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Charli Persip: The View

by AAJ Staff
August 8, 2004

By Charli Persip I have been asked on numerous occasions, why do I have, as my main product, a big band. Of course the big band is not my only product, but it is my major pursuit. One of the reasons for having the big band is very simple - ...

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Sten Hostfalt: 29 Pieces for the Microtonal Guitar: Live at Knitting Factory New York

Read "29 Pieces for the Microtonal Guitar: Live at Knitting Factory New York" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 4, 2004

Multi-instrumentalist Joe Maneri's recent release Angles of Repose demonstrated exactly how cogent his microtonal approach to improvisation has been, using extended techniques to expand on the sonic capabilities of more traditional instruments. Clearly inspired by Maneri, Sten Hostfalt takes the more rigid confines of the guitar and transforms it into an instrument equally capable of exploring ...

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The Klez Dispensers: New Jersey Freylekhs

Read "New Jersey Freylekhs" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
August 1, 2004

With their exuberance, musicianship, and ability to have any audience get up and dance, the Klez Dispensers have become the house band for klezmer's newest wave. New Jersey Freylekhs draws inspiration from the experimental jazz/Jewish interchanges of the late 1950s where bop added to klezmer's established relationship with swing. A potpourri of interesting interpretations and newly ...

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Article: New York Beat

Jazz in China: Part 1

by Nick Catalano
August 1, 2004

Some of us are lucky enough to receive interesting travel assignments and hopscotch thither and yond visiting exciting places, sampling exotic foods and exploring strange realities. I've been one of those fortunate folks who, because of my many careers, get to go abroad quite often. And when I'm away I naturally investigate what's happening in Jazz ...

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Joan Stiles: Love Call

Read "Love Call" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
July 25, 2004

Joan Stiles' solo piano artfully interprets a clever arrangement of “Take the A Train" and perfectly portrays the full range of emotions inherent in Billy Strayhorn's final composition “Blood Count." This is after leading an octet in which tenor giant Frank Wess and baritone man Joe Temperley cut loose on Clifford Brown's “Daahoud." In addition, the ...

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Archie Shepp: Tomorrow will be Another Day

Read "Tomorrow will be Another Day" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
July 25, 2004

Archie Shepp is in fine form on his latest CD, Tomorrow will be Another Day. The New Archie Shepp Quartet is an excellent group composed of Shepp on tenor, soprano and vocals, Amina Claudine Myers on piano and vocals, Cameron Brown on bass and Ronnie Burrage on drums and wave drum. The recording is a nice ...

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Benny Carter: Sax ala Carter!

Read "Sax ala Carter!" reviewed by Mitchell Seidel

by Mitchell Seidel
July 25, 2004

This album represents just a small facet of Benny Carter's musical activity during the '50s and '60s, a good deal of which was occupied by writing and arranging in Hollywood. Nevertheless, Carter always seemed to be involved in a number of projects, this 1960 release being just one. Accompanied by a first-rate trio of Jimmy Rowles ...

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Charles McPherson: Live at the Cellar

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by AAJ Staff
July 25, 2004

Live at the Cellar is a sizzling collection of extended improvisations featuring a Vancouver-made quartet: Charles McPherson (alto sax), Ross Taggart (piano), Jodi Proznick (bass) and Blaine Wikjord (drums). McPherson and band fashion their work for the literati. McPherson opens hard with Rodgers and Hart's “Spring Is Here." The native of Joplin, Miss. singes the ears ...

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Brian Ritchie: Shakuhachi Club NYC

Read "Shakuhachi Club NYC" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk
July 25, 2004

The shakuhachi has had a troubled existence. In its native Japan, its use has been outlawed and the ability to play it has been used as a way for a traveler to prove he was a visiting monk and not a spy. In more recent times, it has been adapted into the ethnic consciousness of jazz, ...

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Bob Cunningham: Walking Bass

by Terrell Kent Holmes
July 25, 2004

Didja hear? Bobby C's back in town! Actually, bassist Bob Cunningham has always been around, but his first and only album as a leader, Walking Bass , has been released for the first time on CD. Originally recorded in 1985, it features the late, great Bross Townsend on piano and Melvin Sparks (Hassan) on guitar, with ...