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Montreal Jazz Festival: Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 7, 2012

by Greg Thomas
August 21, 2012

Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2012From the time of the airplane's descent to the airport in Montréal, I knew something was different and perhaps special about this place. Instead of a square or rectangular grid style of suburban housing plots, from my window I saw circular formations of housing, ...

Article: Album Review

Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio

Read "Black Radio" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
March 29, 2012

Evoking the fruitful jazz and pop crossover efforts of the 1970s, pianist Robert Glasper's Experiment infuses improvisational sensibilities into an array of contemporary black music traditions, from R&B and neo-soul to funk and hip-hop. Glasper is no stranger to such collaborations; in addition to leading his own acoustic and electric ensembles, he is music director of ...

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Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio

Read "Black Radio" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 17, 2012

Robert Glasper's love for the music of his upbringing is deep. The sounds of hip hop, R&B, and urban soul music are intrinsically linked to a brilliant young jazz pianist who has gigged with jazz icons, headlined his own bands, and released a number of noteworthy recordings, including 2007's In My Element (Bluenote) and 2009's Double ...

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Article: Interview

Noah Haidu: Carving Out His Place

by R.J. DeLuke
November 21, 2011

New York-based pianist Noah Haidu came to jazz through the blues, listening to the searing, soulful guitar moans of Buddy Guy and Albert King. But his training, at the age of six, had its advent in classical music. He also likes to experiment with electronics.All these things go into the musical blender of one ...

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Miles Davis Tribute Band: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 10, 2011

by R.J. DeLuke
July 19, 2011

Miles Davis Tribute BandNorth Sea Jazz FestivalRotterdam, the NetherlandsJuly 10, 2011 As bassist Marcus Miller noted during the Miles David Tribute Band set at the North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam, it hardly seems like Davis has been gone for 20 years. Maybe, he surmised, it's because the spirit of Miles ...

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Article: Interview

Matt Penman: Down on James Farm

by R.J. DeLuke
May 3, 2011

Matt Penman and his bass have inhabited a variety of musical places and spaces in recent years, all of them on a very high level. That speaks to his abilities on his instrument, and his adaptability to diverse situations. He of the fluid hands, rich sound and steady, melodic pulse always comes through. That's why he's ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Meshell Ndegeocello: Three Nights of Prince Covers

February 16, 2011

TWO SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES; ONE IN OAKLAND AND ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO Meshell Ndegeocello will be performing four shows on the West Coast next month: March 3 and 10 at Cafe Largo in Los Angeles, March 12 at The New Parish in Oakland, and March 13 at the Independent in San Francisco. For the March ...

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Linda Oh: Persevering Against the Odds

by Mark F. Turner
October 26, 2010

In an arena that is overwhelmingly dominated by her male counterparts, bassist Linda May-Han Oh is going to be a force with which to be reckoned. Her auspicious, self-produced debut, Entry (2009), was lauded by critics, and was one of pianist Vijay Iyer's top picks for 2009. Born in Malaysia and living in New York, Oh ...

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Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up: Actionspeak

Read "Actionspeak" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 15, 2010

Actionspeak, by drummer Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, operates as an updated take on Miles Davis' 1960s quintet idea. As a working band, the combination of Fujiwara with bassist Danton Boller, trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist Brian Settles presents musical entertainment, more than intellectual device, while advancing the ideology of jazz as ...

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Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 at Rockwood Music Hall, September 25 at Midnight

August 10, 2010

Josh Roseman's Joshua 3 Saturday, September 25, 2010 At Midnight Free Admission Rockwood Music Hall (Second Stage) 196 Allen Street New York, New York 10002 Trombonist and composer Josh Roseman brings his “Joshua 3" group to Rockwood Music Hall for the first time on Saturday, September 25 at midnight. He will ...