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Article: Interview

Kevin “Bujo” Jones: Jazz as a Part of The Continuum

Read "Kevin “Bujo” Jones: Jazz as a Part of The Continuum" reviewed by Jane Kozhevnikova


Jazz musicians can be found working in any other music styles, probably because jazz gives great flexibility and freedom of expression that can be easily applied to any music. Kevin “Bujo" Jones, a percussionist born in Englewood, New Jersey, and residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, feels equally comfortable playing jazz and non-jazz. Moreover, he does not ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Yulia

Read "Take Five with Yulia" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Yulia I was born in Siberia. In 2000 there were cardinal changes in my life--I moved to the USA.  My formation as a musician began in childhood, from the age of age I began to learn to play the piano, and a little later to compose and record my music on sheet music. I studied at ...

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Broom: Keyed Up

Read "Keyed Up" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On his latest album, Keyed Up, the well-traveled and well-respected guitarist Bobby Broom pays tribute to pianists “who have been an important part of [his] musical life." As he writes, ..."many great pianists who didn't need to include my six-string version of what they could already do harmonically and melodically saw fit to include me. Perhaps, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Early '80s Miles & More

Read "Early '80s Miles & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this show music from a box set of Miles Davis recordings from the early '80s, plus new albums from Vladimir Samardžić, Seajun Kwon, Nichunimu, Avi Adrian, and Matt Gill, and a single from the new album from Timo Vollbrecht. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Miles Davis “Santana" from That's What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg ...

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Article: Album Review

Miles Davis Quintet: 2nd Session 1956 Revisited

Read "2nd Session 1956 Revisited" reviewed by Chris May


Rough round the edges some of the performances might be, but that is part of their real-time, first-take charm. The twelve tracks collected on 2nd Session 1956 Revisited are, nonetheless, arguably the most perfect Miles Davis ever recorded. Over the years they have been issued and reissued, anthologised and repackaged, almost as often as Louis Armstrong's ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New music from Carlos Jimenez, Nino Josele with Chick Corea plus Herbie Hancock

Read "New music from Carlos Jimenez, Nino Josele with Chick Corea plus Herbie Hancock" reviewed by Len Davis


New music from flautist Carlos Jimenez, Nino Josele with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock with Hits and Rarities, Miles Davis from What it Is: Montreal 1983 and Melbourne guitarist Jack Pantazis with Because of Her. Playlist Carlos Jimenez “Dreams of Brazil" from Woods (CJMartinete Musicl) 00:00 {Nino Josele-Chick Corea “Galaxias" from Galaxias (Beatclap) 05:45 Herbie ...

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Article: Album Review

Theo Croker: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII: Sketches of Miles

Read "Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII:  Sketches of Miles" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Let us just cut to the chase and say this is a terrific collection of live concert interpretations and arrangements of acoustic Miles Davis music, drawing from recordings originally released between 1956 and 1968. This period arguably includes his most beloved output, with a place in the hearts of most jazz fans. The first disc in ...

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Article: Album Review

Edrix Puzzle: Coming Of The Moon Dogs

Read "Coming Of The Moon Dogs" reviewed by Chris May


There are precious few records out there that one feels confident in recommending to connoisseurs of cosmic jazz-rockers The Comet Is Coming, but Coming Of The Moon Dogs is one of them. The disc is the first full-length album from Edrix Puzzle, another British band who are stretching the definition of jazz while being audibly across ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Richness of Reich's Repetition

Read "The Richness of Reich's Repetition" reviewed by Scott Gudell


Almost as in deference to the minimalist approach of composer Steve Reich, these two discs distill their titles down to simply Reich / Richter on one and Steve Reich on the other. It's a hint on what's about to come. Reich/Richter Ensemble Intercontemporain Nonesuch Records 2022 Steve Reich, ...

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Article: Album Review

Apparitions: Eyes Like Predatory Wealth

Read "Eyes Like Predatory Wealth" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Eyes Like Predatory Wealth by the trio Apparitions is an ambient drone-heavy metal recording and a sound collage, à la Teo Macero and his mad scientist Miles Davis mixes. For their debut recording, guitarist Andrew Dugas and drummer Grant Martin invited Igor Imbu (Wøunds) to add his synthesizer to this geographically diverse collaboration. Meaning: each musician ...


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