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Brian Charette: The Question That Drives Us and Square One

by Hrayr Attarian
May 18, 2014

Classically trained pianist turned organist Brian Charette is an accomplished master of the Hammond B3 with an elegant yet passionate touch. His signature style imbues the many recordings of his various ensembles with a light, crisp sound and an effervescent melodicism that is, unapologetically, mainstream without being pedestrian. In 2014 Charette cut two charmingly seductive albums ...

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Juhani Aaltonen Celebrates the Heroes of Finnish Jazz

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 14, 2014

Since its inception, the Finnish Tum label's aim was to document the current, local jazz scene and to position it in a broader perspective--from seminal influences by local heroes, musicians from the first generation of Finnish Jazz, and formative forces from European jazz, mainly the Scandinavian ones. Almost 80-year old sax hero Juhani Aaltonen, born in ...

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The Musical Meetings of Dom Minasi with Michael Jefry Stevens and Hans Tammen

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 10, 2014

Guitarist Dom Minasi is an innovative, searching musician that needs no introduction. His two new intimate duo albums feature him in two completely different situations: one playful and emphatic,one experimental and challenging. He excels on both, demonstrating again and again his consummate command of his instrument and the improvised form of his art. ...

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Furthering The Flute In Jazz: Holly Hofmann and Bill McBirnie

by Dan Bilawsky
May 9, 2014

Long gone are the days when the flute was only seen as a jazz novelty or a saxophonist's double. Once upon a time you could count the number of notable jazz flautists on a hand (or two), but the ranks have swelled a little bit over the years, and those leading the charge today aren't content ...

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Rejoice - Three New Ivo Perelman Discs

by Mark Corroto
April 28, 2014

Just think what could have been if artists like Jimmy Lyons or Albert Ayler were recording today. We might have had the ability to witness their development and observe how creative music gets nudged in new and different directions. That's exactly the gift we're given with the proliferation of recent Ivo Perelman recordings. The São Paulo-born, ...

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I tesori della Emanem

by AAJ Staff
April 28, 2014

Gli appassionati di jazz europeo conoscono bene il nome della Emanem, l'etichetta fondata nel 1974 da Martin Davidson per documentare la scena londinese legata alla free improvisation e che nel suo vasto catalogo custodisce molti capolavori anche di artisti americani. Bobby Bradford e John Carter Tandem Tra le più ...

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Grateful Dead: From the Archives '74, '76, & '79

by Doug Collette
April 26, 2014

With the Grateful Dead's impending 50th anniversary in 2015, the legacy of the iconic band continues to grow. The surviving four members continue to play regularly (with the exception of drummer Bill Kreutzmann) in their respective bands (Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Mickey Hart in varying ensembles) with the former two having collaborated ...

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An Intriguing Twofer from TUM Records: Henrik Otto Donner's And It Happened and Juhani Aaltonen's To Future Memories

by Hrayr Attarian
April 25, 2014

The Finnish label TUM has made its mission to shed light on native talent. The world at large is familiar with a few of the country's improvisers, like drummer Edward Vesala and saxophonist/flutist Esa Pethman, but many other, equally gifted musicians remain obscure to non-Finns. In the span of 11 years since its inception, TUM has ...

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Smoke Sessions: A Threesome from Herring, Jackson, & Hazeltine

by C. Andrew Hovan
April 23, 2014

With the launch of their own label at the start of 2014, Smoke Jazz Club widened their circle by committing to tape performances by some of New York's finest musicians and dispersing this music via downloads and discs. A decidedly bare bones operation, the in-house production team has done a great job of capturing the ambiance ...

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The Wild, Eclectic World of Koichi Makigami's Hikashu Band

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 18, 2014

Japanese vocal artist Koichi Makigami's main musical vehicle has been his band Hikashu since the late seventies. This band embodies Makigami's colorful eclectic tastes and myriad vocal personalities. They succeed in tying together eccentric collective improvisations, Japanese theater traditions or elements from Japanese films and pop songs, references to progressive rock and wild, virtuoso vocal acrobatics. ...