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Article: Interview

Bertram Turetzky: Contrabass Pioneer

by Robert Bush
March 18, 2011

Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky's career is nothing short of extraordinary. He almost single handedly redefined the role of the bass in 20th Century classical music, from one of back row support to that of featured and celebrated soloist. Even within the confines of classical music, Turetzky's range is huge: he is a master of early, pre- Bach ...

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Article: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Jazz Takes To The High Seas

by Dan Bilawsky
March 7, 2011

Explorers, of the musical and non-musical variety, always seem to be fascinated by the bountiful bodies of water that cover the earth. Long before jazz ever existed, treasure hunters, adventurers, and those in search of the unknown would risk their lives and spend incredible amounts of time and energy traversing the globe, on a quest to ...

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Article: Live Review

Noah Preminger Quartet, Boston, February 23

by Gordon Marshall
March 3, 2011

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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Take Five With Mike Lee

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 2011

Meet Mike Lee:Mike Lee is a tenor saxophonist originally from Cleveland, OH and now living in Northern New Jersey. He's currently leader of the Cecil's Monday Night Big Band at Cecil's Jazz Club in West Orange New Jersey and co-leader of the acclaimed jazz quartet, New Tricks. He has released five albums as leader ...

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Article: Interview

Microscopic Septet: Chance Meeting with the Future

by Gordon Marshall
February 7, 2011

The Microscopic Septet is all about swing, but swing in a sense extrapolated from the stale, dated pages of the past. Its take on the music of the '30s and '40s is too scholarly to fall off the map as retro, and too deeply felt to be dismissed as a dusty trove of museum pieces. The ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / Darek Oles / Alan Pasqua: Standards 2, Movie Music

Read "Standards 2, Movie Music" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 31, 2011

Composers of movie soundtracks have crafted some of the most enduring tunes for jazz treatment. Names like Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Krzysztof Komeda, and Ennio Maricone show up in the credits of innumerable albums, with tunes that shape moods and atmospheres, and supply jazz artists with engaging melodies galore.Drummer Peter Erskine has collected a ...

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Article: Interview

Paquito D'Rivera: Jazz at the Heart

by R.J. DeLuke
January 25, 2011

There is almost nothing Paquito D'Rivera hasn't accomplished since his arrival on the U.S. jazz scene in the early 1980s, when the young Cuban arrived from Spain--the first spot he hid when he defected from his home nation and its Communist rule that denied personal freedoms and forced musicians playing jazz to call it something else ...

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Article: Book Review

Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story

by Chris M. Slawecki
January 15, 2011

Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis StoryGeorge LipsitzHardcover; 264 pagesISBN-10 0816666784University of Minnesota Press2010 For six decades, Johnny Otis played just about every role you can play in the music business: musician (on drums, vibes and piano), singer, songwriter, arranger, bandleader, talent maven, ...

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Article: Interview

Darius Jones: From Johnny Hodges To Noise Jazz

by AAJ Staff
January 11, 2011

Alto saxophonist Darius Jones--who won most critics' nomination for the best jazz newcomer album of 2009 for Man'ish Boy (A Raw And Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, 2009)--is a great fan of Johnny Hodges. He says that the lyrical Duke Ellington altoist is his hero, and this is pleasantly noticeable at the beginning of Man'ish Boy. It ...

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100 Years - Forever Young

By Lester Young

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: CD1: Indiana; A Ghost Of A Chance; How High The Moon; D.B. Blues; Lullaby Of Birdland/Up And At 'Em; Too Marvellous For Words; Lullaby Of Birdland; Just You, Just Me; It's Only A Paper Moon; Speak; I Cover The Waterfront; Up And At 'Em; Three Little Words; I Cover The Waterfront; D.B. Blues. CD2: Lester's Mop Mop Blues; Tea For Two; Polka Dots And Moonbeams; Three Little Words; Lester Leaps In; Oh, Lady Be Good; Oh, Lady Be Good; Lester's Mop Mop Blues; Jumpin' With Symphony Sid; Lullaby of Birdland; Lester Leaps In; These Foolish Things; Three Little Words; Pennies From Heaven; Polka Dots And Moonbeams; Indiana.