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Article: Interview

Jim Hall

by AAJ Staff
November 29, 2003

Submitted on behalf of Riel Lazarus Over the course of his near 50 years in jazz, there is little ground guitarist Jim Hall has not yet covered. From his stints as sideman for Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Giuffre, Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer, to his countless recordings and tours as leader, Hall has established ...

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Article: Interview

Peter Brotzmann

by Clifford Allen
November 29, 2003

Peter Brotzmann has exemplified European improvised music for over 40 years and particpated in countless international collaborations. Br'tzmann's career began in art, experience he would take into his music and record label FMP. His playing, brash and aggressive, continues to destroy speakers worldwide. He recently sat down with Masters Degree candidate in Art History Clifford Allen ...

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Article: Live From New York

December 2003

by David Adler
November 29, 2003

Quote of the month: “Beauty without reasons, and without the anxiety over the lack of reasons: that may be what life was like before we started making it up. Sometimes, when I look at [Merce] Cunningham’s stage, I think I’m seeing the world on the seventh day, with everything new and just itself — before the ...

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Article: New York Beat

Holiday Jazz in Gotham

by Nick Catalano
November 29, 2003

It’s that time of year again and The Apple will be serving up generous portions of interesting music for the hordes of tourists who choose to combine serious listening with their busy shopping and sightseeing schedules. For the ever increasing numbers of jazz fans who e-mail inquiries to this column I have included a sampling of ...

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Article: Live Review

Trio da Paz: Brazilian Jazz at Satalla

by Daniel Kassell
November 27, 2003

An evening of Brazilian jazz Satalla, The Temple of World Music 37 W. 26th Street, NYC November 22, 2003, 8pm The performance began with drummer Duduka da Fonseca announcing the Trio da Paz with bassist Nilson Matta and guitarist Romero Lubambo, who was on a high stool where the ...

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Article: Album Review

Rick Parker Collective: New York Gravity

Read "New York Gravity" reviewed by Matt Merewitz

by Matt Merewitz
November 19, 2003

The Rick Parker Collective proves that its possible to be groundbreakingly innovative in 4/4 time, at least most of the time. These days the opposite is thought to be true - that changing the time is the only way to go. To be on the cutting edge you have to be messing around with alternative time ...

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Article: Interview

Kenny Barron: The Joy of Discovery

by Amanda Monaco
November 14, 2003

From his first gigs with Dizzy Gillespie to his current ensembles featuring some of today's emerging young artists, Kenny Barron is a continuously creative spirit and one of the warmest people you'll ever meet. All About Jazz spoke with him on the occasion of his upcoming debut at Carnegie Hall's new concert space, Zankel Hall, to ...

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Article: Album Review

Barry Harris: Live in New York

Read "Live in New York" reviewed by Riel Lazarus

by Riel Lazarus
November 13, 2003

Live jazz recordings are a curious sort of creature. Sometimes they capture the energy of spontaneous creation so fundamental to the jazz idiom, while at other times they unwittingly detach the music from the atmosphere which inspired it. In the case of legendary pianist Barry Harris' recent release, Live in New York, jazz fans will be ...

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Article: Interview

Matthew Shipp

by Jeff Stockton
November 11, 2003

Producer, composer, sideman, and soloist Matthew Shipp arrived in New York City 20 years ago, and in the interim has become arguably the most important player on the downtown avant-garde scene. Throughout the ‘90s, initially with the David S. Ware quartet, then as a leader most often with bassist William Parker at his side, Shipp recorded ...

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Article: Profile

Dave Holland's Opus

by Clifford Allen
November 11, 2003

Bassist and composer Dave Holland has led a 35-year career that many musicians would find enviable: working with Miles Davis' iconoclastic electric ensembles of the late '60s and early '70s; following that up with Chick Corea and Anthony Braxton in the cooperative ensemble Circle; making his first date as a leader with Braxton and Sam Rivers ...