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Margeaux Lampley in Paris
by Guy Zinger
Margeaux Lampley Café Universel, Paris January 16th, 2010 As a treat for my 40th birthday, I went for a weekend in Paris to hear Margeaux Lampley. And a treat it was... Margeaux Lampley, born in New York, raised in California and, after practicing law in the U.S., starting her second ...
AAJ's Guide to NYC Jazz Venues in the New Decade
by Matthew Miller
In its nearly eight years of existence, All About Jazz has become the foremost chronicler of live jazz in New York City. Our monthly issues, like bibles in hotel rooms, have found a place in nearly every jazz venue in the city and concertgoers have looked to its pages to keep them abreast of new arrivals. ...
Guitarist Terrence Brewer Quartet Plays the Douglas Beach House
by Bill Leikam
The Terrance Brewer QuartetThe Douglas Beach HouseEl Granada, CaliforniaThe storm had already hit--waves were lashing the boulders along the beach just outside the Douglas Beach House (aka The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society)--when jazz guitarist Terrence Brewer and his quartet (Wayne De La Cruz on the B3 organ, Jim Grantham on sax and ...
James Farm at Salle Pleyel in Paris
by David Miller
James FarmSalle PleyelParis, FranceJanuary 16, 2010 The musicians in James Farm walked out onto the stage purposefully--four hip cats. The dim lighting at Salle Pleyel accentuated their mysteriousness, casting shadows over their faces as they took up their instruments. Eric Harland stood out as the coolest of the bunch in his ...
Giovanni Falzone e le Mosche Elettriche - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
by AAJ Italy Staff
Rassegna Lampi Teatro Binario 7 - Monza - 17.01.2010 Il jazz è una musica fatta di incontri. Giovanni Falzone ci racconta invece di un incontro che non è mai avvenuto. Quello tra Miles Davis e Jimi Hendrix. I due si stimavano reciprocamente. Avevano suonato - separatamente - sullo stesso palco (quello dell'isola di Wight, nel 1969). ...
Alexander Hawkins Quartet at the Vortex, London
by John Sharpe
Alexander Hawkins Quartet The Vortex London, England January 5, 2010 A very respectable audience braved the cold temperatures (for London where since global warming kicked in it rarely falls below freezing for very long) and further impending snow for the debut of the Alexander Hawkins new quartet at ...
Chris Potter's Underground at The Village Vanguard, NYC
by Giovanni Russonello
Chris Potter's Underground Village Vanguard New York City January 10, 2010 Maybe there's something to be said for throwback music. It can feel comforting to hear new music laced with the crackle of an old LP, or the warm horn harmonies of a vintage gospel record. But as Gil Scott-Heron ...
Conrad Herwig's Latin Side All Star Band: Intensity On A Cold City Night
by Robert Dugan
Conrad Herwig's Latin Side All Star BandThe Blue NoteNew York, New YorkJanuary 11, 2010Que Viva Miles, 'Trane, Herbie & Wayne."For more than a decade, trombonist Conrad Herwig has created a highly identifiable niche in contemporary jazz with his series of Latin Side CDs, which began with the startling The ...
Joey Calderazzo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Palermo - 15.12.2009 Il jazz lo si ama perché riserva sempre piacevoli sorprese. Accade così che il palco e la calda atmosfera di una esibizione live possano rendere giustizia alla maestria tecnica di un pianista bravissimo, poco sapido nelle incisioni discografiche a suo nome. Come ben sanno i jazzofili, questa musica sorprende grazie ad esibizioni come ...
Craig Taborn Trio at the Vortex, London, England
by John Sharpe
Craig Taborn Trio Vortex London, England December 7, 2009 Judging by the number of young musicians in the audience, pianist Craig Taborn has something of a reputation among the cognoscenti. That many of them were pianists too just whetted the appetite even more for his leadership debut in the UK ...

