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Article: Multiple Reviews

Patrick Brennan: Rapt Circle & The Drum is Honor Enough

by Javier AQ Ortiz
May 9, 2005

Altoist Patrick Brennan's latest two releases, under the ever-evolving and exploratory guise of Sonic Openings Under Pressure, aren't threaded the same way, even when weaving the same musical material as he does in Rapt Circle. The aforementioned documents live music from two different presentations in 2002. One of them included percussionist Juma Santos Ayantola, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

John Butcher: Cavern with Nightlife, New Oakland Burr & 13 Friendly Numbers

by Kurt Gottschalk
May 9, 2005

British saxophonist John Butcher has become one of the preeminent voices in the world of veryquiet improv, having been a member of the supergroup Polwechsel and working with such artists as Rhodri Davies, Axel Dorner and Phil Minton. At the same time, he's pushed his horn into the role of feedback machine, close-miking it and turning ...

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Article: Album Review

World Saxophone Quartet: Experience

Read "Experience" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk
May 9, 2005

With its glory days more than arguably behind it, the WSQ has become something of a powerhouse repertory band. Beginning in 1977, the four saxophonists (then Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, and David Murray) released seven remarkable albums in eight years before finding a second calling as an interpreting ensemble with 1986's brilliant Plays Duke ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Fringe: Live at Zeitgeist

by A. Henkin
May 8, 2005

The Fringe Live at Zeitgeist Resolution 2005 The final track on the new Fringe album is entitled “A Fringe Tribute to the New England Patriots." The liner notes explain that The Fringe, born and raised in Boston, spent much of twenty years playing there at The Willow opposite ...

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Article: Album Review

John Hollenbeck: A Blessing

Read "A Blessing" reviewed by David Adler

by David Adler
May 8, 2005

John Hollenbeck has made several small-group recordings, but a large ensemble suits his advanced compositional voice especially well. With A Blessing, he documents the inspired large-group work he has showcased live over the last three or so years (most recently at the Jazz Standard CD release gig on January 25th). The drummer/bandleader's music is a bit ...

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Article: Album Review

Salvatore Bonafede: Journey To Donnafugata

Read "Journey To Donnafugata" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland
May 8, 2005

Enrico Rava weaves his passionate trumpet through “Viaggo A Donnafugata, the opening track of pianist Salvatore Bonafede's new album. Kicking Journey To Donnafugata off with a nostalgic tone, he creates a prayerful introduction to an album which pays homage to the beloved island of Sicily, the setting for Luchino Visconti's 1963 film Il Gattopardo (The Leopard). ...

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Article: Album Review

Henry Grimes: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival

Read "Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin
May 8, 2005

Amazingly, this CD is the first disc released under Henry Grimes' name since 1965, when his only title as a leader appeared (The Call, ESP). Though there are many private recordings of Grimes playing since his storybook return, this live performance was serendipitous for being close enough to Sweden for the head of Ayler Records to ...

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Article: Album Review

Bud Powell: Eternity

by AAJ Staff
May 8, 2005

The great Bud Powell casts a very long shadow over all jazz piano players, not to mention most melodic/harmonic improvisers, regardless of instrument. His best recordings are simply indispensable. However, it is also known to jazz fans that Powell's life “unraveled, after what today would be called a hate crime brought on a crescendo of mental ...

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Article: Profile

Meet Drummer Allison Miller

by Elliott Simon
May 7, 2005

A child of the '80s, drummer Allison Miller came of age outside Washington, DC listening to jazz, funk, rock and pop. Studying with Walter Salb and later Michael Carvin, she has developed a personal technique that uses an exceptional command of phrasing to allow for what can best be described as a “melodic" approach to drumming. ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Billie Holiday: The Sensitive & 1937-1952

by Joel Roberts
May 7, 2005

A search on Amazon reveals an absurd total of 498 Billie Holiday titles, including imports and out-of- print albums. That begs the question, “Do we really need another Holiday compilation? Two releases from Europe try to provide an affirmative answer. Billie Holiday 1937-1952 Nocturne The first collection, a two-disc set from the ...