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News: Radio

Moja Radio/Weekly Features (12-18 April 2010)

April 10, 2010

This Monday, April 12th, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on one of the most important figures in all of jazz history, HERBIE HANCOCK, on the very day that marks his 70th birthday. You'll hear all about his beginnings in ...

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News: Recording

One Track Mind: Louis Armstrong, "When the Saints Go Marching in" (1938)

April 9, 2010

NICK DERISO: A player of both strength and generosity, Louis Armstrong's influence -- as a soloist, as a pioneer who moved folk music into the realm of artistry, as a personality -- remains incalcuable nearly four decades after his death. There are lines you could draw: No Armstrong, no Lester Young. No Lester Young, ...

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News: Music Industry

Louis Meets Death Metal and Other Audiovisual Musical Mash-Ups: Creative or Obscene?

April 9, 2010

When, back in 1999, Kenny G added his chirpy soprano sax to Louis Armstrongs classic recording of What a Wonderful World, I reeled in disgust. Or, at least, I was very, very annoyed by the thing. Even worse, the popular saxophone owner, in concert, did a duet with an Armstrong video clip. That was obscene, right? ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Amorphous Improv That Ends Screeching to a Halt

April 9, 2010

he keyboardist Wayne Horvitz, the alto saxophonist Briggan Krauss and the percussionist Le Quan Ninh gave it to us straight at the Stone in the East Village on Wednesday night. It was tabula-rasa free improvisation: about an hour long, aggressive but not signifying any particular school, loud and soft but mostly loud, way more gestural than ...

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News: TV / Film

Larry Blumenfeld on HBO's "Treme," in the Village Voice

April 10, 2010

Treme, the new HBO series created by David Simon (The Wire) is the subject of this weeks Village Voice cover story, penned by jazz journalist Larry Blumenfeld. He goes deep with the long, thorough piece, examining how and why Simon seems to be getting everything right with the series, which focuses on musicians and others in ...

News: Event

Jazzbridge.org "First Thrsdays" 2009-2010 Series Final Concert!

April 10, 2010

The final concert in JazzBridge.org's “First Thursdays" 2009-2010 concert series will be held Thursday, May 6th at the Collingswood Community Center at 30 Collings Ave. in Collingswood, NJ. Featured artist will be the band MONKadelphia, featuring Tony Miceli, vibes; Tom Lawton, piano; Chris Farr, tenor sax; Micah Jones, bass; and Jim Miller, drums. In addition to ...

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News: TV / Film

Nicolas Cage's Bad Lieutenant Performance All Miles Davis's Fault

April 10, 2010

“I went on Dick Cavett many years ago and met Miles Davis. And I was talking about things like art synthesis and Picasso and you can do with acting what he did, or with music, and Miles came out and he got it, you know, he was looking at me, he gave me this, like--he nodded ...

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News: Recording

The Ullmann/Swell 4 - News? No News! (Jazzwerkstatt)

April 10, 2010

Finding chemistry in a frontline partner, let alone a band writ-large, is no easy task. German reedist/flautist Gebhard Ullmann has an uncanny knack for doing just that. His rewarding association with trombonist Steve Swell dates back over half a decade to a fateful quartet session for CIMP. Bassist Hilliard Greene and drummer Barry Altschul were the ...

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News: Recording

Ari Ambrose and Stephen Riley - Tenor Treats 2 (Steeplechase)

April 10, 2010

Resuming right where its companion volume left off, this disc delivers another stimulating hour-plus colloquy between its co-leaders. Tenorist Ari Ambrose gets top billing on the tray card, but it's very much an affair of equals, onset to finish. Stephen Riley is the more overtly mercurial and idiosyncratic of the two frontline partners. His lushly-conceived tone ...

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News: Recording

Geri Allen - Flying Toward the Sound (Motema)

April 10, 2010

As with Mary Lou Williams before her, Geri Allen is a pianist unencumbered by extrinsic stylistic boundaries. Williams' influential music ran a gamut from pre-swing to free, pulling in blues, gospel and folk facets to form a compositional language resolutely of her cast. Allen occupies a comparable space in her philosophy toward the ivories. This latest ...