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Drummer Tom Rainey

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
February 23, 2004

His grayish blue eyes fixed on some point just beyond his drum set, Tom Rainey switches between brushes, mallets, sticks, and his bare hands to pull the full textural and sonic capabilities from his four-piece kit. His is a look of concentration, focused on the music. At times it seems as if his arms play independently, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Music for Guitar: Ken Hatfield & Bill McCormick

by Terrell Kent Holmes
February 20, 2004

Ken HatfieldThe Surrealist Table Arthur Circle Music Ken Hatfield is among the few jazz guitarists who ply their trade via the nylon string acoustic guitar. His latest release, The Surrealist Table , is an allusive collection of original compositions that showcases his proficiency both at writing interesting material and applying ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

by Florence Wetzel
February 20, 2004

The New Orleans club Preservation Hall is one of the most respected jazz institutions in this country, and quite possibly the world. Founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe, the club provided a much needed niche for first generation jazz musicians who had difficulty finding sympathetic venues. Since then Preservation Hall has become synonymous with ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Brotherhood of Breath: Bremen to Bridgwater

by A. Henkin
February 16, 2004

The Brotherhood of Breath (BOB) is low on the list of visible big bands, rarely mentioned in the same breath as the giants of the genre - Basie, Ellington, Goodman - or its contemporaries - Sun Ra, Globe Unity, London Jazz Composers. This is a strange case since it can be argued that it was the ...

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Article: Live Review

Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights in Jazz

by Elliott Simon
February 14, 2004

In jazz, the classic genres endure; Dixieland, swing and bop. For over three decades, the place in NYC to hear them in a creatively produced format has been “Highlights in Jazz". Series founder and producer, Jack Kleinsinger, is passionate in defense of his format. “If I am just going to book a group that people can ...

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Article: New York Beat

Highlights in Jazz

by Nick Catalano
February 14, 2004

A while back at “Highlights in Jazz" the longest running jazz subscription series in Gotham, producer Jack Kleinsinger presented composer/musician/writer David Amram. At seventy, Amram is still producing, composing and playing marvelous musics that run the gamut from classical to folk to chamber to jazz and beyond that. A truly astounding eclectic, Amram has “hung out" ...

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A Bob Brookmeyer Bonanza

by Elliott Simon
February 14, 2004

Turning 75 this year, valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer brought his New Art Orchestra to town last month at the IAJE and a “Battle of the Bands” at the Village Vanguard. He endures as a master of the “cool” and continues to produce musical permutations resulting in elaborate and complex compositions that are clear and pure: music, ...

Article: Album Review

Libby York: Sunday in New York

Read "Sunday in New York" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
February 13, 2004

Libby York is a cabaret-type vocalist with jazz sensibilities on her second album, Sunday in New York. Released in an attractive digipak format with an A List jazz combo and a well-paced ten selections, this release should gain her some nationwide attention. Originally from Chicago, the leader relocated to New York for the 1980s and early ...

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The Latin Jazz Stylings of Irving Fields

by Elliott Simon
February 12, 2004

To completely capture the career of pianist, composer, and arranger Irving Fields is a difficult task. There are his “lounge" credentials, which place him at the top of pianists who played NYC's finest hotels and society rooms during the decades that immediately preceded and followed WWII. Piano trio albums such as Live at the Emerald Room ...

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Rick Parker Collective: New York Gravity

Read "New York Gravity" reviewed by Peter Aaron

by Peter Aaron
February 11, 2004

Trombonist/composer/leader Rick Parker and his band are the best-kept secret in New York right now. But in light of this fine debut and a steadily growing live demand, the secret's not likely to be kept much longer. At 25, Parker is already a tested vet, sharing his horn talents with Frank Ku-umba Lacy's colossal ...