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Article: Live Review

NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2: January 7, 2012

Read "NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2: January 7, 2012" reviewed by Daniel Lehner


Day 1 | Day 22012 NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2New York, NYJanuary 7, 2012 Gregoire Maret The harmonica, like the accordion and other free reed aerophones, doesn't come with as much built-in room for expression as other wind instruments, which is what makes Gregoire Maret's playing so unique. For ...

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Con Clave Vol. 2

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2011
Track listing: The Downside Of Upspeak; Truth; With A Single Step; Magenta's Return; Solar; Dance The Way U Want To; One For Armida; Blue Friday.

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News: Event

The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 Tour, A Celebration Of Jazz Icon's Legendary Music

The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 Tour, A Celebration Of Jazz Icon's Legendary Music

Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC and Blue Note Records for an innovative ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Miles Davis Experience 1949-1959 Fall North American Tour

Miles Davis Experience 1949-1959 Fall North American Tour

A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ ICON'S LEGENDARY MUSIC Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011

Read "Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011" reviewed by Timothy J. O'Keefe


Natixis Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6, 2011 On a hazy Saturday that started hot and grew more humid, violin and accordion walked a melody as Regina Carter's Reverse Thread opened the main stage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival. Will Holshouser's accordion puffed sounds inspired by zydeco ...

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Article: Album Review

Brian Lynch and Spheres Of Influence: ConClave Vol. 2

Read "ConClave Vol. 2" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Trumpeter Brian Lynch's ConClave Vol. 2 arrives six years after the first installment and, while the personnel are completely different on each date, both volumes boast collections of intelligent arrangements that juxtapose Latin rhythms and Afro-Cuban musical elements against modern jazz ideals. Lynch's ability to create hybrid forms of music that blend seemingly dissimilar elements with ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Dingman: Waking Dreams

Read "Waking Dreams" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Many jazz releases suffer from the same old “song and dance" syndrome--a couple of obligatory ballads (song narrative) sprinkled between numbers of up-tempo (dance) tracks. This repeated programming can get old very fast. But this is not the case with Waking Dreams , the long overdue and brilliant debut by vibraphonist Chris Dingman. ...

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Article: Live Review

Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland 2011: Days 4-6

Read "Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland 2011: Days 4-6" reviewed by Matt Marshall


Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 8-10 32nd Annual Tri-C JazzFest ClevelandCleveland, OhioApril 28-May 8, 2011 Chapter Index April 30: Women in Jazz: a Tribute to Betty Carter May 1: Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet / Tia Fuller Quintet May 1: Maurice Brown May 2: The Dave Sterner Quintet ...

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Article: Album Review

Ambrose Akinmusire: When The Heart Emerges Glistening

Read "When The Heart Emerges Glistening" reviewed by Troy Collins


A new generation of jazz musicians, unimpeded by the idiomatic constraints of tradition, has come of age since the end of the '80s-era culture wars. One such free-thinking artist is young trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who was first discovered by saxophonist Steve Coleman at the tender age of 19. When The Heart Emerges Glistening is his first ...

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Article: Interview

Ambrose Akinmusire: Emerging Heart

Read "Ambrose Akinmusire: Emerging Heart" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


"My favorite instrument is the cello," said the easygoing young musician in early February, from his apartment in Manhattan, where he referred to himself jokingly as “a hibernating jazzman." His West-Coast roots weren't taking a firm grip in the frigid temperatures of the Northeast. “Me and strings just don't get along. I can play piano; I ...


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