deciphering the Message" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Il debutto in casa Blue Note di Makaya McCraven è un omaggio alla storia musicale dell'etichetta, espresso ovviamente in prospettiva personale. Come ha fatto nei suoi dischi recenti—e in particolare nell'omaggio a Gil Scott-Heron (We're New Again, XL Recordings 2020)-il batterista e produttore di Chicago usa creativamente la tecnologia sperimentata dai DJ e ...

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Article: Live Review

Other Minds 25, Day 3

Read "Other Minds 25, Day 3" reviewed by John Chacona


Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Taube Atrium Theater Other Minds Festival San Francisco, CA October 16, 2021 Moment's Notice, the theme of the 25th Other Minds festival, was a wry comment on the perils of mounting a music festival in a time of ...


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