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The many sides of pianist Jacques Demierre: solo, duo and trio

by John Eyles
January 30, 2009

Swiss pianist Jacques Demierre (born Geneva, 1954) works in jazz, improvised music, contemporary music and sound installations, as well as composing for concerts, theater and dance. If all that was not enough, he is also a freelance music writer, writing for Contrechamps, which focuses on twentieth century music. For a musician of his stature, Demierre has ...

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Dave Douglas' Fetish Busting Greenleaf Digital Music Experience

by Mark Corroto
January 26, 2009

The assignment was simple enough. I was to listen online to trumpet and cornet player Dave Douglas' recordings Quintet: Live at the Jazz Standard and Keystone Live at the Jazz Standard at GreenleafMusic.com, and write about them. So why hadn't I touched the play button nearly three weeks after receiving the music? Sure, sometimes ...

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Saxophone and Piano Duets: A Feeling For Someone and Du Fugl

by John Sharpe
January 25, 2009

Jürg Wickihalder A Feeling For Someone Intakt 2008 Henriette Groth/ Lotte Anker Du Fugl ILK 2008 Piano and saxophone duets are jazz distilled to its bare essentials: one linear ...

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Trombone Trilogy: Bill Cantrall, Marshall Gilkes and Steve Wiest

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 21, 2009

Among the brass family, the trombone hasn't won as prominent a position in jazz as has the trumpet. The stereotypical image of a jazz musician could, until very recently, be said to have been that of a trumpeter in a dim-lit bar shrouded in smoke--a signature of film noir. The trombone isn't steeped in the same ...

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Jazz Engine Records

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 13, 2009

Continuano con grande successo le uscite Jazz Engine Records, la serie fortemente voluta da Marco Valente, disponibile sia come allegato della rivista Jazzit sia autonomamente sul sito Jazzos. E prosegue la strategia editoriale, rivelatasi vincente, di offrire un ventaglio, stilisticamente piuttosto articolato, dei fermenti che sostengono le nuove realtà del jazz principalmente italiano ma non solo. ...

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Young Men With A Horn: Ambrose Akinmusire & Vitaly Golovnev

by George Kanzler
January 11, 2009

Trumpeters Ambrose Akinmusire and Vitaly Golovnev were the winner and semi-finalist, respectively, in the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition. On these debut albums as leaders, they reveal ambitions that go beyond expressing trumpet prowess, which they both have, to personal conceptions as composers and bandleaders. On that score, the two trumpeters' paths ...

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Danny Grissett: Encounters & Waldron Mahdi Ricks

by Elliott Simon
January 10, 2009

Ghostliness permeates both pianist Danny Grissett's Encounters and trumpeter/ flugelhornist Waldron Mahdi Ricks' eponymous album. Grissett is on Ricks' debut as a leader and leads a trio for his sophomore effort. The sessions showcase two sides of the young pianist--one who can most certainly swing in a modern jazz way, but who also has the rarer ...

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Tony Monaco: Vital Organs

by Jim Santella
January 10, 2009

Tony Monaco Live at the Orbit Room Chicken Coup Records 2008 Don Hales Unified String Theory Chicken Coup Records 2008 Tony Monaco comes from the Jimmy Smith school of ...

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Guitar Duets: Elliott Sharp/Scott Fields & Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer

by Karen Hogg
January 10, 2009

Elliott Sharp/Scott Fields Scharfefelder Clean Feed 2008 Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer The Lady of Khartoum Creative Nation Music 2008 Guitar duos present many possibilities for intrepid musicians. Such ...

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Lafayette Gilchrist: Soul Progressin' & Live in Berlin

by Brandt Reiter
January 10, 2009

Lafayette Gilchrist Soul Progressin' Hyena 2008 David Murray Live in Berlin Jazzwerkstatt 2008 I first heard pianist Lafayette Gilchrist in 2003, playing a one-night-stand duo gig with ...