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News: Performance / Tour

Medric Collignon Brings Miles Davis to Ottawa!

November 24, 2009

France's 'Enfant Terrible,' Master Jazz Improviser Mederic Collignon, Brings Miles Davis to Ottawa! France's Mederic Collignon will perform improvisational songs inspired by Miles Davis during the iconic trumpeter's electric period (1968-75) with his powerhouse band, Jus de Bocse, on Tuesday, December 1, 7pm at the National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage in a concert presented by the ...

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News: Recording

Miles of Music: Trumpeter's Collection Covers 70 CDs

November 24, 2009

It's a curious irony that at a time when entire music collections can be shrunk down to the size of a couple of sticks of gum, certain music packages keep getting larger. Hot on the heels of the much-celebrated remastered Beatles sets, Sony Legacy is releasing “Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection," a beautiful but ...

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Article: Interview

Christian McBride: Getting the Inside Straight

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
November 24, 2009

If we think about it for a little while, it's possible to believe that there is something almost mystic and undeniably powerful about jazz. The way it developed through the years and its constant ignition-like energy; the creativity of those who lead the way and those who continue the journey today; the improvisation that takes over ...

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News: Interview

Reedman Myron Walden Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

November 23, 2009

In words often used to describe the music of Duke Ellington, Myron Walden is a saxophonist beyond category. More so than many other musicians, Walden himself eschews reliance on any one instrument, not tenor or alto nor soprano nor bass nor ... well, you get the idea. The voice that he is striving to use in ...

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Article: Album Review

Myron Walden: Momentum

by John Kelman
November 23, 2009

Sometimes a break can be the best thing a musician can take. Not getting tired by any means, if a four-year sabbatical from recording as a leader results in as strong a comeback as reedman Myron Walden's, perhaps artists should take breaks more often. A charter member of drummer Brian Blade's Fellowship Band, Walden is back ...

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Article: Interview

Myron Walden: Eclectic Reedman

by Edward Bride
November 23, 2009

In words often used to describe the music of Duke Ellington, Myron Walden is a saxophonist beyond category. More so than many other musicians, Walden himself eschews reliance on any one instrument, not tenor or alto nor soprano nor bass nor... well, you get the idea. The voice that he is striving to use in any ...

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News: Radio

"Miles Davis Radio" to Launch Exclusively on Sirius XM Radio

November 20, 2009

Limited-run channel hosted by Davis' son Erin Davis, his nephew drummer Vince Wilburn Jr. and bassist, producer and writer Marcus Miller Miles Davis Radio to celebrate the music, life and career of one of music's most legendary icons The channel to showcase everything from Davis' collaborations with Charlie Parker at the age of 19 to his ...

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Article: Live Review

Ari Hoenig Quartet: Niu's Jazz & Blues Bar, Bangkok

by Ian Patterson
November 20, 2009

Ari Hoenig Quartet Niu's Jazz & Blues Bar Silom, Bangkok, Thailand November 5, 2009 There is no other drummer quite like New Yorker Ari Hoenig. Watching him play is like marveling at a cross between Animal, the wild drummer of Muppets fame, and Max Roach. His approach to drumming ...

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Article: Live Review

"Birth of the Cool:" Bob Perkins Lectures and the Don Wilson Trio Performs

by Victor L. Schermer
November 19, 2009

Birth of the CoolPerformed by The Don Wilson TrioLecture by Bob PerkinsOctober 25, 2009The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA This writer could think of no better way to spend an autumn Sunday afternoon than to stroll over to the fabled Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ...

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Article: Live Review

Omar Sosa, Jimmy Cobb y Chano Domínguez, 'Kind of Blue' en el festival de Barcelona (V)

by Roan Clay
November 19, 2009

En 2009 se celebra el 50 aniversario de Kind of Blue, un disco que para la mayoría de la gente es el símbolo del jazz. Publicado originalmente en agosto de 1959, el disco más influyente del jazz es también el más vendido, con millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo y cuatro discos de platino (4 ...