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News: Music Industry

About The Corey Cook Ensemble

About The Corey Cook Ensemble

Corey Cook & his associates represent a diverse range of New York City's most promising artists & music business impresarios, from graduates of prominent conservatories such as The Julliard School, New Jersey City University, and The Manhattan School of Music to seasoned veterans of the music industry who've toured the United States and abroad. Among Mr. ...

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Article: Live From New York

August 2008

Read "August 2008" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Steven Bernstein at Living Theatre Standing before a specially assembled band for his July 10th show at The Living Theatre, Steven Bernstein spoke freely about his early days in New York. “When I first saw Lester, that was just my guy," he said. “I wanted to be just like him." The allegiance to the ...

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Article: Film Review

Inside Out in the Open

Read "Inside Out in the Open" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Alan Roth Inside Out In The Open ESP-Disk 2008 First shown in 2001, Inside Out in the Open is taking on the air of an historic document, and it is all the more valuable for that. Now widely distributed for the first time on DVD, and deservedly so, ...

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Article: Album Review

Radio I-Ching: The Fire Keeps Burning

Read "The Fire Keeps Burning" reviewed by Fred Bouchard

by Fred Bouchard

Ever eat wild duck? It can be tough and sinewy but often has oddly fascinating flavors. Try it spit-roasted over resiny charcoal from a Djibouti street vendor and you get an idea of Radio I-Ching--wacky quacky. The odd intersections of 'world' music (here Pan-AfroAsian meets jazz and Americana pop) are strangely unsettling yet grounded in this ...

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Article: Album Review

Chico Hamilton: It's About Time!

Read "It's About Time!" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes

"It's about time," a common phrase of exasperated relief, has deeper temporal meanings as the title of Chico Hamilton's new CD. Its primary reference is to keeping time on the drums, which Hamilton has done skillfully for over a half-century. Moreover, the drums/bass/guitar trio setup on this disc is the same type he used on his ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs Live @ Zinc Bar

Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs Live @ Zinc Bar

New York based Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker performs live at one of New York's most exciting jazz clubs on Monday August 11th, 2008 7:30 - 9:00pm Zinc Bar 90 W Houston St New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 366-5680 Michelle has performed at the Lincoln Center-Women in Jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Linda Ciofalo Performs @ The 4th Annual Diet Coke Womens Jazz Festival

Vocalist Linda Ciofalo Performs @ The 4th Annual Diet Coke Womens Jazz Festival

Jazz Vocalist Linda Ciofalo performs live at: The 4th annual Diet Coke Womens Jazz Festival Monday, September, 22 9:30 Featured Performers: Linda Ciofalo - voice John DiMartino - piano Joel Frahm - saxes Marcus McLaurine - bass Alvester Garnett- drums Dizzy's Club Coca Cola ...

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Article: Profile

Susie Ibarra

Read "Susie Ibarra" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon

Percussionist Susie Ibarra is an artist whose compendium of work is defined by an exquisitely global essence. It includes a profound respect for indigenous people and their music, coupled with a cutting edge sense of the avant-garde. Her works are not a distillation or homogenization of various cultures but a celebration and appreciation of diversity. Ibarra ...

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Article: Book Review

High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm: The Life and Music of Valaida Snow

Read "High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm: The Life and Music of Valaida Snow" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella

High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm Mark Miller Softcover; 187 pages ISBN: 1-55128-127-9 The Mercury Press 2007 Ever wonder why so many jazz biographies differ when it comes to hard facts? From Mark Miller's biography of Valaida Snow, it appears that inflation and exaggeration play a major ...

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Article: Live Review

Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival 2008

Read "Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival 2008" reviewed by Mathieu Belanger

by Mathieu Belanger

Suoni Per Il Popolo 2008 Festival of Avant-Garde and Experimental Liberation Music Montreal, Quebec June 1-30, 2008 The 2007 edition of the Suoni Per Il Popolo had marked a transition in its development in that it showed consistency and maturity. It therefore created great expectations for this year's edition ...


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