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Miles, Miles, Miles

by Joel Roberts
July 7, 2007

16 years after Miles Davis' death, the legendary trumpeter continues to exert a powerful influence on the jazz world, as three new releases exploring three very different aspects of his rich musical legacy demonstrate. Ron Carter Dear Miles Blue Note 2007 Ron Carter, the bassist in Miles' ...

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New And Old Gospel: Blue Note's RVG Reissues

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 2, 2007

For most followers of Blue Note, hard bop was the order of the day and the label's numerous releases in that genre still serve as evidence of their dominance in the field. Less championed perhaps these days are more adventurous titles that brought to the fore some of the avant-garde's leading lights--including pianists Cecil Taylor and ...

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Andy Milne: M-Base & Dapp Theory Radical Unplugged

by Mark Corroto
June 29, 2007

Pianist Andy Milne first caught the attention of jazz listeners with his work in Steve Coleman's Five Elements, with whom he recorded a dozen albums. There were gigs and partnerships too with M-Base collaborators singer Cassandra Wilson and saxophonists Ravi Coltrane and Greg Osby. Milne's immersion into M-Base theory and all things Brooklyn occupied him until ...

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Nik Bartsch: The Road To Stoa

by Budd Kopman
June 28, 2007

Pianist/composer Nik Bartsch calls what he does “ritual groove music," in an attempt to get across the mix of aesthetics and philosophy involved. This mix includes the mastery of technique, the total immersion in and lack of separation between thought and action, pure funkiness, emotionalism vs. minimalism, repetition vs. development, and trance vs. the dramatic--with the ...

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Adam Lane & Ken Vandermark: 4 Corners and New Magical Kingdom

by Clifford Allen
June 27, 2007

Scandinavian cooperative trio The Thing is one of the more recent exponents of a hybridization of the visceral energies of free music and R&B-tinged punk rock. Such a meeting of genres may not be as strange as one might think. The group's reedman, Swede Mats Gustafsson, played in hardcore and punk outfits in his teens, and ...

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Hank Jones, Frank Wess, and Eddie Diehl

by Francis Lo Kee
June 25, 2007

Hank Jones/Christian McBride/Jimmy Cobb West of 5th Chesky 2006 Hank Jones and Frank Wess Hank and Frank Lineage 2006 Eddie Diehl Well, Here It Is... Lineage ...

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Fred Frith: From Metal Head To Space Cowboy

by Mark Corroto
June 20, 2007

It is impossible to pigeonhole the music of guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith. His early work with Henry Cow and Art Bears asked to be collected in the prog-rock bin, yet its improvising nature signaled the avant-garde. Later he was to be a member of Skeleton Crew with Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins, Curlew, Bill Laswell's Material and ...

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Free Instrumentation: From The Appalachians To The Alps

by Clifford Allen
June 16, 2007

Free improvisation, in its varied processes of evolution, has given rise not only to new ways of playing traditional instruments (piano, reeds or bass) but also the possibilities of engaging non-traditional (jazz) instruments in equally new contexts. Much as using latex, earth or the body in visual art came to prevalence in the late 1960s, so ...

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In "Labirinti Sonori" l'eredità di un festival e musica senza barriere

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 6, 2007

Era un’idea alla quale Stefano Maltese e Gioconda Cilio, compagni nell’arte e nella vita da lustri ormai, pensavano da tempo. Incidere la propria musica, in piena autonomia, e condividerla con musicisti segnati dallo stesso percorso artistico. Una musica senza barriere, capace di toccare il cuore e la mente, e soprattutto libera dai condizionamenti del mercato. Quell’idea ...

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Francesco Cafiso: Happy Time & Jazz Italiano Live 2006

by Ken Dryden
June 3, 2007

Veteran jazz writer Ira Gitler recognized the immense talent of a then 13-year-old alto saxophonist named Francesco Cafiso upon hearing him at the 2002 Pescara Jazz Festival, writing a glowing article for the Jazz Journalist Association newsletter. Cafiso attended the 2004 International Association for Jazz Education conference in New York, jamming nightly with pianist James Williams, ...