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Article: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note

Read "Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...

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Article: Album Review

Sonny Fortune: Last Night At Sweet Rhythm

Read "Last Night At Sweet Rhythm" reviewed by Chuck Koton

by Chuck Koton

Jellyfish plumes of toxic smoke may no longer hover in the air, but clinking glasses, persistent waiters and the intermittent roaring of drink mixers still conspire to diminish a jazz lover's listening pleasure at a live nightclub performance. Yet, somehow, spontaneous improvisation--the lifeblood of jazz--and the intimate interactions among the musicians and the audience, combine in ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Azar Lawrence: Mystic Journey

Read "Azar Lawrence: Mystic Journey" reviewed by Chuck Koton

by Chuck Koton

Azar LawrenceMystic JourneyFurthermore Recordings2010 Unlike many who stumble in the darkness for years, tenor and soprano saxophonist Azar Lawrence discovered his way in life early, knowing that he would be journeying down a road filled with music. By the time he turned 21, Lawrence had already played with ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Miles Davis

Jazz Musician of the Day: Miles Davis

All About Jazz is celebrating Miles Davis' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Miles DavisThroughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate... more ...

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Article: Interview

Eddie Marshall: Search and Recall

Read "Eddie Marshall: Search and Recall" reviewed by Josep Pedro

by Josep Pedro

Legendary drummer and composer Eddie Marshall has been kicking hard for more than 50 years. He has played in R&B bands and in different types of jazz combos, in collaboration with musicians including Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Burrell, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, The Pointer Sisters and Dionne Warwick, among others. Furthermore, he's recorded his own music [Holy ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Waitiki 7: New Sounds Of Exotica

Read "The Waitiki 7: New Sounds Of Exotica" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

The Waitiki 7New Sounds Of ExoticaPass Out Records2010 As kitsch as a Jeff Koons Valentine card, and as camp as a Liberace Christmas TV special, exotica first flourished, primarily in the US, between the mid-1950s and the early 1960s. As the Pacific returned to peace after the ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Aliso

Read "Aliso" reviewed by J Hunter

by J Hunter

For Aliso, reedman David Binney wanted to get back to “doing things that have been part of my life since I was a kid." It's clear that any time is a good time for a happy childhood, because both Binney and his band dive into Aliso like 10 year-olds on vacation at Disney World. The opening ...

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Article: Live Review

Bobby Zankel, Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, and Rudresh Mahanthappa at Montgomery County Community College

Read "Bobby Zankel, Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, and Rudresh Mahanthappa at Montgomery County Community College" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Special Guest Rudresh MahanthappaScience Center Theater, Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PennsylvaniaMay 8, 2010 This concert offered a stimulating blast of music from the outer stratosphere of modern jazz, performed by cutting-edge musicians who are among a handful who can truly ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

Read "Horace to Max" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Though best known for his drum work on key 1960s Blue Note sessions with artists including vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Andrew Hill and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Joe Chambers has gradually built a reputation as an equally distinctive composer and mallet player. Horace to Max is more heavily weighted towards cover material from Shorter, bassist Marcus Miller, ...

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Article: Album Review

Iron Kim Style: Iron Kim Style

Read "Iron Kim Style" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

Iron Kim Style is quite humorous but serious too--The eponymous debut of an improvisational jazz-rock quintet that is: Built around two guitars, with no keyboards, plus trumpet and bass clarinet as the other solo voices; named for both the North Korean dictator and the martial arts style instructed by Grandmaster “Iron" Kim; and, creative home for ...


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