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Article: Album Review

Bud Shank: Bouncing with Bud and Phil - Live at Yoshi's

Read "Bouncing with Bud and Phil - Live at Yoshi's" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
May 13, 2006

This document from a 2004 tour stop at one of the West Coast's best-known rooms finds two septuagenarian saxophone players revisiting and reshaping songs they have been performing throughout the years, often as duets. Play close attention to their rendition of Eden Ahbez's beautiful “Nature Boy, which Bud Shank introduces as a slow-tempo ballad, until the ...

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David Aaron's Short Memory: Cynical Rat Bastard

Read "Cynical Rat Bastard" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
May 12, 2006

The inside jokes surely abound on Cynical Rat Bastard, a quirky recording from tenorist David Aaron's Short Memory band. With a feel that touches on the '70s rhythm sections of Ian Dury's Blockheads, Bastard is just that, a somewhat unholy combination of melodic and free that screams to be heard as well as whimpers in self ...

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Transit: Transit

Read "Transit" reviewed by Tom Greenland

by Tom Greenland
May 11, 2006

While improvising musicians thrive on novel combinations of instruments and musical personalities, there is also the sense that close and repeated creative camaraderie fosters group cohesion. Transit, the eponymously titled debut recording from the quartet of drummer Jeff Arnal, bassist Reuben Radding, alto saxophonist Seth Misterka and trumpeter Nate Wooley--all active on the grassroots avant jazz ...

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Bobby Previte: The Coalition of the Willing

Read "The Coalition of the Willing" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman
May 11, 2006

Bobby Previte's musical evolution has been most fascinating. The records he's made for a variety of labels show an astonishing scope but, amazingly, there has never really been a disconnect, even now playing “electronic" drums or instrumental rock music. Color and expression have always been paramount in Previte's output and his palette has always been directed ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Binary Systems Are Go! The Dawning Of A Digital Jazz Age

by Ernest Barteldes
May 11, 2006

Computers are becoming increasingly prevalent in music - they are today almost as familiar as saxophones, trumpets or any other acoustic instrument you care to mention - and they feature extensively on two new releases from Swedish musicians Susanna Lindeborg (piano) and Ove Johansson (tenor saxophone). Natural Artefacts Like Jazz

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The Slam Trio: In the Stillhouse (Live)

Read "In the Stillhouse (Live)" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk
May 11, 2006

For all his efforts organizing the Sunday night COMA concert series in Manhattan's Lower East Side, saxophonist Blaise Siwula is underdocumented on record. But he did get away long enough in 2004 to do a three-day New England tour with a strong trio alongside bassist Adam Lane and drummer Toshi Makihara. The last night, in Portland ...

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Article: Film Review

Buddy Rich and his Band: The Lost Tapes

by Ty Cumbie
May 10, 2006

Buddy Rich The Lost Tapes Light Year Entertainment 2005 The hyperbole about Buddy Rich can get pretty deep. He's commonly referred to as the best drummer ever. This is much like granting Sinatra King of Crooners status - for many this brash supremism is based on a standard of style ...

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Article: Profile

Rudresh Mahanthappa

by Tom Greenland
May 8, 2006

Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa seems to have his fingers in quite a few pies lately: his quartet, featuring Vijay Iyer on piano, François Moutin on bass and Dan Weiss on drums, will be shortly releasing Code Book (Pi); Raw Materials, his duo with Iyer, also has an upcoming CD (Savoy); MSG, a trio with bassist Ronan ...

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Article: Book Review

Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver

by Ken Dryden
May 8, 2006

Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver Horace Silver Hardcover; 282 pages ISBN: 0520243749 University of California Press 2006 Horace Silver's life story is very entertaining. The pianist and composer, who has pretty much retired from performing due to back problems, pulls ...

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Paul Shapiro: It's in the Twilight

Read "It's in the Twilight" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
May 8, 2006

Day's slide into night, the work week's conclusion, and prayers of the Jewish Shabbat inspired saxophonist Paul Shapiro's compositions and arrangements for It's in the Twilight. It is celebratory music, imbued with optimism for change arising at these temporal transformations, a musical salve for these troubled times. Inviting melodic heads develop from Shapiro, combining with fellow ...