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Article: Multiple Reviews

Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne: Dead Center & Smokin' Out Loud

by Russ Musto
May 1, 2005

Too often jazz criticism's unquenchable thirst for sweeping innovation results in the failure to acknowledge inventive music like that found on these two excellent discs. Eric Alexander Dead Center HighNote Records Eric Alexander is one of the jazz tradition's strongest proponents, possessing an inviting sound and style that can be proudly called ...

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Article: New York Beat

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Hangout for Late Night Jazz Aficionados

by Nick Catalano
April 28, 2005

Following upon a sensational opening just a few short months ago, the new venues for Jazz at Lincoln Center are beginning to develop interesting personalities with Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola leading the pack as a favorite with out-of-towners and local aspiring musicians. The club has adopted a wise philosophy that utilizes a mixture of star headliners who ...

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Article: Album Review

Tom Christensen: New York School

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by John Kelman
April 25, 2005

While woodwind multi-instrumentalist Tom Christensen has been making his presence known on the New York scene over the past decade, recording with artists including Joe Lovano, David Sanchez, and Toshiko Akiyoshi, he's been slowly, almost insidiously, emerging as a composer of remarkable depth and invention. His latest release, New York School, is one of those very ...

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Article: Album Review

Pablo Bobrowicky: New York Connection

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by John Kelman
April 24, 2005

For his third album on the Italian Red label, Argentinean guitarist Pablo Bobrowicky relocated to New York City, recruiting the increasingly ubiquitous pianist Edward Simon and bassist Eric Revis, along with drummer Bruce Cox. The resulting set demonstrates Bobrowicky's supple tone and tastefully executed conception. In a recent interview pianist Marc Copland described guitarist ...

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Article: Live Review

Blossom Dearie and Dave Frishberg at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center

by Marcia Hillman
April 21, 2005

This Highlights in Jazz concert on April 14, 2005 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City was a salute to two unique performers whose careers have stretched many years; performing and recording separately and together. They have both accumulated a great many fans, illustrated by the just-about sold out, 900 plus seat concert ...

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Article: Film Review

The Sound of New York Jazz Underground

by Jerry D'Souza
April 18, 2005

The New Talent Jazz Orchestra The Sound of New York Jazz Underground Fresh Sound New Talent 2004 Members of the New Talent Jazz Orchestra gathered at the Systems Two Recording Studios in Brooklyn over four days in 2003, to lay down tracks for The Sound of New York Jazz Underground, ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Not Two Records

by Clifford Allen
April 11, 2005

For the jazz-listening public, even the cognoscenti, when European improvisers and European labels come up in conversation, there are a central few countries that appear as the only beacons in European jazz--England, France, Holland (via ICP) and Germany (and possibly Italy to some small, Gaslini-an degree). Portugal, Sweden, and Denmark get very little mention, and one ...

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Article: Profile

Richard Davis: There He Bows

by A. Henkin
April 8, 2005

When initially contacting legendary bassist Richard Davis for this profile, the response was a simple “Call at six am your time any day." Since Davis has been based in Wisconsin since the '70s, this meant for him a talk at five in the morning. A far cry from the stereotypical jazz musician who didn't know there ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

The Stone: John Zorn's Latest Downtown Venture

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
April 7, 2005

It's a common refrain: there aren't enough places to play. Lately, it seems truer than ever, as several venerable clubs stare down financial hardships and possible eviction, while others have been forced to close, move, or change their programming to court a wider audience.In such a climate, only the uncompromisingly independent composer/saxophonist John Zorn ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Nine Winds: Blowing Hot Out of LA

by Rex Butters
April 6, 2005

When LA's Jeff Gauthier talked to local independent record labels about starting a label, veteran Nine Winds CEO Vinny Golia kept his advice simple: don't do it. Asked about it in 2005 Golia maintains, “I think that's very sound advice," he says laughing. “If somebody would have told me that I would have thought about not ...