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Article: Album Review

Joris Teepe: We Take No Prisoners

Read "We Take No Prisoners" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

A native of The Netherlands, bassist Joris Teepe has long since established himself as a jazzperformer and educator in New England, though he does return to his homeland to teach and perform on occasion while most of his recordings have been for European labels. Teepe's big band evolved from music he was commissioned to write for ...

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News: Event

Jack DeJohnette Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, December 4th at 7:00 P.M.

Jack DeJohnette Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, December 4th at 7:00 P.M.

Join us this Friday, December 4th, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette. Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 About Jack DeJohnette Born in Chicago in 1942, Jack DeJohnette is widely regarded as one of jazz music's greatest ...

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Article: Album Review

Champian Fulton: Sometimes I'm Happy

Read "Sometimes I'm Happy" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

The daughter of jazz trumpeter Stephen Fulton, Champian Fulton had plenty of early exposure to the music through her father. She began piano lessons at the age of five and as she grew interested in singing as well, she began accompanying herself. Fulton is a refreshing change from many of the singing jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Andrew D'Angelo: Gay Disco

Read "Gay Disco" reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

by Wilbur MacKenzie

In the time between the debut recording by reedman Andrew D'Angelo's trio with bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Jim Black and the release of the group's follow-up, some dramatic and widely talked about circumstances have befallen the saxophonist. D'Angelo's battle with a malignant brain tumor proved to be an inspiring and transformative process, as the rumbling ...

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Article: Album Review

Herb Robertson / Mark Solborg: [NOD]

Read "[NOD]" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley

In 2008, Danish guitarist Mark Solborg invited New Jersey trumpeter Herb Robertson to join his quartet. Around the same time, they laid down the tracks for this duo set in Copenhagen. Although Robertson can boast much more of a substantial history within the global sweep of jazz improvisation, this meeting possesses a strong sense of egalitarianism, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

EM Come Home Tour ... Call Spielberg! Elliott Murphy--the Extra Musical Man. (Opening Act for Four Dates: Jann Klose)

EM Come Home Tour ... Call Spielberg! Elliott Murphy--the Extra Musical Man. (Opening Act for Four Dates: Jann Klose)

He won't be alone, and he won't be afraid, but we want Elliott Murphy to come home. And he will this December. Elliott Murphy, the man who could have written a book but chose rock and roll instead is coming home to play. Elliott Murphy, who “remains the poet laureate of rock and roll," says Blurtonline's ...

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News: Performance / Tour

BT3 Brings Radical Guitar Pyrotechnics & Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves to Rose Live Music -- Thursday, December 17th @ 9PM

BT3 Brings Radical Guitar Pyrotechnics & Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves to Rose Live Music -- Thursday, December 17th @ 9PM

From a lifetime of breaking boundaries, leading an award-winning, DC-based hip-hop/fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, and collaborating with numerous musical pioneers, guitarist Ben Tyree, at last, steps forward with his own ground-breaking, improvisational, sci-fi/jazz/funk trio project, BT3. On Thursday, December 17th at 9pm, Tyree will present BT3 at Rose Live Music (345 Grand St - btwn Havemeyer ...

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News: Recording

Which is Which, the New Release by Baritone Saxophone Trio Reed's Bass Drum

Reed's Bass Drum is a Brooklyn based jazz collective focused on composing music as dialogue for baritone saxophone, bass and drums. “I originally organized the trio as a workshop for compositions that simultaneously embrace the spectral range of baritone saxophone and bass, and are built around melodies that transcend the trio sound and become collective musical ...

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News: Book / Magazine

AllAboutJazz-New York December 2009 Issue Now Available!

Of the many laudable qualities of jazz, possibly its most notable is a courage to explore boundaries. Born out of its original free spirit and now supported by a knowledgeable (if lamentably small) fan base, modern jazz musicians can inhabit multiple sub-genres and flavor their work with a number of outside influences, all without being explicitly ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Konnex Records

Read "Konnex Records" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland

One night in the early '70s, saxophonist Trevor Watts and drummer John Stevens were playing a concert in West Berlin. After the show, a tall, elegant, German man by the name of Manfred Schiek asked if he could buy one of their records. But they didn't have one. “There was an oil crisis at the time ...


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