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Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2014

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by Dan McClenaghan

It's that time to wrap it up and make some choices on the top jazz releases of the year. Here are my picks for the best of 2014, in no particular order, with the exception of the first listing, pianist Paul Bley's disc, which stands out. I do love piano jazz. Paul BleyPlay ...

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Article: Album Review

Arun Ramamurthy Trio: Jazz Carnatica

Read "Jazz Carnatica" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

On his 1967 hit song “Monterey," Eric Burdon, of Eric Burdon and the Animals, sang that Ravi Shankar's music made him cry. This was part of a litany of observational praises of the artists who performed at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival: The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, the Birds, The Jefferson Airplane. And from ...

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival 2014

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by R.J. DeLuke

Saratoga Performing Arts Center Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga Springs, NY June 28-29, 2014 Perfect weather accented this years Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, an event that had an eclectic mix of young musicians with interesting ideas and approaches, and veterans who deliver consistently. The weather is always a factor ...

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Article: Album Review

Marc Cary Focus Trio: Four Directions

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by Angelo Leonardi

Dopo la bella prova in solo per ricordare Abbey Lincoln (For The Love of Abbey, Motéma 2013), Marc Cary torna al Focus trio per realizzare il quarto album della formazione. Di nuovo in studio dopo le prove live del 2008 e 2009, Cary realizza uno dei lavori più eclettici e convincenti della sua già lunga carriera, ...

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Article: Album Review

Marc Cary: For the Love of Abbey

Read "For the Love of Abbey" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Marc Cary è uno dei massimi pianisti della sua generazione ma i progetti da leader che ha realizzato, a partire da Cary On -suo debutto del 1995- fino alle produzioni col Focus Trio, non hanno avuto i riconoscimenti che meritavano. Le cose sembrano andare diversamente per questo suo debutto in solo, che sta ottenendo ...

News: Festival

37th Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Announces Lineup

Saratoga Springs, NY: The 37th annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest running jazz events in the world, will be held on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. This year's festival headliners include Earth, Wind & Fire, Trombone Shorty, Terence Blanchard, Dave Holland Prism, ...

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Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2013

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by Dan Bilawsky

The annual rite of writing a “best of" list at All About Jazz is a most pleasurable and difficult task; pleasurable for the reflections on great art that come along with the task and difficult because of the need to make hard choices. I've been inspired by dozens of new jazz recordings this year, but I've ...

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Article: Album Review

David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love

Read "Be My Monster Love" reviewed by Phil Barnes

by Phil Barnes

If jazz is ever to escape from the “specialist" ghetto in which it finds itself in 2013 the simple truth is that we need more people with the vision of David Murray and more records as good as this one. Murray has a long and distinguished jazz career on tenor sax that began in ...

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News: Recording

Motema Music Releasing Gregory Porter's "Water" And "Be Good" On Vinyl On November 26

Motema Music Releasing Gregory Porter's "Water" And "Be Good" On Vinyl On November 26

Water Will Include Opolopo's Remix of “1960 What?" as Bonus Track In 2010, when Motéma Music was still a fledgling label, albeit one with an already impressive roster that included such lauded artists as Lynne Arriale, Rufus Reid and Marc Cary, President Jana Herzen signed a relatively unknown vocalist by the name of Gregory Porter. At ...

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Article: Live Review

SubCulture, Grand Opening: Gregg Kallor, Gregory Porter, David Murray Infinity Quartet ft. Macy Gray

Read "SubCulture, Grand Opening: Gregg Kallor, Gregory Porter, David Murray Infinity Quartet ft. Macy Gray" reviewed by Scott Krane

by Scott Krane

The art of recording has changed music, more so in the information age. Nevertheless, it seems consensus in New York: jazz sounds better live. SubCulture is a new performance space in the district of Manhattan that is called 'NoHo.' The building is located at 45 Bleecker Street right in front of a stop for the B, ...


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