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Take Five With Martin Zenker

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by AAJ Staff

Meet Martin Zenker:Martin Zenker was born in Munich and has been a freelance bassist since 1987. Performance credits include Jimmy Cobb, Billy Hart, James Moody, Jim Snidero, Steve Grossman, Barbara Morrison, Peter King, Don Braden and many more. Now based in Hamburg, he was Professor of Bass and Jazz History in Seoul, South Korea ...

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Article: Album Review

Vibes and Bass: Frantelunia

Read "Frantelunia" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Other than vibraphonist Gary Burton's periodic duo collaborations with pianist Chick Corea, bassist Steve Swallow, and guitarist Ralph Towner, it's difficult to think of many examples of the vibraphones in a duo setting. Vibraphonist Walt Dickerson and pianist Sun Ra's overlooked album, Visions (Steeple Chase Records, 1978), is one exception, but they aren't too thick on ...

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Article: Live Review

The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell at Jazz Standard

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by Dan Bilawsky

The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan TruesdellJazz StandardNew York, NYMay 17, 2013 Somewhere along the way, the centennial of a notable jazz figure's birth became a major cause for celebration and reflection. Unfortunately, these celebrations have occasionally become last hurrahs for the dearly departed, as their life's work fades ...

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Article: Album Review

Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music

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by J Hunter

Musicians create bands for many things: To gather like-minded artists together, or to achieve some grand artistic vision; Christian McBride created Inside Straight to get a gig. It seems Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon loved McBride but wouldn't book him with his regular, fusion-heavy outfit--or, as Gordon put it, “that rock 'n' roll band." Necessity is ...

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Article: Live Review

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour: Mesa, AZ, April 26, 2013

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by Patricia Myers

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th AnniversaryMesa Arts CenterMesa, AZApril 26, 2013Six jazz stars connected to the Monterey Jazz Festival performed a diverse repertoire relating to other musicians associated with its history, with nods to pianist Duke Ellington, singer Billie Holiday and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The concert included both full sextet ...

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Article: Album Review

Aaron Diehl: The Bespoke Man's Narrative

Read "The Bespoke Man's Narrative" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

The reference to some exquisitely dressed man in the title of this release also conveys the stylistic bent of pianist Aaron Diehl's noteworthy debut on Mack Avenue. He is among a list of rising jazz pianists which include Gerald Clayton and Aaron Parks. The recording brings to life a project that was conceived in Indianapolis after ...

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Belgrade Jazz Festival 2012

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by Thomas Conrad

Belgrade Jazz FestivalBelgrade, SerbiaOctober 25-28, 2012There are hundreds of jazz festivals around the globe every year, in places like Baku, Azerbaijan, and Sibiu, Romania, and Valletta, Malta. But there may be no more improbable setting for a jazz festival than Belgrade, Serbia.Not that long ago, in the late 1990s, during ...

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Article: Book Review

Marc Myers: Why Jazz Happened

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by Ian Patterson

Why Jazz HappenedMarc Myers266 pagesISBN 9780520268784University of California Press2012Jazz's timeline and the iconic figures of each of its successive stylistic movements are well known to aficionados. Less well understood, however, are the underlying conditions that created these changes. Advances in recording technologies, social trends, ...

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Jazz on Film... Film Noir (Limited Edition 5-CD box set) on Moochin’ About

Jazz on Film... Film Noir (Limited Edition 5-CD box set) on Moochin’ About

Collected together for the first time... Seven classic 1950’s film noir jazz-inspired original scores Best ever quality digital remastering A Streetcar Named Desire (Alex North) Private Hell 36 (Leith Stevens) The Man with the Golden Arm (Elmer Bernstein) Sweet Smell of Success (Elmer Bernstein/Chico Hamilton)

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Article: Book Review

Joaquim Paulo and Julius Weidermann: Jazz Covers

Read "Joaquim Paulo and Julius Weidermann: Jazz Covers" reviewed by Lewis J Whittington

by Lewis J Whittington

Jazz CoversJoaquim Paulo and Julius Wiedemann560 pagesISBN: 978-3-8365-2406-3Taschen2012Writers Joaquim Paulo and Julius Wiedemann have assembled a stellar exhibit by way of these oversized Taschen books. The two volumes, packaged in a slipcase, are a beautiful collection of album cover art that document the global ...


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