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Article: Album Review

Karl Berger and Dom Minasi: Synchronicity

Read "Synchronicity" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Pianist/vibraphonist Karl Berger and guitarist Dom Minasi are both forward-thinking and experienced composers, improvisers and educators, with discographies that goes back to the 1960s--including, in the case of Berger, collaborations with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry and Carla Bley; and, with Minasi, 1970s work with Joe McPhee and Matthew Shipp. Synchronicity's twelve freely improvised ...

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Article: Live From Philadelphia

March-April 2012: Dan Hanrahan, Matthew Shipp, Danilo Perez, Aerial Photograph

Read "March-April 2012: Dan Hanrahan, Matthew Shipp, Danilo Perez, Aerial Photograph" reviewed by RJ Johnson

by RJ Johnson

Dan Hanrahan TrioMoonstone Arts CenterFebruary 22, 2012The Moonstone Arts Center, one of Philadelphia's more successful outlets for jazz music, has been growing in popularity amongst local musicians as a venue geared towards supporting original music. Dan Hanrahan, a guitarist well versed in jazz tradition, led his organ trio through a ...

Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp with Mat Maneri & Joe Morris: Duos

Read "Duos" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Duos riunisce alcuni brani tratti da Thesis, duetto di Matthew Shipp con il chitarrista Joe Morris datato 1997, e altri tratti da Gravitational Systems, album registrato l'anno successivo da Shipp con il violinista Mat Maneri. La perfetta alternanza dei brani tra un'incisione e l'altra non è un semplice escamotage organizzativo ma un segnale di circolarità espressiva ...

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Article: Album Review

Dan Cray: Meridies

Read "Meridies" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

There is nothing iconoclastic about pianist Dan Cray. He derives his piano style more from Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones than Matthew Shipp or Ran Blake. He has been driving a trio through four previous recordings: Who Cares (Cray Sounds, 2001); No One (Blujazz productions, 2003); Save Us! (Blujazz productions, 2005); and Over Here Over Heard ...

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News: Event

International Jazz Day Album Guide

Steve Holtje, editor of MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide (Visible Ink), has written a 50-album guide covering the development from jazz, ranging from Louis Armstrong to Matthew Shipp, for CultureCatch.com. He writes: “Monday, April 30, is International Jazz Day, proclaimed by UNESCO goodwill ambassador Herbie Hancock. There will be streaming concerts and much more on ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With James Brandon Lewis

Read "Take Five With James Brandon Lewis" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet James Brandon Lewis: Saxophonist/composer James Brandon Lewis was exposed to jazz, gospel, and R&B and at an early age began his journey into the realm of music. He attended Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts located in Buffalo NY. Upon graduating, James would continue his musical pursuit At Howard University, where ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Matthew Shipp Trio Record Release Celebration at Philadelphia Art Alliance on March 9

Matthew Shipp Trio Record Release Celebration at Philadelphia Art Alliance on March 9

Friday, March 9, 8pm MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street, $15 Please join Ars Nova Workshop for the Philadelphia debut of the Matthew Shipp Trio. Following 2011's spectacular The Art Of The Improviser LP, tonight Shipp's Trio celebrates the ...

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Article: Album Review

Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties

Read "Family Ties" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Family Ties is São Paulo-born saxophonist Ivo Perelman's sixteenth release for Leo Records and the sixth named after one of Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector's intense psychological works of fiction. Each of the record's six pieces is similarly titled after a short story from the aforementioned collection, yet the album's designation offers a broader, more salient interpretation ...

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Article: Album Review

Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties

Read "Family Ties" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Her boyfriend might have left Janis Joplin with nothing, as she asserts in her classic version of Kris Kristofferson's “Me and Bobby McGee," but Ivo Perelman refutes Joplin's claim that “freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose" on Family Ties.The Brazilian saxophonist has returned to recording with a deluge of releases, this ...

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Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects

Read "Elastic Aspects" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Even with a discography amassing over 40 releases under his own name, pianist Matthew Shipp continues to justify the plaudits. Sometimes it can be hard to find new things to say about artists who have been active over such a lengthy period, but Shipp keeps ringing the changes to provide talking points. Unlike the stellar live ...


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