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Article: Album Review

Cyro Baptista: Banquet of the Spirits

Read "Banquet of the Spirits" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
July 21, 2008

Exotic percussion, string and keyboard instruments were strewn across the stage of Joe's Pub in New York City on May 29th. Cyro Baptista rapped out a pattern and casually live-looped it to play against himself with handclaps, drums and birdcalls. His approach of maximizing each person's sound fuels his new group and CD Banquet of the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Beautiful Young Ladies in Jazz

July 20, 2008

Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz presents BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADIES IN JAZZ Featuring Jazz Vocalists Julia Christgau, Rahimah Karim, Kavita S. Shah, Ashley Lorelle, Jacinda Nicole With Musicians: Kelly Nagata Powers (Piano), Maiko Ono (drums), Tsugawa Kuriko (bass) Megumi Sanihashi(violin) SATURDAY, AUG 2 @ 9PM $15 FOLLOWED BY A JAZZ JAM ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dave Allen Quartet - July 22nd at 55 Bar, NYC

July 20, 2008

The Dave Allen Quartet Drew Gress - bass Nasheet Waits - drums John O'Gallagher - sax Dave Allen - guitar Live at 55 Bar July 22nd from 10pm-1am Original adventurous music from Real and Imagined “Dave Allen is one of a number of spitfire jazz guitarists ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Duke Ellington: New York New York, The Treasury Shows, Vol. 13 & A Tone Parallel to Harlem

by George Kanzler
July 20, 2008

Duke Ellington New York New York Storyville 2008 Duke Ellington The Treasury Shows Vol. 13 Storyville 2008 Claude Bolling A Tone Parallel to Harlem Fremeaux and Assoc.

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Satoko Fujii: Trace a River, Cloudy Then Sunny & Kuro

by Kurt Gottschalk
July 20, 2008

Satoko Fujii Trace a River Libra 2008 Junkbox Cloudy then Sunny Libra 2008 Gato Libre Kuro Libra 2008 The ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Piano Trios: Junior Mance, Steve Elmer, Don Friedman & Frank Hewitt

by Tom Greenland
July 20, 2008

Junior Mance Live at Café Loup JunGlo 2008 Steve Elmer Fire Down Below self-published 2008 Don Friedman Straight Ahead No Coast Jazz 2008 Frank ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Effendi: Francois Richard & Alain Bedard

by Martin Longley
July 20, 2008

Francois Richard Nouvel Orchestra Effendi 2008 Alain Bedard Sphere Reflexion Effendi 2008 The Montreal label Effendi has been operating for nearly a decade, founded by the bassist ...

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Article: Album Review

Cassandra Wilson: Loverly

Read "Loverly" reviewed by Suzanne Lorge

by Suzanne Lorge
July 20, 2008

When Cassandra Wilson played New York's Blue Note Jun. 9th, she let her band jam a long time before she stepped into the heavy mix of groove and musical jest among the instrumentalists. The room was sweltering because of the day's heat and the seemingly absent air conditioning, but Wilson never broke a sweat. Wilson always ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Solo Piano: Kaori Osawa & Genevieve Foccroulle

by Francis Lo Kee
July 20, 2008

Kaori Osawa Aluminum Leo 2007 Genevieve Foccroulle Anthony Braxton: Piano Music (1968-2000) Leo 2008 Kaori Osawa's Aluminum, though not a traditional approach to solo piano (if one ...

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Article: Opinion

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Jazz Musicians

by AAJ Staff
July 20, 2008

By Jessica Jones Trust improvise give all you are to the bottom of the barrel don't fold don't fold know the melody before you start improvising and never avoid a solo just because you don't know the melody tell a story weave your little heart out dance like you will never get another ...