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Phil Haynes’ “No Fast Food” Trio: In Concert (2014)

by Victor L. Schermer
September 5, 2014

A jazz trio called “No Fast Food" is more likely to appeal to a sophisticated audience rather than attract the legion of average jazz fans, and this album will no doubt appeal to just such serious listeners who will take the time to digest it. Phil Haynes, Dave Liebman, and Drew Gress are seasoned players, all ...

Article: Live Review

Enrico Rava al Bari in Jazz 2014

by Luigi Sforza
July 25, 2014

Downtown Stories Three Rava on the Road Teatro Petruzzelli Fondazione Petruzzelli & Bari in Jazz Bari 18.07.2014 Aggiornare i motivi della propria attività rappresenta spesso una tappa fondamentale nella carriera di molti, soprattutto per chi nel corso di cinquant'anni di onorato servizio ha attraversato brillantemente una moltitudine immensa di esperienze ...

Article: Live Review

Porgy and Bess Broadway Production at Academy of Music

by Victor L. Schermer
February 26, 2014

Porgy and Bess Broadway Musical Production The Academy of Music Philadelphia, PA February 18, 2014 Following its multi-Tony Award-winning run on Broadway, an electrifying stage revival of George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess came to Philadelphia as part of an original cast national tour. For jazz aficionados, this timeless ...

News: Interview

Interview: Alysa Haas

November 20, 2013

Q: What started your love for music, and how old were you at the time? A: I have always been surrounded by music. My grandmother, who unfortunately passed before I was born, was a Yiddish folk singer. My mother Bira Rabushka is a violinist; my father Georges Haas was a world famous oboist; and my stepfather ...

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Take Five With Mike Norris

by AAJ Staff
September 6, 2013

Meet Mike Norris:From Jersey City, NJ. Mike Norris has played drums all across the country for show bands, jazz bands, headliners, music directors, and conductors for many shows and venues. Norris is living now in the sunshine state and plays with some of the best jazz musicians--what could be better than that?

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Pablo Ziegler's Nuevo Tango Passion: Amsterdam Meets New Tango and Tango Nostalgias

by Dan Bilawsky
May 17, 2013

Astor Piazzolla invited jazz into the world of tango, birthing a hybridized form of music that's outlived its creator; jazz, proving equally hospitable, opened its doors to Piazzolla and nuevo tango. High-end artists like saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, vibraphonist Gary Burton, and guitarist Al Di Meola all collaborated with the legendary composer/bandoneon player, helping to raise his ...

Article: Album Review

Ehud Asherie with Harry Allen: Lower East Side

Read "Lower East Side" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 1, 2013

In this day and age, when shock-and-awe maneuvers and new-thing sounds tend to get all the plaudits and press in jazz, it says a lot when a throwback duo date is widely admired by critics and fans alike. Such was the case with pianist Ehud Asherie's Upper West Side (Posi-Tone, 2012), which brought him into contact ...

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Callum Au Big Band: Something's Coming

Read "Something's Coming" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
February 26, 2013

Trombonist and arranger Callum Au has amassed a remarkable wealth of experience, playing or arranging for, among others, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, the Oxford University Big Band (he graduated from the university in 2011), Seth MacFarlane and Buddy Greco. He's a busy man--a list of his projects suggests that he's discovered the secret of the ...

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Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen: Lower East Side

Read "Lower East Side" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
February 7, 2013

Pianist Ehud Asherie and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen are established musical partners with a shared fondness for a time when songwriting giants like Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers were at their creative zeniths. Lower East Side is the pair's second duo outing, following on from Upper West Side (Posi-Tone, 2012), and once again the two demonstrate ...

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