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Article: Album Review

Jonathan Kreisberg: Shadowless

Read "Shadowless" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

In a landscape populated by forty-something guitarists like Kurt Rosenwinkel and thirty-something six-stringers like Lage Lund, Jonathan Kreisberg stands alone. Sure, he's got the chops and linguistic sophistication of a group of peers who are the clear next step beyond the innovations of Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Bill Frisell , but what separates Kreisberg is ...

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Article: Live Review

Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

Read "Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Since the informal move of jazz to the cities in the 1930s, the lore and legend of jazz compositions have lain in streets and places. The most common ones were the clubs, where innovations in jazz were ...

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Article: Album Review

SFJAZZ Collective: Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour

Read "Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Despite a format that's become, by definition, formulaic, the SFJAZZ Collective has managed to defy weary predictability, releasing a new collection, each and every year, which pays a most modern tribute to another of jazz's most iconic figures. Every year since 2004, the Collective's members each select music from the chosen artist's discography, creating arrangements with ...

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Coptic Dub

By Matt Penman

Label: Nonplace
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Sierra Alone; 02. Interlude; 03. Iboga Dreamtime; 04. Dagaz Eterna; 05. Polar Sexus; 06. Albino Maori Dub; 07. Desdemona Breathes; 08. Big Amen. Tutte le composizioni sono di Hayden Chisolm tranne la #2,6,7 di Chisolm/Friedman.

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Healing the Music

By Matt Penman

Label: Nonplace
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Chema Chajiuza (Chisolm/Ongaru); 02. Nia Njia (Chisolm/Ongaru/Friedman); 03. Jipe Moyo (Chisolm/Ongaru/Friedman); 04. Embassador (Chisolm/Ongaru); 05. Wimbo Wa Wana (Chisolm/Ongaru); 06. Tenda Wema Dub (Chisolm Friedman); 07. Maisha Haya Kufa Kupona (Chisolm/Ongaru/Friedman); 08. Mwanangu (for Maxim )(Chisolm/Ongaru); 09. Nia Njia Version (Chisolm/Ongaru/Friedman); 0. Tenda Wema (Chisolm/Ongaru).

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Article: Live Review

SFJAZZ Collective at Nighttown

Read "SFJAZZ Collective at Nighttown" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall

SFJAZZ CollectiveNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioOctober 16, 2010 Since 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective, an octet of world-class musicians in the prime of their careers (no “legends" meat wagon, this), has toured the world, spreading the jazz gospel. Two members remain from the initial group--vibes player Stefon Harris and alto saxophonist ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Jazz pianist Mika Pohjola releases "101 Compositions"

One Hundred One compositions by Mika Pohjola is one of most important musical statements to-date by the Finnish-born New York jazz pianist who also writes classical music. In 2009, Pohjola was cited as one of fifty “most influential pianists since 1990," by Jazz, a 700- page book on jazz history, authored by Gary Giddins and Scott ...

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News: Recording

SFJAZZ Records Announces The Release Of SFJAZZ Collective "Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour"

SFJAZZ Records Announces The Release Of SFJAZZ Collective "Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour"

ALL-STAR ENSEMBLE'S LATEST LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION FEATURES THE CLASSIC SONGS OF HORACE SILVER, PLUS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS FROM COLLECTIVE MEMBERS SFJAZZ Collective Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour Miguel Zenón—Alto Saxophone Mark Turner—Tenor Saxophone Avishai Cohen—Trumpet Robin Eubanks—Trombone Stefon Harris—Vibraphone Edward Simon—Piano Matt Penman—Bass

Article: Album Review

The Embassadors feat. Michel Ongaru: Healing the Music

Read "Healing the Music" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

L'incontro avviene nella stanza numero 120 del WAB Hotel di Nairobi, Kenia. Circondati da zanzare ed evangelisti americani, il multi strumentista/cantante keniota Michel Ongaru e il multi strumentista neozelandese Hayden Chisolm, leader degli Embassadors, si tuffano in una full immersion di musica e parole. Chisolm scrive in inglese, Ongaru traduce in Swahili ed ecco servito Healing ...

Article: Album Review

The Embassadors: Coptic Dub

Read "Coptic Dub" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Due anni dopo l'ottimo Healing the Music, The Embassadors assemblano alcune sessions registrate a New York e in Germania nel corso del 2007, del 2008 e del 2009 e ne esce Coptic Dub, sempre per i tipi della Non Place Records, con la supervisione del mago del dub Burnt Friedman. Rispetto all'album d'esordio manca la calda ...


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