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Article: Record Label Profile

Riti Records

by Elliott Simon
March 10, 2004

Riti Records provided an initial forum for Joe Morris to expand his jazz guitar into exciting new areas. After a decade's hiatus, Morris has resurrected Riti with a twofold mission: furnish opportunities for experienced artists to test the boundaries of their music and afford creative young musicians the chance to be heard. Recent releases feature established ...

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Article: Book Review

New York Is Now! The New Wave of Free Jazz

by AAJ Staff
March 8, 2004

New York is Now! Phil Freeman The Telegraph Company ISBN: 1930606001 The title says it all. While free jazz has had many homes in the United States (especially Chicago), its unquestioned headquarters today is the city of New York. Phil Freeman takes an explicitly outsider perspective on the NYC insider ...

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Article: Live Review

Free Jazz in New York

by Joel Roberts
March 8, 2004

There are two kinds of free jazz: one was pioneered by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane and dispenses with traditional rhythmic and harmonic structures in favor of swirling, adventurous explorations of sound and spontaneity; the other is the kind that doesn't cost any money. This month there is an almost overwhelming assortment ...

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Article: Live Review

New York City Concerts 2001 Year in Review

by A. Henkin
March 8, 2004

While 2001 will always resonate in the minds of New Yorkers for the great tragedy that befell the city, the city will always remain a vibrant center for culture and entertainment. A look back at the past year's concerts is a testament to New York's central place in the world of jazz.The year began with ...

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Article: Live Review

Is Cab Calloway Back?

by Daniel Kassell
March 8, 2004

Calloway Brooks Birdland New York City February 21, 2001 After the band vamp (as if for a stripper’s entrance) and Birdland’s announcement, “The Prince of Hi-De-Ho, Calloway Brooks”, a tall lean gent jumped on stage to front the mostly hatted variously attired twelve member ensemble wearing a long white coat ...

Article: Live Review

John Abercrombie Quartet Jazz Standard New York March 27, 2002

by Celeste Sunderland
March 8, 2004

Like wired up children engaged in riotous play, John Abercrombie’s compositions reach exuberant heights before descending slowly into somber themes. Comprised of tight, vibrant weaves, these tunes go way beyond the 280-thread count of fine bed linens, and it takes a well-tuned group of musicians to produce the full, luxurious effects of the music.Last Wednesday ...

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Article: Live Review

New York Love-In For Billy Higgins

by Joel Roberts
March 8, 2004

On April 22, less than two weeks before he died in Los Angeles while awaiting a liver transplant, the great drummer Billy Higgins was the subject of a “Love-In" in New York intended to raise funds to help cover his medical expenses. And there certainly was love - and hope - in the air, as well ...

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Article: Interview

Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World

by Clifford Allen
March 1, 2004

Born August 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, Charlie Haden came up in a musical family. After moving around the Midwest, he eventually settled in Los Angeles playing bass with Hampton Hawes, Elmo Hope, and Paul Bley. A fateful meeting in 1958 with Ornette Coleman netted Haden one of his most infamous gigs, which continued with brief ...

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Article: New York Beat

A Texan, A Painter and a Dropout

by Nick Catalano
March 1, 2004

Since its opening a few years back, Feinstein’s has paraded the best known pop singers in the business into its posh surroundings and charged its patrons a hefty penny to rub elbows with the likes of Rosemary Clooney, John Pizzerelli, Michael Feinstein, Keely Smith, Jim Webb, etc. Recently, the producers have veered away from the household ...

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Article: Profile

Randy Weston: African Rhythms

by Russ Musto
February 23, 2004

No musician has been more devoted to exploring the connection between Afro-American classical music (jazz) and the ancestral spirits and rhythms of the African continent than Randy Weston. The Brooklyn-born pianist began his professional career nearly 55 years ago as part of the bebop revolution in New York, playing with Art Blakey, among others, in a ...