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Best Jazz in Brooklyn: Solomon's Porch is Back!

October 15, 2006

If you're looking to enjoy world class musicians that are beyond being describe by a genre...you MUST visit Brooklyn's best kept secret, Solomon's Porch. Every Wednesday and Friday night, world class musicians like Anthony Wonsey, Jason Marsalis and Kenny Washington perform there! The vibe is mellow but full of soul and deep roots. The night is ...

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Article: Album Review

Marc Copland: New York Trio Recordings Vol. 1: Modinha

Read "New York Trio Recordings Vol. 1: Modinha" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 15, 2006

The piano trio may be a longstanding jazz tradition, but that doesn't necessarily make it anachronistic. Pianist Marc Copland has been forging an increasingly distinctive identity that straddles the line between modern mainstream and greater abstraction for the past couple of decades. For this sublime recording, Copland recruited bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Bill Stewart--who last ...

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Article: Profile

Buck Hill

by Elliott Simon
October 15, 2006

Our nation's capitol once had a vibrant and creative jazz scene centered on and around U Street. Home to the fabled Howard Theatre, one of the first African-American venues to feature major jazz talent, the U Street area boasted many clubs and an innovative landscape that rivaled any city in the country. The place during the ...

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Article: Film Review

Jazz Icons

by Andrew Velez
October 15, 2006

Various Artists Jazz Icons Reelin' in the Years 2006 “The Golden Era of jazz is back! proclaims the press release for this DVD series featuring full-length concerts and studio performances by some of the greatest jazz stars ever. Mostly filmed in B&W in Europe from the '50s-'70s, none ...

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Article: Album Review

Eri Yamamoto: Cobalt Blue

Read "Cobalt Blue" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
October 15, 2006

Eri Yamamoto's two previous releases, Three Feel (Jane Street, 2003) and Colors (Jane Street, 2004), displayed her prowess as a pianist, composer and arranger. Her contribution to Thirsty Ear's Blue Series, Cobalt Blue, marks a significant change in her musical landscape. She's managed to step up her game further by adding new dimensions to her already ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

The House That Satch Built

by Terrell Kent Holmes
October 15, 2006

Many jazz-loving New Yorkers and visitors to the city do not know that an unassuming but significant part of jazz history is just minutes away from midtown Manhattan. From 1943 until his death in 1971, trumpet legend Louis Armstrong lived with his wife Lucille in a house nestled in quiet, working-class Corona, Queens. The area suited ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Frisell: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian

Read "Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller
October 15, 2006

It's fitting that the title of this disc contains only the names of its participants. After all, who needs a catchy title to sell a Bill Frisell album with Ron Carter and Paul Motian on it? More than anyone from his generation, Frisell has succeeded in cultivating a sound so distinct that it ...

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Article: Album Review

Jimmy Scott: Profiles

Read "Profiles" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
October 15, 2006

No singer in jazz or popular music can convey heartache and loss with the conviction of Jimmy Scott. Then again, few have endured the struggles and overcome the challenges that the Cleveland native with the inimitable soprano has faced over his long and remarkable career. This compilation in Milestone's Profiles series draws from ...

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Article: Live From New York

October 2006

by AAJ Staff
October 14, 2006

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the New School's innovative jazz program, which boasts alumni on the order of Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings and Robert Glasper. To kick off the new academic season, guitarist Rory Stuart held a faculty concert in the school's intimate performance space (Sep. 5th), recruiting tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, pianist Francesca ...

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Article: Megaphone

The Cape Town Jazz Scene

by AAJ Staff
October 14, 2006

By Sathima Bea Benjamin Its jazz is both similar and different from American jazz. First of all, at the time--the late '40s-50s--we wouldn't even call it jazz if we didn't identify so completely with Black Americans, both in social and political ways. In South Africa and Cape Town especially, you've got the White people and African ...