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Article: Interview

Maxine Gordon: The Legacy of Dexter Gordon

by Victor L. Schermer
March 19, 2012

Legendary tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was a focal point of the bebop and hard bop revolutions. Later in his career, he achieved the status of an American icon with his lead role in Bernard Tavernier's 1986 film, Round Midnight, which garnered him an Academy Award nomination. His “homecoming" in New York City, after living in Europe ...

Article: Big Band Report

Bob Brookmeyer: Jack of All Trades, Master of Valves

by Jack Bowers
February 5, 2012

Bob Brookmeyer, a Renaissance man among jazz musicians who died December 15, 2011, four days before his eighty-second birthday, will be remembered as many things: composer, arranger, musician, educator, outspoken arbiter who brooked no nonsense and wasn't shy about letting others know when he believed they were not giving the music he loved the best they ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet:The Storyteller

by Ian Patterson
November 24, 2010

Randy Weston African Rhythms SextetThe StorytellerMotema Records2010 It's almost fifty years since pianist/composer Randy Weston first played in Africa and he has returned many times since--three times alone this year, 2010--absorbing the endless rhythms and colors of the mother continent. Perhaps more than any of his contemporaries Weston ...

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Article: Interview

Randy Weston: African Stories, African Rhythms

by Ian Patterson
November 8, 2010

In over 60 years as a leader, pianist Randy Weston has achieved an incredible amount. He has recorded nearly 50 albums and has been hailed in the process as the natural heir to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Three times he has been voted Downbeat's composer of the year, and his compositions have been recorded by ...

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Article: Book Review

The Autobiography of Randy Weston: African Rhythms

by Ian Patterson
October 14, 2010

The Autobiography of Randy Weston: African RhythmsRandy Weston / Willard JenkinsHardcover; 344 pagesISBN: 978-0-8223-4784-2Duke University Press2010 It's hard to think of another jazz musician who has promoted the African roots of jazz with quite the missionary zeal of pianist Randy Weston. Weston's African ...

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Article: Big Band Report

"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name

by Jack Bowers
June 8, 2009

With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...

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Melba Liston and Her 'Bones

By Melba Liston

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Christmas Eve; What's My Line Theme; You Don't Say; Dark Before Dawn; Pow; Blues Melba; Trolley Song; Wonder Why; Insomnia; Very Syrian Business; Never Do An Abadanian; Zagred This.

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Article: Album Review

Melba Liston: Melba Liston and Her 'Bones

Read "Melba Liston and Her 'Bones" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
June 2, 2006

Finding an obscure recording, especially one of quality, can be exciting for jazz enthusiasts. This reissue of Melba Liston's only recording as a leader, originally released by the short-lived Metro Jazz label half a century ago, is cause for celebration. The reissued Melba Liston and Her 'Bones also includes four tracks from another session which was ...