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Article: Forgotten Finds

Great Sidemen - Great Leaders

Read "Great Sidemen - Great Leaders" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons

Being a sideman can be a thankless job. Sure, you might get to play regularly, but you rarely get to call the tune. If your boss is a big star, the gig might even pay pretty well, but if the band is going to Fargo, North Dakota in January, brother, so are you, and you weren't ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa

Read "Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

A question that has always been asked, regardless of genre, is whether music can be conservative and revolutionary at the same time. Various composers have surfaced in recent times with brilliant compositions, but their work has not adhered to any of the schools of composition that make up the 20th century classical music. These composers have ...

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Article: Interview

Denise Donatelli: Songbird With A Grammy Nomination

Read "Denise Donatelli:  Songbird With A Grammy Nomination" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman

Los Angeles-based vocalist Denise Donatelli won a Grammy nomination with her third CD, When Lights Are Low (Savant Records, 2010). An East Coast native and a recipient of classical piano training, she turned to singing jazz, wound up relocating to the West Coast and has since pursued her performance and recording career. This interview was conducted ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Yo Miles! Revisited: Lightning and Shinjuku

Read "Yo Miles! Revisited: Lightning and Shinjuku" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Amongst the plethora of tributes to trumpet icon Miles Davis' electric period on Columbia, beginning with 1969's In a Silent Way and ending with 1975's Agharta and Pangaea, only a few stand out as being truly reverential--not just to the electrified energy and jungle funk of the music, but to its undeniably avant leanings as well. ...

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Article: Live Review

Noah Preminger Quartet, Boston, February 23

Read "Noah Preminger Quartet, Boston, February 23" reviewed by Gordon Marshall

by Gordon Marshall

Noah PremingerScullers Jazz ClubBoston, Mass.February 23, 2011 To judge by his sophomore effort, Before the Rain (Palmetto, 2011), tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger's singular forte is the reinvention of the ballad. He does it so well, and so nearly exclusively, that it came as a pleasant surprise, during his performance at Scullers ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Brad Mehldau: Live in Marciac

Read "Brad Mehldau: Live in Marciac" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Brad Mehldau Live in Marciac Nonesuch Records2011 If there's any (relatively) young pianist ready to take the torch from Keith Jarrett when it comes to solo performance, it's Brad Mehldau. In the space of (again, relatively) a few short years, from his mid-1990s emergence with saxophonist Joshua Redman through his ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Roberta Piket: Sides, Colors

Read "Roberta Piket: Sides, Colors" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Roberta Piket Sides, ColorsThirteenth Note Records2011 Roberta Piket is a pianist with rich musical abilities who is making a name for herself as one of the best of her generation of keyboard players. Her 2011 release, Sides, Colors is a well-conceived recording, using her trio supplemented by strings and ...

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Article: Interview

Roberta Piket: Making a Difference

Read "Roberta Piket: Making a Difference" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Roberta Piket is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger with an exceptional range of expression. In the same tune or performance, she moves fluidly between bebop, hard bop, blues, soft and mellow, up-tempo, contrapuntal, and advanced harmonic motifs, making it all come together in meaningful, coherent statements of ideas and emotions. She thinks hard when she ...

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Article: Album Review

Ivar Kangur: Make A Play

Read "Make A Play" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

The debut recording from pianist/composer Ivar Kangur, Make A Play, is a collection of original tunes characterized by a gentleness and lightness of spirit that makes them immediately accessible and attractive. Kangur, based in Ontario, Canada, is a veteran of cover and new wave bands, and has composed scores for a number of short films. These ...

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Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp: The Art of the Improviser

Read "The Art of the Improviser" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Any who have witnessed Matthew Shipp in action over the past few years will know that the pianist's bravura concert displays often eclipse his studio output. Unlike many jazz musicians the vast majority of Shipp's oeuvre has been recorded away from an audience. His previous four releases on Thirsty Ear have alternated between trio and solo ...


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