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Jazz Arrangers: A Celebration at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

by Nick Catalano
December 10, 2011

Any discussion of a jazz figure's importance must include an analysis of the breadth of his or her talents. No one doubts trumpeter Louis Armstrong's stature in the origins of Dixieland. But attempts to place Jelly Roll Morton next to him in the pantheon of the genre often meet with resistance. Yet, in addition to being ...

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Article: Live Review

Peter Murphy: New York, NY, November 21, 2011

by Christine Connallon
December 10, 2011

Peter Murphy with She Wants Revenge and Hussle Club Irving Plaza New York, New York November 21, 2011 The cold biting wind, a short holiday get-away week--even the presence of two opening acts--did not deter legions of Peter Murphy fans, both old and new, from his gig at the iconic ...

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Article: Opinion

Occupy Jazz! Occupy Wall Street!

by Ras Moshe
December 9, 2011

Things have got to change! That is the cry being heard in the five boroughs of New York City, across the United States and, increasingly, in European cities too.All sorts of people from all sorts of social classes are at the protests--because the realization has dawned that eventually everyone will be impacted by the ...

News: Event

“What We Do” at the Louis Armstrong House Museum

December 8, 2011

What do they do at the Louis Armstrong House? A Who's Who of the Jazz world were introduced to Louis Armstrong singing “That's My Home" in the first moments of a video about “What We Do." At this first Louis Armstrong House Museum Gala on December 6th, 2011 the first “Louie," went to a 92-year-old, jazz ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble: Black Man’s Blues / New York Collage

by John Sharpe
December 7, 2011

Billy Bang's Survival EnsembleBlack Man's Blues / New York CollageNo Business Records2011 With Black Man's Blues / New York Collage, the Lithuanian based No Business label presents another thrilling installment in its invaluable documentation of the New York loft jazz of the 1970s, following on from 2010's ...

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News: Recording

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection Spans 1954 to 1967

December 2, 2011

DELUXE 19-CD BOX SET INCLUDES 9 ALBUMS ON CD IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME Perfect box set gift for the holiday season, released December 6, 2011—Dave Brubeck's 91st birthday—by Columbia/Legacy Also out now: Their Last Time Out (The Unreleased Live Concert—December 26, 1967), the Quartet's final concert after ten years together. As family and ...

News: Recording

Jimmy Owens: The Monk Project (IPO Recordings) Available January 3, 2012

December 1, 2011

Jimmy Owens—Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Wycliffe Gordon—Trombone, Marcus Strickland—Tenor Saxophone, Howard Johnson—Tuba, Baritone, Saxophone, Kenny Barron—Piano, Kenny Davis—Bass, Winard Harper—Drums NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Owens' debut as a leader on IPO features the legendary trumpeter/flugelhornist leading a stellar septet on a program of his own uniquely original arrangements of Thelonious Monk compositions that are deeply steeped in the ...

News: Book / Magazine

"The Insanity Hoax; Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius" by Dr. Judith Schlesinger is Now Available

November 29, 2011

Are you musicians crazy, or just creative? New book provides liberating answers to these old questions Psychologist, musician, and long-time All About Jazz contributor Dr. Judith Schlesinger has finished The Insanity Hoax; Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius. Based on thirty years of scholarly research as well as creative and therapeutic experience (but a fun ...

News: Performance / Tour

Henry Threadgill's ZOOID at Roulette (Brooklyn) from November 30 to December 2

November 29, 2011

Henry Threadgill's ZOOID featuring Liberty Ellman (acoustic guitar), Jose Davila (trombone and tuba), Stomu Takeishi (acoustic bass guitar) and Elliot Humberto Kavee (drums). November 30-December 2, 8pm Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY 917.267.0368 Directions 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRR $25/$15 members/students/seniors (attend two nights and ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With John Beaty

by AAJ Staff
November 21, 2011

Meet John Beaty: Beaumont is a small city in East Texas. Beaumont is the birthplace of Joe and John Beaty. Beaumont is their band. Beaumont is their story. Beaumont is one of the vanguard groups for the Stretch Genre. Joining other premier Stretch groups on the My Mom Things I'm Great ...