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Article: Book Review

The Book Of Klezmer

by Elliott Simon
May 14, 2003

The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore Yale Strom Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1556524455 Klezmer is a wellspring for NYC's jazz musicians and as Yale Strom points out in The Book of Klezmer ; this well runs very deep. While jazz's 'soul' is African-American spiritual ...

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Article: Profile

Andrew Cyrille: Bringer of Forms

by AAJ Staff
May 12, 2003

This article was submitted on behalf of Hank Shteamer. Percussionist Andrew Cyrille is as self-assured an artist as one is likely to encounter. “[Art is] all about trying to bring a form to life," he explains, “or give life to a form." Much of Cyrille's best work falls in the category of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Ray Brown Trio: Live From New York To Tokyo

Read "Live From New York To Tokyo" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 8, 2003

This welcome historical twofer is comprised of two very fine trio recordings, each with Ray Brown and Gene Harris and each using a different drummer. The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (Concord, 1987) employed Mickey Roker and was recorded at the Blue Note in New York City, November-December 1985. Bam, Bam, Bam (Concord, ...

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Article: Profile

Charlie Hunter

by Celeste Sunderland
May 6, 2003

Charlie Hunter takes his mp3 player on the road, but at home in New Jersey the guitarist turns to the turntable. “I listen to a lot of music on vinyl, from the Blue Note and Verve jazz eras," he said one morning last month while balancing a telephone receiver and his four-month-old baby. ...

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Article: Interview

Peter Brotzmann

by AAJ Staff
May 6, 2003

By Clifford Allen 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 ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Mosaic Records

by David Adler
May 5, 2003

Talking to Michael Cuscuna while Nelly's “Hot In Herre" plays on the jukebox is about as strange a dissonance as modern life has to offer. Cuscuna is the head of Mosaic Records and one of the most prolific reissue producers in the business. His work takes him deep inside the tape vaults, far away from the ...

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Article: Live From New York

May 2003

by David Adler
May 3, 2003

The Heath Brothers — At their gigs, the idle chatter takes place on the bandstand, not among the audience. The Heath Brothers — saxophonist Jimmy, bassist Percy, and drummer Albert (“Tootie”) — are swinging, tight, and wildly irreverent. They treat the Village Vanguard bandstand as their living room (locker room?), cracking off-color jokes, laughing with and ...

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Article: New York Beat

A Harpist and a Harpy

by Nick Catalano
May 3, 2003

A few years ago, amid the reams of jazz press releases and publicity blurbs that I receive each month, I noticed a piece about South American Roberto Perera who was recording a group which featured his own playing of the Paraguyan harp. Immediately, I sought to discern the principal differences between this instrument and the traditional ...

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Article: Book Review

The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz

by C. Michael Bailey
April 18, 2003

The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz A Critic’s Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings Ben Ratliff Times Books, Henry Holt and Company. New York, 2002 ISBN 0-8050-7068-0 Here is a clear example of superb music writing: “Here we enter two ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Malinverni: Autumn in New York

Read "Autumn in New York" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
April 17, 2003

Dedicated to two friends who heroically perished on that fatal New York autumn morning, the stark black and white “In Memoriam" look of pianist Pete Malinverni's new release belies the hope that lies within. Malinverni reprises the Vernon Duke classic title and tastefully uses his friends' courageous acts to deliver a prayer of hope to the ...