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Article: New York Beat

Aaron Parks' Invisible Cinema

by Nick Catalano
July 11, 2008

Some ten years ago when I was speaking at the annual Clifford Brown Festival in Wilmington Delaware, I ran across a remarkable family. The “Parkses" (a family of four represented at the festival by mother & son) were there, excited by the prospect that young Aaron, age 14 or so, and his young compatriots (winners of ...

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Article: Live Review

Roy Haynes at the Catalina, Hollywood

by AAJ Staff
July 11, 2008

Roy HaynesCatalina Bar and GrillHollywood, CaliforniaMay 26, 2008 Catalina Bar and Grill, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood. I walked in and sat down at the bar. Three guys were to my left--an older, strong-looking Afro-American guy, and two white guys wearing glasses. They were shortly joined by a young Afro-American man carrying two ...

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Article: Album Review

Piers Lawrence Quartet: Stolen Moments

Read "Stolen Moments" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
July 11, 2008

It's the overall creamy texture of the sound and the effortless vibe created by guitarist Piers Lawrence that makes Stolen Moments such an enjoyable listen. This is one together quartet whose mastery of group dynamics captures your attention right away with a short but effervescent rendering of Sonny Rollins' “Pent-Up House." Lawrence, who is a fluid ...

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Eri Yamamoto: Duologue

Read "Duologue" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton
July 11, 2008

On vacation from Japan in New York City in 1995, pianist Eri Yamamoto saw a performance by the Tommy Flanagan trio that changed the course of her life. She decided to trade the solitude of the classical music stage and the loneliness of the long distance recitalist for the camaraderie and interaction she hoped to find ...

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News: Event

New Jazz Photo Exhibit Uses Jazz Friendship of Eliison, Murray and Bearden as Inspiration

July 10, 2008

The Museum of Contemporary African Disaporan Arts (MoCADA) welcomes Kindred Cool: Portraits inspired by the jazz friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. Produced by Brooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn in conjunction with Up South, Inc., Kindred Cool documents the New York metro jazz community through friendships where jazz is a substantial link. Through ...

News: Event

Marco Benevento Trio + Blast Off!!! at Galapagos

July 10, 2008

The 4th and installment of the “Real. Live. Music." series at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg will be taking place on Wed, 7/16 with: MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO Marco Benevento - keys (Benevento/Russo Duo) Marc Friedman - bass (The Slip) Adam Deitch - drums (Lettuce, Wyclef Jean, Talib Kweli) BLAST OFF!!! ...

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Article: Live Review

Ahmad Jamal at The Blue Note

by AAJ Staff
July 10, 2008

Ahmad Jamal The Blue Note New York, New York May 11, 2008 Ahmad Jamal both caressed and shook the Blue Note during the second set of his appearance on this Sunday in May. Famous for his use of dynamics (soft- loud contrasts, sudden stops and starts, deferring to his ...

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Article: Album Review

Pam and Gary Windo: Avant Gardeners

Read "Avant Gardeners" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman
July 10, 2008

One second into this collection of '70s performances--one of a small slew of Windo compilation discs released over the past decade--and there's absolutely no question about the kind of terrain these adventurers would be negotiating. Or perhaps to be more accurate, there's every question that this kind of freedom continues to ask.Both Windos--pianist Pam ...

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Article: Album Review

Warren Smith: Natural/Cultural Forces

Read "Natural/Cultural Forces" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
July 10, 2008

How best to impart compositional intent to a band? Musical notation, graphical diagrams, singing or playing parts or discussing motives and visions? Veteran percussionist Warren Smith has experienced the whole gamut over his 74 years, with everyone from Charles Mingus, Muhal Richard Abrams, Bill Dixon, Aretha Franklin and Van Morrison to contemporary classical composer Harry Partch. ...

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Jostein Gulbrandsen: Twelve

by Elliott Simon
July 9, 2008

While guitarist Jostein Gulbrandsen may hail from Norway, he and his quartet appear very much at home in this debut that has a decided downtown edge. At the heart of Twelve is a contorted bluesy post-bop that makes wonderful use of complex rhythms and slicing tenor sax courtesy of Jon Irabagon. Both Gulbrandsen and Irabagon possess ...