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Article: Interview

David "Fathead" Newman: Keeper of the Flame

by Gary Firstenberg
August 14, 2005

Saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman is best known for his many years playing in Ray Charles' bands from 1954 to the mid '60s and again in the early '70s. He got his start in Dallas and acquired his trademark nickname at Lincoln High, when band director J.K. Miller called him “Fathead" after he bungled a note in ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Paul Motian: I Have the Room Above Her & Motian in Tokio

by Rico Cleffi
August 14, 2005

Paul Motian I Have the Room Above Her ECM Records 2005 I Have the Room Above Her is an odd title choice, considering the title track is one of only two songs that drummer Paul Motian didn't write himself. Maybe Motian's too modest to go with one of his own ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

David Rothenberg: Why Birds Sing & Evan Parker With Birds

by Kurt Gottschalk
August 14, 2005

David Rothenberg Why Birds Sing Terra Nova 2005 What higher compliment could be paid a singer than to say she (Sarah Vaughan, perhaps) sings like a bird. And certainly any saxophonist would be proud to be compared to Bird. The birds set the standard, perhaps outclass human musicians, which might ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

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by Francis Lo Kee
August 14, 2005

Joëlle Léandre started off her musical life as a great classical bassist, an award winning student at the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris. In '76 she was awarded a scholarship to work at the University of Buffalo where she came into contact with contemporary music composer Morton Feldman and subsequently began performing the works of ...

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Article: Film Review

Eric Lewis: Hopscotch

by Andrew Velez
August 14, 2005

Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress Records 2005 Pianist Eric Lewis makes an anticipated solo debut in a classic piano trio setting, backed by newcomer Paul Beaudry (bass) and veteran Ralph Penland (drums). The Camden, New Jersey native studied classically from a very young age before his interest turned to jazz around ...

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Article: Album Review

Ithamara Koorax: Autumn in New York

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by Chris M. Slawecki
August 14, 2005

Spilling over with jazz and pop classics, Autumn in New York is probably the best program yet from blossoming Brazilian vocalist Ithamara Koorax. Like almost every other female vocalist from Brazil, Koorax sounds influenced by Flora Purim--heard, for example, in her fearless hopscotch jumps across the endpoints of her entire vocal range. Also like ...

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Article: Book Review

Artie Shaw: His Life and Music

by Andrew Velez
August 14, 2005

Artie Shaw: His Life and Music John White Continuum 2004 192 pages ISBN: 0826469159 When Artie Shaw (née Arthur Jacob Arshawsky) passed on December 30, 2004, one of the very last Swing Era giants was gone. Clarinetist virtuoso, bandleader extraordinaire, composer, respected author, gentleman ...

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Article: Live Review

Report From The 4th Rochester International Jazz Festival

by Robert Iannapollo
August 14, 2005

Over the past four years, while no one was paying attention, Rochester, NY became host to one of the best jazz festivals in the country. Rochester NY???? Isn't that in upstate? Doesn't it still snow in June in Rochester? (No, it doesn't...usually). Why Rochester? During the past decade, Rochester has developed into quite a music ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Keith Jarrett: Radiance & The Out-of-Towners

by Francis Lo Kee
August 13, 2005

Keith Jarrett's career in music is rich in details. A sideman with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis and one-time leader of two immensely creative quartets (one based in the US, the other in Europe), both of which have featured his unique compositions. He's also written for string quartet, string ensemble, brass quintet and has performed classical ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Avram Fefer & Bobby Few: Kindred Spirits & Heavenly Places

by Andrew Velez
August 13, 2005

Departing from their regular policy of presenting new faces, Jazz Gallery recently reunited keyboard master Bobby Few with the boundless energy of reedman Avram Fefer for an evening celebrating a pair of new duo releases. When they first began playing together in Paris in the early '90s, Few was best-known as a member of the Center ...