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Article: Album Review

Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet: Underdog And Other Stories...

Read "Underdog And Other Stories..." reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 17, 2009

Ignore the fact that pianist Ted Kooshian regularly covers cartoon and TV music in his quartet and what's left is an appreciation for music that swings exceptionally hard, and a passion for each tune that is anything but “animated." Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet has produced its second volume of music, Underdog And Other Stories..., following a ...

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News: Interview

Guitarist Robben Ford Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

September 14, 2009

Few guitarists on the scene today can boast a longer, more diverse and accomplished career than that of perennial blues-jazz great Robben Ford. Having toured and recorded as a sideman with such legendary performers as Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt and Miles Davis, Ford has also made a name for himself as a bandleader, instrumental ...

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Article: Interview

Robben Ford: From the Soul

by Matthew Warnock
September 14, 2009

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Article: Album Review

Robben Ford: Soul on Ten

Read "Soul on Ten" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 14, 2009

While he's largely lived in the blues world for much of his career, guitarist Robben Ford has always been defined by a jazz sensibility. Sure, there's the grease and grit of overdriven, wah-wah'd electric guitar and a strong, rock-hard backbeat; but Ford's language since Robben Ford and the Blue Line (Stretch, 1992) has been a compelling ...

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Article: Album Review

Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus

Read "Saxophone Colossus" reviewed by Eric J. Iannelli

by Eric J. Iannelli
September 14, 2009

Bass drum. High hat. A primal, hollow beat in triple succession. The sequence repeats, increasingly accentuated with quick rim shot bursts and precision hits to the tom. Then, stage set, the sax leaps in. A bright Caribbean calypso melody, its refrain only twelve notes long. Its vibrancy and simplicity give it an instantaneous appeal--fitting, given the ...

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Article: Film Review

Fillmore: The Last Days

by Doug Collette
September 13, 2009

Various Artists Fillmore:The Last Days Rhino 2009 The growing wave of reminiscence around the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock festival may be just the beginning of a nostalgia tide for this golden era of rock. Fillmore: The Last Days chronicles not just the music but also the burgeoning rock ...

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Article: Film Review

Miles Davis: That's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987

by Graham L. Flanagan
September 13, 2009

Miles DavisThat's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987 Eagle Eye Media2009The idea that Miles Davis “lost his chops" sometime after the '70s has been stated many times. This DVD offers proof that they simply evolved along with the changing musical landscape in order to be (as Miles says ...

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Article: Profile

Roger Rosenberg: Baritone Madness

by John Coltelli
September 11, 2009

It was a late morning in a junior high school located in Long Beach, New York when a lonely, rarely used baritone saxophone chose an adolescent student named Roger Rosenberg as its sole and rightful owner. Moved by his music teachers' offer that whoever was willing to learn the instrument could own it, the youthful student ...

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Article: Live Review

Mary Ellen Desmond and Her Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia

by Victor L. Schermer
September 10, 2009

Mary Ellen Desmond and QuartetChris' Jazz CafePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAugust 22, 2009 A late August thunderstorm and drenching rain didn't keep the faithful from coming out to hear Philly favorite vocalist Mary Ellen Desmond and her group perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Center City, for which they were rewarded with a lively ...

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Article: Album Review

Vector Trio: Nomina

by Ian Patterson
September 10, 2009

Improvised music tends to be divisive, alienating those who need the life belt of recognizable tunes and attracting those who see drama in the leap into the void. The challenge with improvised music is in creating the right doses of tension and release. There is certainly plenty of tension in this trio's language, and science-fiction horror ...