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Criss Cross Jazz Roundup: Part One

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 3, 2007

Part 1 | Part 2 At a time when the record industry seems poised on the edge of a major collapse, especially in terms of its return on jazz product, it's the small labels that continue to keep the music fresh and alive. Talk about Sharp Nine, Reservoir, HighNote/Savant, MaxJazz and several others ...

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Criss Cross Jazz Roundup: Part Two

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 3, 2007

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The Thing with Ken Vandermark and Two Bands & A Legend: Collaborative Furies

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 1, 2007

Swedish/Norwegian power trio The Thing--featuring Mats Gusatfsson on saxophones and the colossal rhythm section of Ingebrigt Håker Flaten on bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums--like to enlist additional players who will bring further energy to their already dense dynamics. American saxophone hero Joe McPhee, or “the Legend" as the group refer to him, has been an ...

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Paul Rutherford: Two Discs, One Future Classic

by John Eyles
November 25, 2007

These two contrasting releases, with music dating from 1972 and 1993, are both in memory of Paul Rutherford, trombonist extraordinaire, who died suddenly in August 2007. In his sleeve notes to the solo release, Emanem label proprietor (and longtime Rutherford admirer) Martin Davidson observes, “I have never understood why interest in artists seems to ...

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Gebhard Ullmann At 50: A Career Retrospective

by Budd Kopman
November 23, 2007

Gebhard Ullmann (born in Bad Godesberg, Germany, November 2, 1957) is a composer and improvisor unique in the jazz world today. Playing a multitude of reeds and flutes, and maintaining an international presence with both European and American groups, Ullmann has created a body of work that is much more than a chronological series of recordings ...

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Tied Up In Strings: Guitarists Daniel Bruce & Didier Verna

by Martin Gladu
November 7, 2007

Its history deeply ingrained with that of the blues, country & western and rock 'n' roll, the electric guitar has acquired its lettres de noblesse in jazz in the hands of but a few truly innovatory players. Iconic figures such as Charlie Christian, Freddie Green, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Jim Hall and more recently, Adam Rogers, ...

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Gary Versace: Four Views of a Sideman

by Ken Dryden
November 4, 2007

Although Gary Versace isn't the leader on any of these four CDs, there's an obvious reason why each artist chose Versace for their respective record date; the organist/pianist brings strong technique and skill as an improviser while maintaining a degree of restraint to meet the needs of each leader. Andy Laverne Trio

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Accordion to Jazz

by Jim Santella
November 4, 2007

Ludovic Beier Quartet Chilltimes Le Chant du Monde 2007 Klaus Paier & Gerald Preinfalk Saion Pao Records 2007 Jurek Lamorski Quartet Lucky Membran Music 2007

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Guitar/Percussion: The Sugar Factory, Zeng!, The German Horse & Dog Day

by Martin Longley
November 3, 2007

Fred Frith/Evelyn Glennie The Sugar Factory Tzadik 2007 Han Bennink/Terrie Ex Zeng! Terp 2007 Eugene Chadbourne/Andrea Centazzo The German Horse Ictus 2007 Aaron Dugan/Jeff ...

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Peter Evans: Quartet & This Is Your Message

by Marc Medwin
November 3, 2007

Peter Evans Quartet The Peter Evans Quartet Firehouse 12 2007 The Right Moves This Is Your Message Tiger Asylum 2007 Trumpeter Peter Evans sports an astonishing technique ...