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Lee Konitz: Four Classic Albums

Label: Avid Records UK
Released: 2012
Track listing: CD1: ‘Round Midnight; The Daffodil’s Smile; I Got It Bad; Music for Alto Saxophone and Strings, Part 1; Music for Alto Saxophone and Strings, Part 2; Music for Alto Saxophone and Strings, Part 3; What’s New; Blues For Our Children; An Image Of Man Parts 1-7, Ev’rything I’ve Got (Belongs to You); You Don’t Know What Love Is; You’re Driving Me Crazy; I Didn’t Know About You; You’re Clear Out of This World; The More I See You; You Are Too Beautiful. CD2: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You; No Splice; She’s Funny That Way; Time On My Hands; Foolin’ Myself; Ronnie’s Tune; Froggy Day; My Old Flame; If I Had You; Foolin’ Myself; Ablution; Easy Livin’; Nursery Rhyme; Limehouse Blues; I’ll Remember April; Skylark; Mean To Me; East 32nd; Bob Goes the Leesel.

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Enfants Terribles

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2012

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Article: Extended Analysis

Lee Konitz: Four Classic Albums

Read "Lee Konitz: Four Classic Albums" reviewed by David Rickert


Besides being one of the few altoists that emerged in the 1950s that doesn't sound like Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz was a true musical adventurer whose explorations in free jazz, electronic instruments, and just all around anything goes sessions resulted in some of the most exciting music that came out of the fifties and beyond. His ...

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Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2012

Read "Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2012" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Scores of excellent CDs were released in 2012. These are some of the finest. Click on the CD titles for more in depth reviews. Hal Galper Airegin Revisited Origin Records Pianist Hal Galper has been delving deeply into his rubato explorations of the standards, along with his ...

News: Performance / Tour

New Orleans Bassist Ed Wise In Cheltenham Pa On Wednesday January 2nd!

New Orleans Bassist Ed Wise In Cheltenham Pa On Wednesday January 2nd!

Jazz Bridge in Cheltenham PA presents bassist Ed Wise and his New Orleans Jazz Band at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham, on Wednesday January 2nd. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Bassist Ed Wise, a native of Houston, Texas, ...

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Article: Album Review

Hal Galper Trio: Airegin Revisited

Read "Airegin Revisited" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Hal Galper's Airegin Revisited is exhilarating. The pianist has been working at his artistry for more than a half century, and he is moving surely into the “elder statesman of jazz" category, riding the furious wave of several distinctive and idiosyncratic trio recordings. Galper, like alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and pianist Martial Solal, has gone deeper ...

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Article: Album Review

Klare / Platz / Kneer / Elgart: Modern Primitive

Read "Modern Primitive" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Steeped in various aspects of jazz tradition as much as it is on the cutting edge, the sonic territory covered by Modern Primitive is vast, to say the least. The music here, all freely improvised, has a warmth and immediacy that comes from intense, shared listening. Though there are no tunes or changes per se, that ...

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Article: Album Review

Shauli Einav: Opus One

Read "Opus One" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Given the sheer number, stylistic variety and extraordinary quality of jazz recordings coming out of Israel these days, it's safe to say that improvised music is alive and well in that embattled country. Even among the rarefied company of Israel's finest young jazz musicians, saxophonist Shauli Einav stands out as a uniquely accomplished and mature talent. ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Jonathan Kreisberg: From Shadowless to One

Read "Jonathan Kreisberg: From Shadowless to One" reviewed by Marta Ramon


Jonathan Kreisberg has filled a gap in the international jazz scene. This New York-based guitarist started with both rock and classical music, but from the beginning he paid attention to his father's great jazz music collection. For Kreisberg, jazz is a pure music based on feelings. He says that he first experienced the creative part of ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazzfest Berlin 2012: Berlin, Germany, November 1-4, 2012

Read "Jazzfest Berlin 2012: Berlin, Germany, November 1-4, 2012" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Jazzfest Berlin 2012Berlin, GermanyNovember 1-4, 2012In 1964, famous pioneering jazz aficionado and impresario Joachim E. Behrendt founded the legendary Berlin Jazztage. The event, nowadays named Jazzfest Berlin, with its tumultuous history and multitude of faces, has since worked with a variety of different artistic directors. This year was the beginning of a new ...


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