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Article: New York Beat

Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 2

by Nick Catalano
August 16, 2009

Part 1 | Part 2 This seminal documentary continues on the second CD with a scene straight out of a typical Gotham jazz collaboration: singer Gretchen Parlato and pianist Aaron Parks are together in a NYC apartment working out a vocal arrangement. Gretchen is heard commenting on the vagaries of jazz singing and the ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark O'Leary / Matthew Shipp: Labyrinth

Read "Labyrinth" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 28, 2009

Like impressionist painters, guitarist Mark O'Leary and pianist Matthew Shipp execute a colorific sequence of abstracts, consisting of semi-structured theme-building developments and free-form dialogues. With blitzing firepower, the duo also fuses nuance and temperance into the big picture. They dish out linear, micro-motifs amid subtle shadings, and fragmented exchanges, but O'Leary ups the ante during several ...

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Article: Live Review

Vision Festival 2009: Day 6

by John Sharpe
July 19, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 Planet Dream / Fred Anderson Trio / Michelle Rosewoman and Quintessence / Whit Dickey/Eri Yamamoto/Daniel Carter / Peter Brotzmann's Full Blast Trio 14th Annual Vision Festival Abrons Arts Center ...

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Article: Live Review

Vision Festival 2009: Day 5

by John Sharpe
July 17, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 Seth Meicht's Big Sound Ensemble / Bear and Eagle / Darius Jones Trio / Matthew Shipp / Rob Brown Trio / Milford Graves Quartet / Lisa Sokolov Trio / Joe Morris GoGo Mambo 14th Annual ...

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Article: Live Review

Vision Festival 2009: Day 3

by John Sharpe
July 14, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 Yvonne Meier's Scores / David Budbill / William Hooker's Bliss Trio--A Silent Film/Live Music Project / Jason Jordan and Friends / Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble / Sunny Murray Philly Quartet 14th ...

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Article: Album Review

Right Hemisphere: Right Hemisphere

Read "Right Hemisphere" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
May 28, 2009

In the early '80s, saxophonist Rob Brown and pianist Matthew Shipp played as a duo, eventually forming a quartet with William Parker on bass and Whit Dickey on drums and releasing the CD Points on Silkheart in 1990. Flash-forward to the present, where Joe Morris has taken over the bass chair, and the group has released ...

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News: Award / Grant

JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards - Join Us!

May 18, 2009

Mark your calendar! 13th Annual JJA Jazz Awards June 16, 2009 3:00-6:00pm at The Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th Street New York, NY Join us at the JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards as we... Announce our 2009 award winners (see nominees below) Honor winners and nominees ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Three: In the Spirit of Family

by John Kelman
May 4, 2009

Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Three: In the Spirit of Family The Documentary ChannelMay 4, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009In a 2005 AAJ interview, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel bemoaned the loss ...

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Article: In the Artist's Own Words

Mark O'Leary: Plucking the Flower

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 29, 2009

Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary emerged on the global improvised music scene in the last few years, pushing his bold vision and broad scope of musicality through constantly-changing collaborations. O'Leary can cross easily between genres, from progressive, synth-laden rock and seventies fusion to free jazz and abstract soundscapes.The guitarist's encyclopedic interests and remarkable prolificacy are ...

Article: Live Review

Matthew Shipp Quartet

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 2, 2009

Area Sismica - Forlì - 14.2.2009 Dopo le scorribande degli anni scorsi al confine fra jazz ed elettronica, Matthew Shipp è ritornato alla fonte primaria della sua ispirazione: la grande stagione del free jazz classico, con la sua carica di urgenza espressiva e profondità spirituale. Il suo attuale gruppo è formato da musicisti che condividono pienamente ...