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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The State of the Trombone 2009: Steve Davis and Luis Bonilla

Read "The State of the Trombone 2009: Steve Davis and Luis Bonilla" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Jazz offers ample opportunity to hear diametrically opposed ideas and approaches coming from similar ensembles (and sometimes the same ensemble, as with saxophonist John Coltrane). Consider, on one side, the middle-of-the-road, mainstream, standards jazz made early on by trumpeter Miles Davis and the free jazz of saxophonist Ornette Coleman. The trombone has had players in both ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The State of the Piano 2009: Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams

Read "The State of the Piano 2009: Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

The jazz palette is long and wide. Within any given performance format there exist seminal artists as different as saxophonists John Coltrane and Lester Young, trumpeters Miles Davis and Lester Bowie, and pianists Art Tatum and Gene Harris. When speaking of solo piano performances, two beacons performing today are Cyrus Chestnut and Jessica Williams. ...

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Article: Album Review

Gary Peacock / Marc Copland: Insight

Read "Insight" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

At this point, pianist Marc Copland (born 1948) and bassist Gary Peacock (born 1939) have achieved high priest status in the jazz world. Peacock's quarter-plus century run in Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio is legendary and ongoing, aside from his numerous other outings as a sideman, and a handful of sets in the leader's seat. Copland is ...

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News: Music Industry

Miles Davis Lived Here

Miles Davis Lived Here

The 1983 Buff and Hensman contemporary on the west end of Malibu was a beachfront hangout for the jazz legend Miles Davis. Ocean views and a bountiful flower and vegetable garden create a peaceful setting for this 1983 Buff and Hensman beachfront house at the west end of Malibu that once was home to jazz trumpeter ...

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Article: Live Review

Manhattan Transfer: Live in Albany, NY

Read "Manhattan Transfer: Live in Albany, NY" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

The Manhattan TransferThe EggAlbany, N.Y.Sept. 25, 2009 The Manhattan Transfer vocal group--they of the multiple Grammy awards (10) and strong allegiance to jazz--shows no signs of wear and tear after some 35 years performing and recording. The group has just released The Chick Corea Songbook on Four Quarters Entertainment, ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Stuart Rosh

Read "Take Five With Stuart Rosh" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Stuart Rosh:Stuart Rosh (born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a songwriter and singer who lives in San Francisco. Over the years he's lived in Italy, Israel and throughout the US. The child of Polish/Ukrainian immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Stuart grew up listening to and performing Yiddish (his first language), Russian and religious music. From ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

The Story of Jazz Trumpet

Read "The Story of Jazz Trumpet" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

The trumpet was the lead instrument in early jazz: it is the loudest solo instrument, the natural leader of a group of individuals, if you will. So, early trumpet pioneer Buddy Bolden (there is a photograph of him with a jazz band in 1894!) is most likely the first known jazzman simply because he was a ...

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Article: Album Review

Barbra Streisand: Love Is The Answer

Read "Love Is The Answer" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush

On paper it must have seemed like a stroke of genius. Pair Barbra Streisand, the most successful vocalist in the world with Diana Krall, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful jazz stylist, turn them loose in the studio with selections from the Great American Songbook and wait for the magic.Unfortunately, there's no magic and ...

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Article: Album Review

Gary Peacock / Marc Copland: Insight

Read "Insight" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Gary Peacock and pianist Marc Copland have been working together for nearly 20 years, though most often in a trio setting. Peacock was Copland's bassist of choice on two of his New York Trio Recordings trilogy sets— Modhina (2006) and Voices (2007), both on the German Pirouet label. But for a pianist who mines dark, impressionistic ...

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Article: Album Review

The Remote Viewers: Sinister Heights

Read "Sinister Heights" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Reedmen David Petts and Adrian Northover form the crux of The Remote Viewers, a band that gained notoriety via several albums for the largely avant-garde and progressive jazz-based Leo Records. But this double CD release marks the duo's third release as an Indie record label entity. Here, they employ several instrumentalists, including British free-jazz denizens, bassist ...


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