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Article: Live Review

ECM: A Cultural Archeology

Read "ECM: A Cultural Archeology" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

ECM: A Cultural ArcheologyHaus der KunstMünchen, GermanyNovember 23, 2012-February 10, 2013A trip to München (Munich) is a bit like a pilgrimage for fans of Germany's ECM label, especially right now, with the city's Haus der Kunst hosting a three-month exhibition, ECM: A Cultural Archeology, celebrating the music of this nearly 44 ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Dezron Douglas

Read "Take Five With Dezron Douglas" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Dezron Douglas: On Dezron Douglas: Live at Smalls, the bass prodigy is presented with a band of his peers: the highly original Stacy Dillard, the fiery Josh Evans, pianist David Bryant and the veteran drummer Willie Jones III.Hailing from Hartford, CT, Douglas is a product of the Jackie McLean institute. Quickly establishing himself ...

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Where? + The Quest

By Eric Dolphy

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Released: 2012
Track listing: Where?; Rally; Bass Duet; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Where?; Yes, Indeed; Saucer Eyes; The Quest; Status Seeking; Duquility; Thirteen; We Diddit; Warm Canto ; Warp And Woof; Fire Waltz;

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Article: Extended Analysis

Doug Webb: Swing Shift

Read "Doug Webb: Swing Shift" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann

Doug WebbSwing ShiftPosi-Tone Records2012 An essential part of jazz fandom is participating in the endless debate about the pros and cons of recordings versus live performances. Despite the obstacles in the pursuit of the holy grail of recorded perfection, such as budget limitations, artistic differences between producers and ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Roberto Magris’ Journey to the Heart of Hard Bop

Read "Roberto Magris’ Journey to the Heart of Hard Bop" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Italian pianist and composer Roberto Magris has carved his name in jazz stone over the past decade with recordings like Check-In (Black Saint, 2005), Il Bello Del Jazz (Black Saint, 2006) and Current Views (Black Saint, 2010) with his ensemble Europlane, and Kansas City Bound (Pami, 2009) and Mating Call (JMood, 2010) (which foreshadows the hard ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Marc Copland in Love

Read "Marc Copland in Love" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Pianist Marc Copland has previously released popular and well-received trio recordings in series, most recently New York Trio Recordings Vol. 1: Modinha (Pirouet, 2006), New York Trio Recordings Vol. 2: Voices (Pirouet, 2008) and New York Trio Recordings Vol. 3: Night Whispers (Pirouet, 2009). But he has an ensemble association with bassist Drew Gress and drummer ...

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Article: Album Review

Roberto Magris: One Night In With Hope And More...Vol.1

Read "One Night In With Hope And More...Vol.1" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Italian composer and pianist Roberto Magris is an internationally renowned artist reminiscent of piano masters like Kenny Drew, McCoy Tyner and the legendary Bill Evans. A veteran jazz musician, Magris has recorded eighteen albums in a career that has spanned over three decades and, with One Night In With Hope And More...Vol. 1, continues his collaboration ...

Article: Album Review

Mal Waldron: Mal Waldron Quintets

Read "Mal Waldron Quintets" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Mal Waldron ha attraversato la storia del jazz con discrezione e determinazione. Il suo pianismo, partito da Monk, si è indirizzato su una strada ricca di varianti, che annodava in modo robusto blues e astrazione, con un formidabile istinto ritmico e timbrico. Ne ricordiamo le collaborazioni con Charles Mingus e con Max Roach, con Coltrane e ...

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Article: Album Review

Lukas Hein: Lukas Hein & Dialeto Brasileiro

Read "Lukas Hein & Dialeto Brasileiro" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

In the early 1960s, bright new rhythms traveled northward from Brazil, kindling a “bossa nova craze" that swept through the jazz world and spilled over into the realm of pop music, led by saxophonists such as Stan Getz, Bud Shank and Zoot Sims, and abetted by guitarists Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeida and others. After scoring a ...

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Article: Interview

Enrico Rava: To Be Free or Not To Be Free

Read "Enrico Rava: To Be Free or Not To Be Free" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Freedom, it could be argued, is most deeply understood by those who have been somehow constrained against their will, or who have been prisoners of their own skewed vision of what it means to be free. Trumpeter Enrico Rava knows the meaning of musical freedom; he was part of the free-jazz scene of the 1960s and ...


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