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Article: Interview

Scott Tinkler: Trumpet Down Under

by Ludwig vanTrikt
August 4, 2009

Bassist/composer Lindsey Horner recently said, “I think one thing that has really changed in the past quarter century is that the music has become so broad, so truly international and genre-encompassing that the days when jazz was one very definable, finite thing are well and truly gone." These remarks also serve to introduce this interview with ...

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Article: Live From New York

July 2009

by AAJ Staff
July 4, 2009

Smoke Big BandSmokeNew York City June 4, 2009When the Smoke Big Band, under the direction of Bill Mobley, crowded onto the Smoke bandstand for its second set (Jun. 4th), the focus was on music by '80s-era Jazz Messengers alumni: Billy Pierce, Donald Brown and Mulgrew Miller. Mobley is a trumpeter, ...

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Article: Album Review

Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio

Read "Paloma Recio" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 28, 2009

To use a rock 'n' roll analogy, saxophonist Tony Malaby is the Mick Jagger to Joe Lovano's Paul McCartney. It's not that anyone has to choose sides, but if the classic Paul Motian band (featuring Lovano) was The Beatles, then Malaby's Paloma Recio quartet is the Rolling Stones. Without having to choose sides, Paloma ...

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Article: Profile

Herb Robertson: Abandon in the Moment

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
March 25, 2009

Amid a whorl of scraped cello, tenor sax squawks, and bass clarinet blats, trumpeter Herb Robertson paused, his eyes closed in concentration. With NSA-like hearing ability, he pierced the action with a bracing note that crystallized the unfurling improvisation. The intent listening and bold responses displayed during saxophonist Lotte Anker's January show at The Stone typify ...

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Article: Live From New York

February 2009

by AAJ Staff
February 7, 2009

Jeff “Tain" WattsJeff Tain" WattsWinter JazzfestLe Poisson RougeNew York City January 10, 2009The big draw of Winter Jazzfest was drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts' midnight set at Le Poisson Rouge Jan. 10th in honor of Max Roach's birthday, with Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Branford Marsalis (tenor and soprano ...

Album

Strange Unison

By Mark Helias

Label: Radio Legs
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Graveling - 6:35; 2. Blue Light Down The Line - 9:33; 3. Sonic Rights - 5:19; 4. CBJ 3:57; 5. Illustrate - 5:53; 6. Circling - 4:24; 7. Johns And Marks - 4:50; 8. Irrational - 4:18; 9. Silent Stutter - 6:02.

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Article: Profile

Ray Anderson

by Martin Longley
December 20, 2008

The trombonist Ray Anderson inhabits two simultaneous worlds. He's dedicated to exploring new vocabularies at the furthest reaches of what folks call jazz music, making his initial mark with fellow Chicagoan Anthony Braxton in the late '70s. He's also deeply attuned to the New Orleans roots of the music, reveling in the very vocal nature of ...

Article: Album Review

Open Loose: Strange Unison

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 20, 2008

Per qualche strana ragione, il trio Open Loose del contrabbassista Mark Helias non gode della fama che spetterebbe ad un trio di questo calibro. Una lacuna che riflette quanto avviene, sul piano individuale, con i singoli componenti del gruppo. Tutti ottimi musicisti. Anzi, fantastici musicisti. E però, quando si parla di grandi contrabbassisti quasi mai compare ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Mark Helias: The Struggle Continues, Dance of the Soothsayer

by Stuart Broomer
May 4, 2008

Dewey Redman The Struggle Continues ECM 2007 Dennis Gonzalez Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (Live at Tonic) Clean Feed 2007 Open Loose Strange Unison Radio Legs ...

News: Performance / Tour

A Month of Wednesdays at Barbes - May 2008

May 1, 2008

Concerts every Wednesday in May, 2008. Two sets per evening, 8 & 10 pm. $10 cover Wednesday May 7, 2008 8pm William Parker/Mark Helias duo 10pm Duo Mark Helias/Tim Berne A Month of Wednesdays at Barbes 376 9th St Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-965-9177 Sets at 8 & 10 pm $10 ...