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Tiddy Boom

By Michael Blake

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. Skinny Dip; 2. Tiddy Boom; 3. Hawk's Last Rhumba; 4. Boogaloop; 5. Coastline; 6. Letters in Disguise; 7. A Good Day for Pres; 8. The Ambassadors.

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Article: Album Review

Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom

Read "Tiddy Boom" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini

Michael Blake cita espressamente tre sassofonisti nelle rarefatte note di copertina di questo album: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young e Ross Taggart. I primi due sono la fonte di ispirazione di questo eccellente Tiddy Boom, mentre Taggart viene menzionato soprattutto per ricordarne la figura, di recente scomparsa. Ma non sarebbe sbagliato tirare fuori dall'armadio anche ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom

Read "Tiddy Boom" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Tenor saxophonist Michael Blake has played a prominent factor within the backbone of New York's progressive jazz scene, having performed with big bands, small ensembles and on Tiddy Boom, re-aligning with New York Jazz Collective comrades, pianist Frank Kimbrough and bassist Ben Allison. In-demand session drummer Rudy Royston complements a group that proffers sympathetic support to ...

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Article: Album Review

Scott Neumann Neu3 Trio: Blessed

Read "Blessed" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Questo disco nasce dal desiderio del batterista Scott Neumann di incidere in trio con Michael Blake, sassofonista conosciuto nel lontano 1985 e successivamente incrociato in vari progetti. La storia musicale, la personalità e la mentalità aperta di Mark Helias sono gli elementi che hanno successivamente portato il leader a scegliere senza tentennamenti il contrabbassista. Nasce così ...

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Article: Catching Up With

John Lurie's Art For Art's Sake

Read "John Lurie's Art For Art's Sake" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The release of The Invention Of Animals (Amulet, 2014) finds the return of saxophonist and visual artist John Lurie to the musical spotlight he left nearly twenty years ago. First recognized in the late 1970s for his Downtown band The Lounge Lizards, a band that introduced many listeners to artists such as Marc Ribot, Michael Blake, ...

Album

One from None

By Michael Blake

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. One from None (Bates); 02. Van Gogh (Bates); 03. Dogfish (Bates); 04. Recurring Dream (Blaser); 05. Balance (Bates); 06. Uncertain Salvo (Bates); 07. Rising Moon (Blaser); 08. It Began to Get Dark (Blaser).

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Article: Interview

Ted Nash: The Goal Is Creativity

Read "Ted Nash: The Goal Is Creativity" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

A New York City morning often starts early, sometimes 6 a.m., for this musician who is trying to elongate the hours available in a day. There's a lot to get to. Practicing the saxophone or flute. Sitting down to go through the elusive and demanding task of writing music worthy of the plateau, which these days ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Bates - Samuel Blaser Quintet: One from None

Read "One from None" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

L'idea di mettere in piedi una band prende corpo già nel lontano 2004 ma, a causa dei numerosi impegni dei due leader, bisogna attendere il dicembre del 2011 per veder entrare in sala di registrazione il trombonista Samuel Blaser e il bassista Michael Bates. Sono sufficienti poche ore per dare forma compiuta ai nove brani di ...

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Article: Live Review

Fondazione Siena Jazz Summer Workshop 2013

Read "Fondazione Siena Jazz Summer Workshop 2013" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Fondazione Siena Jazz Summer WorkshopSiena, ItalyJuly 24-August 7, 2013While there are those who continue to suggest that the death knell for jazz has been sounded--and loudly--they're clearly not looking at the vast number of young musicians studying the music, both privately and, increasingly, in university programs. It's hard to imagine that only fifty ...

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Article: Album Review

Scott Neumann Neu3 Trio: Blessed

Read "Blessed" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

As it is written, in the end we will all stand naked before our God. Be it Yahweh, Gitchi Manitou, Sam Walton or, in drummer Scott Neumann's case, Elvin Jones, there is no time better than right now to make preparations.His bags get packed to meet the his maker on Blessed. The denuded state ...


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