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Article: Multiple Reviews

Dominic Duval: Covering All Basses

Read "Dominic Duval: Covering All Basses" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

by Robert Iannapollo

Although a late bloomer (the first recording under his own name came in 1997 when he was 52), Dominic Duval is one of the great bassists working in jazz today. And in the last ten years, his output both under his own name and in bands (including Trio X and with Cecil Taylor) has ballooned to ...

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Article: Book Review

Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture

Read "Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture Tom Perchard Hardcover; 256 pages ISBN: 1845532058 Equinox 2006 This is the first biography of Lee Morgan (1938-1972), an influential trumpeter who made a major impact on the jazz scene during his rather brief life. Author Tom Perchard not ...

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News: Recording

Sean Wayland Solo CD

Sean Wayland Solo CD

This is my first “ Solo “ CD. Most tracks where recorded “after hours" at Phil Punch's new Electric Ave studio in Sydney. The piano is a Yamaha C7. Most of the piano tuning was done by Michael Karlberg. I plugged an AKG C24 microphone straight into my motu828 audio card into my laptop. 2 tracks ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Michelle Walker Performs at Enzo's Dec. 8

Michelle Walker Performs at Enzo's Dec. 8

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Michelle Walker returns to ENZO's Jazz Room inside The Jolly Madison Hotel on Friday December 8, 2006 performing two sets 8:00pm and 9:30pm. Walker is a recent transplant from Washington, DC to New York City. She is a jazz vocalist, arranger and educator. In just four short years of professional singing, Michelle has ...

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Article: Live From New York

December 2006

Read "December 2006" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Matthew Shipp at The Kitchen Sun Ra famously held that “space is the place and Matthew Shipp ran with the idea at The Kitchen (Nov. 11th), where he premiered a work called “Sacred Geometry." Inspired by the idea of an alien creating crop circles, the hour-long piece featured Shipp on piano with Mat Maneri on viola, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Larry Willis: The Big Push & The Powers of Two, Vol. 2

Read "Larry Willis: The Big Push & The Powers of Two, Vol. 2" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts

Pianist Larry Willis has had an important and distinguished 40-year career in jazz, even if his name isn't as well known as it should be. Since making his recording debut on Jackie McLean's landmark 1965 album Right Now!, the New York-born Willis, who turns 66 this month, has played everything from free jazz to fusion to ...

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News: Event

New Years Eve Bargain - "Hot Blues & Jass" & Dinner $45.00

Hot Blues & Jass Band NEW YEARS EVE - 12/31/06, 8:30pm - Midnight From 10pm an All-Star Band of Swing-Jazz Improvisers have been invited DAN KASSELL, Producer, MC and a New Orleans clarinetist influenced by Pee Wee Russell and Jimmy Noone whose article on AllAboutJazz.com chronicling Thomas “Fats" Waller's Centennial Birthday titled, “Continuous Fats" will be ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dekel Bor Trio Featuring Adam Rogers tonight at Smalls

Dekel Bor Trio Featuring Adam Rogers tonight at Smalls

The Dekel Bor Trio is delighted to invite you to the band's last 4 NYC shows until July 2007. As they prepare to record their next album with Grammy-winning producer Robert Sadin, the trio will be playing every Wednesday in December at Smalls - every week with a very special friend as a guest. Dec. 6th ...

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Article: Megaphone

Laszlo Gardony: You Can't Take Your Ax On The Road

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by Laszlo Gardony

I love my piano. It stands in the middle of my living room. Every time I play it, it feels like I am connecting to an external part of me. There is a bond that is special and fragile. Last December when I spent a lot of time writing music on my piano, an acquaintance came ...

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Article: Album Review

Andy Biskin: Trio Tragico

Read "Trio Tragico" reviewed by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Andy Biskin spins a musical tragicomedy on Trio Tragico. With Dave Ballou (trumpet) and Drew Gress (bass), he presents a melancholic but discretely jovial blend of chamber music and exciting new rhythms. The clarinetist's live set at Cornelia Street Café in early October captured the electricity of the trio. The improvisational bits of ...


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