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Article: Album Review

John Abercrombie Quartet: 39 Steps

by Andrew Luhn
October 14, 2013

Guitarist John Abercrombie has had a long and successful association with ECM records and for his latest release, 39 Steps, he completes his quartet with a piano. Abercombie had success with this format in the 1970s with Richie Beirach, George Mraz, and Peter Donald, but in the past 10 years his ECM releases have been more ...

Article: Extended Analysis

39 Steps

by John Kelman
October 8, 2013

John Abercrombie has rarely played with pianists, at least in his own groups and throughout his extensive discography as a leader for ECM Records that began with the immediate classic, 1975's Timeless. Other than a brief reunion with that record's group for 1984's Night, the veteran guitarist has, in fact, only recorded with one other piano-based ...

Article: Record Label Profile

Dot Time Records: Placing the Artist in the Center

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 2, 2013

One of the problems with the record industry is the potential distance between label owners and artists. This is especially the case with major labels, where there are many people involved in music production who care more about sales than the vision of the artist. Then there's a label like Dot Time Records ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Drew Gress: The Sky Inside

by John Kelman
May 27, 2013

Bassist Drew Gress returns with the same quintet with whom he's been recording since 2005's 7 Black Butterflies (Premonition). Don't fix it if it ain't broke, they say, and if, with the addition of trumpeter Ralph Alessi to the core quartet that also recorded 2001's Spin & Drift (Premonition (and with Craig Taborn replacing original pianist ...

News: Recording

Blake Meister Releases Debut CD "Septagon" on Inner Circle Music

March 25, 2013

Jazz bassist and composer Blake Meister has released his debut album, Septagon. The album consists entirely of original compositions, ranging from the off-center blues of the title cut to the evocative imagery of “Sunset" and the engaging tone poem “Market East." “Blake Meister's debut release is filled with inspired writing performed by dedicated educators who are ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet John Kelman

by AAJ Staff
March 7, 2013

I currently live in: Ottawa, Canada I joined All About Jazz in: 2004 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? After deciding to start writing about music in about 2001, and starting at smaller websites, I was approached by All About Jazz in late 2003, with the question: “We've ...

Album

Some More Love Songs

By Marc Copland

Label: Pirouet Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: I Don't Know Where I Stand; My Funny Valentine; Eighty One; Rainbow's End; I've Got You Under My Skin; I Remember You; When I Fall In Love.

Album

Impressions

By Marc Copland

Label: Hat Hut Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Cry Want; Maiden Voyage; Impressions; WTC; Blue in Green; Lester Leaps In; When You’re Smiling; Blackbeard.

Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2012

by Dan McClenaghan
December 21, 2012

Scores of excellent CDs were released in 2012. These are some of the finest. Click on the CD titles for more in depth reviews. Hal Galper Airegin Revisited Origin Records Pianist Hal Galper has been delving deeply into his rubato explorations of the standards, along with his ...

Article: Interview

Bob Mintzer: Amazing Reach

by Bob Kenselaar
November 12, 2012

For about half of his four decade-long career in jazz, Bob Mintzer has been a member of the Yellowjackets, one of the most enduring, distinctive and creative bands in contemporary jazz. But, oddly enough, this association is a relatively small slice of Mintzer's remarkably multifaceted life in music as a saxophonist, bass clarinetist, composer, arranger, educator ...