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Billy Taylor: The Keys to Jazz Education

by Matt Rand
February 17, 2003

If you drop by the mythology section of your local bookstore, you will probably find at least one version of the epic of Sundiata next to Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid. But the story of Sundiata, who founded the ancient kingdom of Mali, was not written down thousands of years ago for safe keeping. ...

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Anita O'Day

by Ed Felper
February 17, 2003

On the cover of her 1960 album Incomparable!, a young and glamorous Anita O’Day wears an iridescent shade of green eyeliner. “And I still wear it,” she recently said over the phone from her Hollywood apartment. She’s not much of a talker, she admits, but she surely is a singer. While she isn’t the busiest woman ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Playscape Recordings

by Elliott Simon
February 14, 2003

A jazz label that fosters development of a group “gestalt" is rare these days; but Playscape Recordings, led by guitarist Michael Musillami, is doing just that. Armed with the late Thomas Chapin's musical dream of compositional creativity coupled with genre transcending excellence, Playscape is connecting the dialectics of classical with jazz and the mainstream with the ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Hyena Records

by Matt Rand
February 14, 2003

The first thing you notice about a Hyena Records release is just that - you notice it. A bright red cover announces each disc, along with a snarling (or is it laughing?) hyena, and the label eschews the traditional jewel case in favor of a plastic Q-pack. “I want people to walk into record stores and ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

The Vinyl Age

by A. Henkin
February 13, 2003

I have a problem. I have stacks of records I have listened to once or twice. I have precious little room for any more. Yet I can't pass by a record store or even a pile of discarded records in a trash bin without stopping and flipping, flipping, flipping. The stains on my fingers are more ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Malinverni: Autumn in New York

Read "Autumn in New York" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 10, 2003

In the piano trio format, there's no faking it. Technical prowess is necessary, but if that's all there is, the resulting sounds have a feel of sterility; the music, no matter how well-executed, sinks into the forgettable category.Pianist Pete Malinverni has the goods in terms of experience: classical studies, a degree from the prestigious ...

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Article: Live Review

Allan Harris, Black Cowboy?

by Daniel Kassell
February 4, 2003

“Did you know that 40% of all cowboys were Black!" Allan Harris told the Association of Performing Arts Presenters in the NY Hilton's Mercury Ballroom, January 12th, 2003 at a showcase sponsored by the Berkshire Artists Group. Primarily a Jazz Vocalist and Guitarist, Allan Harris was inspired to write “Cross That River - The Saga of ...

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Article: New York Beat

Jazz in Florida

by Nick Catalano
February 3, 2003

On occasion my “New York Beat” column reaches outside Gotham to inspect jazz activities in various places. Last year, while in Paris, I wrote a two-part series on the music scene in the City of Light. Presently, I’m in Florida doing radio interviews and working on another jazz book. I’ve made dozen of such trips here ...

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Article: Live From New York

February 2003

by David Adler
February 1, 2003

Last month I wrote about Jason Moran’s newest music, based on the rhythms of human speech. Soon after, I encountered Alex Ross, in the New Yorker, discussing Steve Reich’s speech-inspired work in “Different Trains,” “The Cave,” and, most recently, “Three Tales.” Ross also cited Janácek’s “Jenufa” and “The Cunning Little Vixen” as precedents. Certainly this doesn’t ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Elf: New York Cats

Read "New York Cats" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

As is his way, guitarist Mark Elf uses his 1998 trio album New York Cats as an opportunity to pick from among the best in music and musicians to create an album of feline felicity. Known for corralling members of major label stables on past recordings, Elf works his magic this time with the help of ...