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Article: Extended Analysis

Ike Sturm: JazzMass

Read "Ike Sturm: JazzMass" reviewed by Martin Gladu


Ike SturmJazzMassSelf Produced2009 Ask any jazz fans if he or she knows “When The Saints Go Marching In" or John Coltrane's anthem “A Love Supreme" and you will most probably get an affirmative nod. Those versed in the music's history might even know Duke Ellington's “Come Sunday" or ...

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Frank Sinatra: New York

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Frank Sinatra Sinatra: New York Reprise 2009 The true icons of American music, and there are only a few, include Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra. Their art changed the way we listen to music, and probably more important, their personal style made a deep impression on ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The State of Grace 2009: Deanna Witkowski, Ike Sturm and Jeff Baker

Read "The State of Grace 2009: Deanna Witkowski, Ike Sturm and Jeff Baker" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The role of the church, or more specifically, Christianity, in American culture cannot be overestimated even by those who do not subscribe to the Christian faith. One place where art and Christianity intersected long ago was in music. Since the Middle Ages, music has been used as a vehicle of worship (2000 years before this if ...

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Creator vs. Interpretor

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By Randy Sandke We've all heard the saying that “Jazz is America's classical music." Implicit in this notion is the belief that jazz is equally worthy of respect, admiration and support as any 'serious' music. Over the past few decades, jazz has indeed found a greater degree of prestige, academic interest and corporate sponsorship ...

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Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)

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Louis Armstrong The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) Mosaic Records 2009 Presumably everyone knows that Louis Armstrong's greatest and most important work was done in the '20s with and around the time of the incredible Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions. During the Swing Era he led ...

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Take Five With The New Five

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Meet The New 5: The New 5 is a cohesive group based in Austin, TX whose sound is rooted in the post-bop tradition but with a forward-leaning edge. Four of the five members of the group have or are working on their doctorates in music from the University of Texas. Thomas Heflin and Chris Budhan have ...

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Article: Film Review

Clint Eastwood Presents Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me

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Johnny Mercer Clint Eastwood Presents Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me TCM 2009 Film director Clint Eastwood's love of jazz and American popular song is far from a secret, especially following his feature-length biopic about alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (Bird, 1988), during which the ever restless Eastwood got the idea ...

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Roberta Gambarini: Learning to Love Jazz

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Not long ago a veteran Chicago jazz disc jockey played a track from a female vocalist's new CD only after complaining on the air about the seemingly unending stream of new recordings by female singers sent to his notice each week. The exception to his policy not to play them was due, he explained, to the ...

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Take Five With Dan Barnett

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Meet Dan Barnett:Dan has worked and recorded with some of the greats in Australian and world music such as James Morrison, Will Calhoun, Tom Burlinson, Barbara Morrison, Mark Murphy, Bob Barnard, Dan Barrett, Tom Baker, Bob Montgomery, George Washingmachine, Emma Pask, Judy Carmichael, Janet Seidel, Don Burrows, George Golla, Evan Christopher, David Paquette, Judy ...

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Kalil Wilson: Easy to Love

Read "Easy to Love" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


It is somewhat disconcerting how few new male vocalists inhabiting the jazz idiom practice their craft with the same degree of genius and virtuosity as saxophonists and other instrumentalists. It is a conundrum why so many new artists don't play the first instrument--the human voice. Some posit that poeta nascitur non fit? Is it true that ...


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