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Article: Extended Analysis

Miles In France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8

Read "Miles In France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8" reviewed by Doug Collette


At the very same time Beatlemania was slowly but surely beginning to engulf the globe, Miles Davis was inexorably proceeding toward what was the most adventurous music of his career. Miles In France -The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 captures a group of musicians led by “The Man with the Horn" on the threshold of forming what ...

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Article: Album Review

Keith Jarrett: The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn

Read "The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn" reviewed by Jack Kenny


Keith Jarrett remarked as he listened to a tape of the session: “I think that you can hear on this tape, what jazz is all about." What did he mean? Was he reacting to criticisms of his long-form improvisations? Was it because he was in a small venue that prioritized jazz? Of course, you ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Vocalist Teodora Brody

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Meet Teodora Brody Born in Romania, and now based in Switzerland, Teodora Brody initially trained in classical jazz and rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s singing with legendary jazz pianist Johnny Răducanu . Acclaimed for her extraordinary vocal power and creative vision, Teodora pioneered the fusion of jazz with Doina--Romania's ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Pianist / Composer Joe Elefante

Read "Take Five with Pianist / Composer Joe Elefante" reviewed by AAJ Staff


About Joe Elefante: Joe has traveled 4 continents playing and conducting jazz and musical theater. Joe founded the Joe Elefante Big Band in 2001, which was the house band at Cecil's Jazz Club for three years, and was featured on ABC's Nightline and in the Wall Street Journal. He was named a Jazz Ambassador by the ...

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Article: Book Review

In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor

Read "In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor" reviewed by Ian Patterson


In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil TaylorPhilip Freeman 344 Pages ISBN: # ISBN 978-3-9553-261-9 Wolke Verlag 2024 “The thing that makes jazz so interesting is that each man is his own academy," Cecil Taylor once said, (quoted by Val Wilmer in Jazz People, Da Capo, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Jazz Worlds of James Baldwin - Part 1

Read "The Jazz Worlds of James Baldwin - Part 1" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


The centennial of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin offers a great opportunity to look into the call and response which has been going on, for decades, between Baldwin's inner world and the world of jazz. Here is a set featuring music inspired by his writings and tunes by musicians we was connected with.

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Article: Catching Up With

Quincy Jones: An Evening With A Legend

Read "Quincy Jones: An Evening With A Legend" reviewed by Solomon J. LeFlore


This article was first published on All About Jazz on October 31, 2014. I love jazz! I love everything about it... the improvisation, syncopation, the forceful rhythm, and the fact that it is truly America's original art form. Its unique and innovative use of brass and woodwind instruments and the piano is jazz. And, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

OJC Trumpet Titans: Miles Davis and Clark Terry

Read "OJC Trumpet Titans: Miles Davis and Clark Terry" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Back in 2007 when the vinyl renaissance began gaining ground in the sales arena, few would have predicted the vast amount of product that has flooded the marketplace, from obscure reissues to the unearthing of many previously unheard gems. While under the leadership of Fantasy, the Original Jazz Classics series ended up reissuing almost a thousand ...

Article: Live Review

Lorenzo Bisogno al Cambiofestival

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Lorenzo Bisogno 4et feat. Cosimo Boni and Massimo Morganti Torri di Properzio Cambiofestival Spello (PG) Date 28 agosto 2024 Nell'ambito della XXIV edizione di Cambiofestival che propone musica, teatro, danza e poesia in varie location dell'Umbria, in prevalenza piccoli borghi, si è esibito il quartetto del giovane sassofonista umbro Lorenzo ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Max Light, Julian Lage, and Irreversible Entanglements

Read "Max Light, Julian Lage, and Irreversible Entanglements" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This program features music from Max Light, Julian Lage, Ornette Coleman, Irreversible Entanglements, Jeff Lederer, and others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Ahmad Jamal “Tangerine" from Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 ...


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