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Article: Album Review

Michael Gibbs & The NDR Bigband: Play A Bill Frisell Set List

Read "Play A Bill Frisell Set List" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Guitarist Bill Frisell probably never had a preconceived notion that he'd one day record with famed British arranger, conductor and composer, Michael Gibbs after taking several of his classes as a student at Berklee College of Music back in 1975. Thus, Gibbs and the legendary NDR Bigband instill a symbiotic musical relationship throughout this cunningly envisioned ...

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Article: Album Review

Man Overboard Quintet: Down In The Deep Deep Blue

Read "Down In The Deep Deep Blue" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

A rhythm section that would make even a half-decent front line sound great; a front line that would enhance any ensemble; a bunch of great, sometimes neglected, songs with catchy tunes and quirky, image-laden lyrics. Surely, it's all just a wonderful dream? Nope, it isn't. It's Down In The Deep, Deep Blue, album number two from ...

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Article: Rediscovery

Dire Straits: On Every Street

Read "Dire Straits: On Every Street" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Dire Straits On Every Streetuniversal Music Japan2013 (1991) After a lengthy hiatus, Rediscovery returns with a Japanese SHM CD edition of Dire Straits' final studio record, 1991's On Every Street. While many folks who bought it on the strength of the mega-selling Brothers in Arms (Warner Bros., 1985)--which contained so many ...

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Article: Live Review

Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker and John Edwards at Cafe Oto

Read "Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker and John Edwards at Cafe Oto" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker and John Edwards Cafe Oto London, UK July 28, 2015 “There won't be any tunes." That was the response to the inquiry from a passing tourist as to what to they might expect. A fairly accurate answer you might think given the line up of saxophonist ...

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News: Crowdfunding Campaign

Spanish Jazz Guitar Master Biel Ballester Puts His Balls On The Line! Have A Song Composed Just For You!

Spanish Jazz Guitar Master Biel Ballester Puts His Balls On The Line! Have A Song Composed Just For You!

All About Jazz has previously reported Le QuecumBar's crowd-funding plight, and here’s an update with some exciting news but support is still needed—time limited for responses. The (sweet and) lowdown of our crowdfunding efforts: Already we’ve raised over £11,000! Great support has been received from All About Jazz readers but we’ve got two weeks to raise ...

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Article: Album Review

John Wetton and the Les Paul Trio: New York Minute

Read "New York Minute" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

A elite member of progressive rock super-groups King Crimson, UK and the pop rock platinum selling band Asia , bassist, vocalist John Wetton engages the pop standards route, recorded live at New York City's prominent jazz venue, The Iridium. In the album notes Wetton divulges his love for midtown Manhattan, hearkening back to his days with ...

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Article: Album Review

Emily Francis Trio: The Absent

Read "The Absent" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

The funky “Hops 'n' Scotch" kicks off this lively set, with keyboardist Francis employing Fender Rhodes and synths in Herbie Hancock mode. Languid acoustic piano opens “Winnebago" which soon transmutes into an up-tempo trio number with a flavour of Chick Corea's Iberian influence clearly detectable. The more contemplative “Redshift" benefits from Francis' ability to transition seamlessly ...

Article: Album Review

The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet: Come to Me

Read "Come to Me" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

È una musica avvincente e ricercata quella che si ascolta in Come to Me: atmosfere intime e raccolte che si confrontano con sequenze incisive, sia vocali che strumentali. Protagonista è un quartetto al suo debutto, guidato dalla cantante polacca Sylwia Bialas e dal batterista israeliano Asaf Sirkis. La prima risiede in Germania mentre Sirkis vive in ...

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News: Crowdfunding Campaign

Overwhelmed With Support From All About Jazz Readers

Overwhelmed With Support From All About Jazz Readers

London’s premier Hot Club, Le QuecumBar, famed world over for being the Mecca of Gypsy Jazz launched its Kickstarter crowd-funding at the beginning of this week. The projects “dashboard" shows where links have been referred from, and Le QuecumBar has been overwhelmed with support from All About Jazz readers. The crowdfunding project was established because of ...

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Article: Musings of a Jazz Piano Teacher

Stop trying to swing

Read "Stop trying to swing" reviewed by Paul Abrahams

by Paul Abrahams

Dave Brubeck tells the story that Miles Davis approached him at the end of a gig and murmured in his ear “You're the only person in this group that swings." Had Brubeck replied: “What, exactly, do you mean by swing?" I suspect he would have been given short shrift. But of course both musicians had an ...


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