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Article: Album Review

Trio East: Stop-Start

Read "Stop-Start" reviewed by Brian P. Lonergan

by Brian P. Lonergan
May 29, 2005

Trio East's excellent album Stop-Start opens with a fiery burst of trumpet and drums, establishing an energy that remains even when the trio downshifts into more laid-back tempos. The trumpet motif of the opening track, “Tray-Bo, essentially a wailing minor third, drives the piece forward and lodges the tune in your head long after the album ...

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Mambo Mantis: The Ecstasy of Perfect Recognition

Read "The Ecstasy of Perfect Recognition" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
May 29, 2005

From the potent opening cut of The Ecstasy of Perfect Recognition, it's clear that Mambo Mantis stands outside of any conventional definition. “Life On Mars, with its blistering, pardon, extreme guitar by Will Redmond blazing above drummer Ray Sage's thrashing, brings to mind the intense duet of John Coltrane and Rashied Ali on Interstellar Space (which ...

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Mostly Others Do the Killing: Mostly Others Do the Killing

Read "Mostly Others Do the Killing" reviewed by Ty Cumbie

by Ty Cumbie
May 29, 2005

Moppa Elliott is a young bassist who leads a young, talented band. As such, the music--both written and improvised parts--is misleadingly mature. Whether it's strong training and influences or just plain old giftedness I can't say, but it's heartening to see such talent continue to flow into jazz, despite the great old form's ongoing brush with ...

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John Hagen: Segments

by Ty Cumbie
May 28, 2005

Segments begins well. John Hagen's tenor tone is rich and strong, his phrasing warm and soulful. Shanir Blumenkranz strums droning clusters of bass notes over drummer Todd Capp's free pulse. The piece rumbles and rolls along for ten pleasant minutes before gliding to a gentle finish. Track two introduces the second of several band configurations featured ...

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Various Artists: Irving Stone Memorial Concert

Read "Irving Stone Memorial Concert" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
May 28, 2005

Irving Stone's history as a voracious listener stretched back to checking out Monk and Coltrane at the Five Spot and hanging with Ornette. In his later years, he focused on the burgeoning downtown jazz scene, championing musicians taking risks and forging new sounds. Stone developed a reputation for big ears, and insiders knew they were at ...

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Article: New York Beat

European Jazz Diary, Part 1

by Nick Catalano
May 27, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 This will be the first installment of a retrospection of jazz performances in Europe during the last half century or so. There are two reasons that occasion these writings. Initially, I'm going to several cities in Europe to research the ...

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Article: Profile

Misha Mengelberg: More than Instant Composition

by Clifford Allen
May 24, 2005

If one takes a swath of the most influential and valuable jazz composers and bandleaders of the last 50 years, one gets one (or both) of two things: a handful of pianists and more questions and inconsistencies than clear lineage. However, just as Steve Lacy found in both Monk's music and free jazz “a door to ...

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Article: Interview

Joe Chambers on M'Boom

by Russ Musto
May 23, 2005

Joe Chambers first made his mark on the New York jazz scene playing with Eric Dolphy and Freddie Hubbard in the early '60s. Soon afterwards he was regularly recording on important sessions with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp and Chick Corea, often contributing his own compositions ...

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John Heward Trio: Let Them Pass (laissez-passer)

Read "Let Them Pass (laissez-passer)" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz

by Javier AQ Ortiz
May 21, 2005

In the case of any abstract interpretation of human experience, it is not necessary to get--or even know--the author's point of view in order to assail it at any level. In the case of Let Them Pass (laissez-passer), the first recording by the John Heward Trio, it does help to be aware of the collective spur ...

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The Stamm/Soph Project: Live at Birdland NYC

Read "Live at Birdland NYC" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
May 19, 2005

Introduced as the Marvin Stamm Quartet at Birdland on September 11 and 13, 2003, this tight ensemble interprets straight-ahead jazz from several different contemporary sources, including dynamic originals by the band's trumpeter, pianist, and bassist. Stamm brings a unique and personal sound to the forum, allowing his tone to waver and fluctuate with a sensitive frame ...