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Magnus Ostrom: Late Night Playing, Humble Playing

by Bruce Lindsay
March 22, 2011

As the drummer with the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) Magnus Öström became one of the most successful European jazz musicians of the last twenty years. Influenced by a range of musics, his percussion style was a key element of the band's distinctive sound, while the Trio's success over the 15 years of its existence brought it ...

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Roberta Piket: Making a Difference

by Victor L. Schermer
February 28, 2011

Roberta Piket is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger with an exceptional range of expression. In the same tune or performance, she moves fluidly between bebop, hard bop, blues, soft and mellow, up-tempo, contrapuntal, and advanced harmonic motifs, making it all come together in meaningful, coherent statements of ideas and emotions. She thinks hard when she ...

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Eric Vloeimans: V-Flow

by John Kelman
January 18, 2011

Eric VloeimansV-Flow Challenge Records2010 Still on the shy side of fifty, but looking considerably younger--in no small part due to a distinctive image with colorful clothing and funky shoes--it might appear premature to be releasing a five-disc box set that takes a retrospective look at the career of Dutch ...

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Take Five With Neil Alexander

by AAJ Staff
December 25, 2010

Meet Neil Alexander: Jazz musician Neil Alexander was performing, composing and arranging by age 14. In 2007 he released Tugging At The Infinite, his fourth CD with his contemporary electric/acoustic jazz ensemble NAIL. As well as managing his own electric and acoustic ensembles, he does sessions as both player and programmer, and works ...

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New Universe Music Festival: Day 1, November 20, 2010

by John Kelman
November 23, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 The New Universe Music FestivalRaleigh, North CarolinaNovember 20-21, 2010 With so many jazz festivals taking place around the world--and new ones emerging each and every year--just as it's become increasingly challenging, in this world of DIY recordings, for artists to filter through and be heard, how ...

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John Abercrombie Quartet Live at Anthology

by Robert Bush
October 16, 2010

John Abercrombie Quartet Anthology San Diego, CA October 8, 2010 Over the last 40 years, John Abercrombie has earned his spot among the pantheon of jazz guitarists. His liquid tone, mercurial ideas and quicksilver phrasing make him instantly identifiable in just a few notes. His sound, his voice on the ...

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Enrico Pieranunzi with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian at the Village Vanguard

by Warren Allen
August 11, 2010

Enrico Pieranunzi TrioThe Village VanguardNew York, NYJuly 9, 2010 The first full week of July 2010 was a hot one for New York City, marked by record- setting temperatures, sweat-choked subways, and scorched sidewalks. But it also saw a rare appearance by Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi on this side of ...

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Damian Erskine: Playing the Groove

August 10, 2010

Bassist Damian Erskine has released two albums as a leader over the past couple years, including So To Speak (Self Produced, 2010), a fusion album with Latin underpinnings. He's also been playing with his uncle, Peter Erskine, in the veteran drummer's New Trio, performing a series of concerts during 2010 south of the border, in the ...

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Steve Cardenas: From K.C. to N.Y.C.

by Matthew Warnock
July 27, 2010

Kansas City has had a long and storied place in jazz history. From Count Basie, to Charlie Parker and Lester Young, some of the best and brightest in the genre have either been raised or cut their teeth in K.C. While there seems to be an historical tinge to the city whenever its contribution to jazz ...

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