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Article: Album Review

John Zorn: Masada Anniversary Edition, Vol. 4: Masada Recital

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by Jeff Stockton
May 4, 2005

I suppose that since John Zorn plays alto saxophone and improvisation has played a crucial part in his music over the years, by convention he could be described as a “jazz musician. But as a composer he has been anything but conventional, drawing on myriad influences that range from film scores and cartoon themes to Braxton ...

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Daniel Carter/Gregg Keplinger/Reuben Radding: Not Out for Anywhere

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by Jeff Stockton
May 4, 2005

Daniel Carter's collaboration with bassman Reuben Radding has evolved from an impressionistic alto sax and contrabass duo on Luminescence (AUM Fidelity, 2003) to an alto/bass/drum trio with the addition of Gregg Keplinger on Language (Origin, 2002) and now to the trio supplemented by Carter's full range of instrumentation and other musicians forming what they call the ...

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William Parker: Luc's Lantern

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by Jeff Stockton
May 4, 2005

Where's Hamid Drake, you might ask. And who is pianist Eri Yamamoto? These questions quickly become secondary as you discover that the latest William Parker release in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series is as musically interesting, listenable, and rewarding as his previous efforts for the label: Painter's Spring (2000), Raining on the Moon (2002), and Scrapbook (2003). ...

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Article: Megaphone

Cyro Baptista: The Benefits of the Struggle

by AAJ Staff
May 3, 2005

By Cyro Baptista In the summer of 1980 I was living in Rio de Janeiro when I got the news that I was awarded with a kind of scholarship to go to the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock because of a cassette that I sent to them. My English at the time was ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Joe McPhee: The Sugar Hill Suite & Rules of Engagement, Vol. 2

by Kurt Gottschalk
May 1, 2005

Trio-X is one of the longest-standing and strongest vehicles for one of the best free-thinking saxophonists around today. Joe McPhee has countless associations, but consistently is at his most relaxed and exploratory with bassist Dominic Duval and drummer Jay Rosen. With only five releases in the decade they've played together, the group has afforded itself the ...

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Tubby Hayes & the Rendell/Carr Quintet: Live In London

by A. Henkin
May 1, 2005

With Harkit's Live in London series, it can be heard what musicians like Sonny Rollins to Stan Getz sounded like on tours to Europe, where presumably they made much of their money and played with an abandon unfit for American audiences. The period recordings were done by British jazzer Les Tomkins. Two entries into the series ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Monty Alexander: In Tokyo, Live at Iridium and Steaming Hot

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2005

The task of listening to all three of these CDs led by the great pianist Monty Alexander (actually four, Steaming Hot being a double disc) is both pleasurable and daunting. There's a “something for everyone type of quality: great for a person that you would like to interest in jazz because of their “good times feel; ...

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John O'Gallagher: Line of Sight & Rules of Invisibility, Vol. 2

by Rico Cleffi
May 1, 2005

John O'Gallagher Line of Sight Fresh Sound-New Talent Comparison can be useful in a review. In the case of John O'Gallagher's Line of Sight, there was something familiar, composition-wise, I just couldn't put my finger on. My first point of reference was Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage so I listened to ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Cosmosamatics: Reeds & Birds / Three

by Jeff Stockton
May 1, 2005

In the last couple of years Sonny Simmons has gone from hard-to-find to all-over-the-place. Burning Spirits was reissued by Fantasy, his early ESP and Arhoolie albums are available on iTunes, and he's managed to sustain steady output from the Cosmosamatics, the working group he co-leads with Michael Marcus. Simmons is a link in the saxophone chain ...

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Dave Liebman: The Seasons Reflected &These Are Them

by Jeff Stockton
May 1, 2005

Liebman/MossbladThe Seasons ReflectedSoul Note The Seasons Reflected offers Gunnar Mossblad, augmenting his own Manhattan Saxophone Ensemble (Steve Wilson, Tom Christensen and Dave Riekenberg) with percussionist Chris Hanning and Dave Liebman, a chance to present an ambitious song cycle that attempts to recreate the seasons in song and the phases ...