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Article: Live From New York

June 2004

by AAJ Staff
June 12, 2004

Clark Terry may need two people to help him to the bandstand, but once he gets there, watch out. Leading his solid quintet at the Village Vanguard (May 6), the octogenarian finally reached his seat, crossed his left leg over his right and started to play the hottest fluegelhorn this world has known. Hearing such sound, ...

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Article: Interview

Pianist Burton Greene

by Clifford Allen
June 11, 2004

Pianist Burton Greene was born June 14, 1937 in Chicago. Following a brief stay in San Francisco he moved to New York in the early ‘60s and quickly became part of the nascent free jazz movement, playing with Alan Silva in the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble. He was a member of the Jazz Composers’ Guild, worked ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Arbors Records

by Mitchell Seidel
June 10, 2004

The Arbors catalog is populated by artists who may resemble their audience: a little gray around the temples and slightly heavy around the middle, playing swing-based music that benefits from their years of experience. Others on the label are those younger swing and bop-influenced musicians who have found no permanent home at other domestic labels that ...

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Article: Interview

Bob Cunningham

by Terrell Kent Holmes
June 9, 2004

Bassist Bob Cunningham is another example of a talented, underrated and uderappreciated musician. Born in Cleveland in 1934, Cunningham arrived in New York in 1960, hit the ground running and hasn’t stopped, appearing on countless recordings and gigging with all time greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Sun Ra, Abbey Lincoln and Yusef Lateef. His ...

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Article: Profile

Jon Mayer

by AAJ Staff
June 8, 2004

By Ken Franckling After at least 13 years away from music entirely, and another 13 years rebuilding his life - and his chops - Jon Mayer is ready to take on the challenges of his hometown. “My life has taken a few twists and turns. This is my first legitimate jazz appearance [in ...

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Article: Megaphone

Jesse Dulman: Save Yourself...

by AAJ Staff
June 6, 2004

Submitted on behalf of Jesse Dulman One day last October at five in the afternoon, I had a solo tuba gig at a bar on the campus of Stony Brook University. On the trainride from Penn Station, I was sitting across from five ghetto kidz looking to sell candy out on Long Island ...

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Article: New York Beat

Summer Festivals 2004

by Nick Catalano
May 29, 2004

Last week, as a guest on a talk show, I addressed the importance of understanding and appreciating the international scope that jazz has attained. It is fair to say that much of the best in jazz composition, recording and performance comes into the music from foreign shores and the dismissal of these contributions as “impure” is ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

MAXJAZZ Records

by Celeste Sunderland
May 20, 2004

Sometimes people are meant to take different roles within their passions. Richard McDonnell started as a saxophonist and ended up with his own record label. What began as a side project five years ago, turned into a full-time endeavor. Last March McDonnell was able to retire from a successful career in investment banking, and focus completely ...

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Article: Profile

Happy Birthday Elvin Jones!

by Florence Wetzel
May 20, 2004

Legendary drummer Elvin Jones is turning 75 on September 9th, and to celebrate the occasion Jones is performing at the Blue Note for two weeks. The celebration kicks off on Jones' birthday, and that night Jones' group, the Jazz Machine, will perform with special guest Wynton Marsalis. Jones' relationship with Marsalis goes back many years. “Wynton's ...

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Article: Album Review

Mary Lou Williams Collective: Zodiac Suite: Revisited

Read "Zodiac Suite: Revisited" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
May 14, 2004

In March, Geri Allen performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Stanley Kaplan Penthouse with Daryl Hall (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), a coincidental CD release for this very musical Mary Lou Williams' Collective release that features Allen with an alternating trio featuring Buster Williams (bass) and Hart as well as Andrew Cyrille (drums). As ...