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Article: Album Review

Matt Slocum: Portraits

Read "Portraits" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

Matt Slocum's multicolored traps--at times forceful or delicate, creatively painting varied tempos with the essence of swing--define the drummer's debut, Portraits. Hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota, Slocum's introduction carries forward the torch of patriarchs Max Roach and Elvin Jones amongst others, but he also carves out his own rhythmic patterns with young contemporaries such as Eric ...

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Ben Monder On the Side: Brian Charette & Mika Pohjola

Read "Ben Monder On the Side: Brian Charette & Mika Pohjola" reviewed by Laurel Gross

by Laurel Gross

Brian CharetteUpsideSteepleChase2009 Mika PohjolaNorthern SunriseBlueMusicGroup2009 There's a reason why, at Ben Monder performances, the guitar geeks sit in the first row. He is an outstanding soloist, inventive improviser and ...

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Matt Slocum: Portraits

Read "Portraits" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes

Drummer Matt Slocum makes a memorable debut with Portraits, an eloquent and sophisticated collection of mostly original compositions, interpreted smartly by the leader, pianist Gerald Clayton and bassist Massimo Biolcati. The trio tunes here define crispness and diversity, whether it's Clayton's nimble piano on “Cambria," Slocum's quicksilver drumming on the workout “Shadows" or ...

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Article: Live Review

32nd Cape May Jazz Festival: Tribute to the Count

Read "32nd Cape May Jazz Festival: Tribute to the Count" reviewed by Tara Nurin

by Tara Nurin

Cape May Jazz Festival: Tribute to the Legendary Count Basie Cape May, New Jersey November 6-9, 2009 There may have been two male performers headlining the 32nd Cape May Jazz Festival, but in truth it was the women and children who stole the show. The big draw, as advertised in ...

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Litchfield Jazz Festival 2009

Read "Litchfield Jazz Festival 2009" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman

Litchfield Jazz FestivalKent, ConnecticutJuly 31-August 2, 2009 For two and a half days this past weekend, jazz invaded Connecticut with the arrival of the 14th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. This year, in a new home on the Kent School grounds in Kent, Connecticut, this major musical event, hosted by WBGO broadcaster and jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Daniela Schachter: Purple Butterfly

Read "Purple Butterfly" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

A gifted vocalist who just happens to also play the piano quite well, Daniela Schachter conjures up comparisons to the great Diana Krall on Purple Butterfly, an offering of contemporary jazz vocals covered with a bit of honey and a taste of Italy. This Sicilian-born, New York-based artist possesses distinctive high-pitch voice, which she employs on ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Alyssa Graham Performs Two Shows at Lincoln Center Jazz

Alyssa Graham Performs Two Shows at Lincoln Center Jazz

Alyssa Graham performs from her critically acclaimed new album Echo out now on Sunnyside Records. She will do two shows on Monday, April 27th at Lincoln Center Jazz--Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola as part of the annual “Sing Into Spring" festival. Echo was named one of the: “Top 10 Vocal Albums of 2008" --iTunes ...

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Persona

By Massimo Biolcati

Label: ObliqSound
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Beginning; Deconstruction; Wise Way; Transference; TT; Winterhouse; Hopeless Dream To Be; Under July; Scandinavia.

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Massimo Biolcati: Persona

Read "Persona" reviewed by Martin Gladu

by Martin Gladu

Given the industry's current state of affairs, maintaining a record label, let alone an improvisatory music based one, requires creativity to say the least. One such venture to really start garnering attention to itself is Michele Locatelli's six year-old ObliqSound. While theirs is still a relatively young history, the New School University alum and the label's ...


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