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Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man

by Ian Patterson
February 23, 2009

Few can match Steve Turré's skill as a trombonist. His technical mastery, which has seen him win five Down Beat polls, goes hand-in-hand with a deep respect for the music that has gone before him, and over the course of forty years he has honed his skills with some of the best. Since his formative experience ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Turre: Rainbow People

Read "Rainbow People" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
February 20, 2009

If the rainbow of the title denoted musical diversity then it would be most fitting in the case of trombonist Steve Turre, as his musical bag is hewn from many colors. Turre is equally at home playing Latin rhythms, blues or straight-ahead jazz--hardly surprising when you consider his apprenticeship with saxophonist/flautist Rahsaan Roland Kirk and singer ...

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Chick Corea & Gary Burton's "The New Crystal Silence" Earns Grammy Win for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

February 11, 2009

On Sunday, February 8th, Chick Corea and Gary Burton, who have played and recorded as a duo, off and on, for 37 years, brought home the Grammy award in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album for The New Crystal Silence. This marks Coreas 15th Grammy win, and the fourth Grammy award as a duet for ...

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Kenny Garrett: Sketches of MD - Live at The Iridium

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 15, 2009

Il saxofonista Keny Garrett decide di non smarcarsi dalle due influenze più importanti che caratterizzano la sua ottima carriera. L'ombra di Miles e quella di Coltrane continuano infatti ad essere evocate senza sotterfugi, con la consapevolezza che queste influenze rappresentano un background meravigliosamente fecondo, come i fanghi rigogliosi lasciati dalle piene del Nilo. In questo bell'album ...

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Sonny Rollins: Still Seeking the Lost Chord

by R.J. DeLuke
January 13, 2009

The Saxophone Colossus. The greatest living improvising musician. A musical god. Sonny Rollins has been called all these things at one time or another by fans across the globe, as well as by those involved in the pursuit of music criticism and jazz history. There's no question he is the greatest remaining icon to come out ...

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Sketches of MD: Live At The Iridium

By Kenny Garrett

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Ring; Intro To Africa; Sketches Of MD; Wayne's Thang; Happy People.

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Sketches Of MD : Live At The Iridium Featuring Pharoah Sanders

By Kenny Garrett

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2008

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Saxophonist Kenny Garrett Interviewed at AAJ...And More

October 6, 2008

Detroit's Kenny Garrett is a restless man. Before he'd even released his 2006 Nonesuch album Beyond The Wall, he'd already moved on to a different band with a completely different repertoire. And it's always been like that for Garrett, who is constantly searching for new territory to mine and new corners of the world—both geographical and ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #46: Kenny Garrett

October 6, 2008

Jason Crane interviews saxophonist Kenny Garrett about his new CD, Sketches of MD (Mack Ave Records, 2008). This album features the paired saxophones of Garrett and Pharoah Sanders, who’ve performed together many times but never recorded live. Garrett wrote all the tunes on the album, each of which draws inspiration from a sideman or groove concept ...

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