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Article: Multiple Reviews

Blaise Siwula: Projection: Zero; Transphonic Dimensions & Hommage an Klaus Kinski

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by Robert Iannapollo

Blaise Siwula / Carsten Radtke Projection: Zero Konnex 2008 W.O.O. Presents Mambo Mantis Transphonic Dimensions Konnex 2007 Nobu Stowe-Lee Pembleton Project Hommage an Klaus Kinski Soul Note

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News: Performance / Tour

Leanne Darling: The Newest Voice in Experimental World Jazz

Leanne Darling: The Newest Voice in Experimental World Jazz

Violist Leanne Darling celebrates her debut solo CD, Spiral, featuring solo viola and electronics, Arabic jazz ensemble, jazz string trio and jazz quartet. (Brooklyn, NY) Friday, June 6, 2008, 8:00 p.m. Leanne Darling CD release party to be held at the Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall at 58 Seventh Ave. (corner of 7th Ave. and Lincoln Pl.), ...

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News: Event

The Robert Glasper Trio and the Bird and the Bee to Perform Benefit Concert for the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

The Robert Glasper Trio and the Bird and the Bee to Perform Benefit Concert for the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

The Robert Glasper Trio and the bird and the bee will be performing at “New Horizon," a benefit concert for The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, on Monday, June 2, at 7:30 pm in The New School's historic Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th St, New York. Acclaimed jazz pianist Robert Glasper and multi-instrumentalist Greg ...

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Article: Live Review

Adam Rogers Quintet: Live at the Village Vanguard

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by David Miller

Adam Rogers Quintet Village Vanguard New York, New York April 12, 2007 Intensity is the first word that comes to mind when describing the Adam Rogers Quintet's performance at the Village Vanguard on April 12. That's a remarkable achievement, considering how disjointed the set could have been.For what was ...

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Article: Interview

Steve Swallow: Embracing Music and Greater Awareness

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by Matthew Miller

For 50 years, Steve Swallow has represented the pinnacle of jazz bass playing. First on acoustic, then exclusively on electric bass, the versatile Swallow approaches every musical situation with grace and understated virtuosity. His discography reads like a Who's Who of the important improvisers of the 20th and early 21st Century. Swallow continues to tour extensively ...

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Article: Album Review

Russ Nolan and the Kenny Werner Trio: With You in Mind

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by Elliott Simon

Two Colors (Rhinoceruss, 2004), the first release from saxophonist Russ Nolan as a leader, impressed by virtue of an exquisite partnership with pianist Sam Barsh and the leader's convincing command of both tenor and soprano saxophones. The saxophonist's sophomore effort, With You in Mind, reprises his traditional approach in the context of pianist Kenny Werner's superb ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Robbins: Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy

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by Wilbur MacKenzie

Altoist Pete Robbins' Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy functions like a treatise on synthesis, where disparate influences are not so much juxtaposed as woven together with style and grace. This CD makes a clear statement that these are times that celebrate a storied history of musical innovation. What felt like a gradual exploration of evolving alternatives ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Hot Jazz Cool Cause: Matt Savage at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on Saturday, May 10 at 8PM

Hot Jazz Cool Cause: Matt Savage at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on Saturday, May 10 at 8PM

Come hear 16 year-old Bosendorfer artist and jazz piano phenom Matt Savage in an electrifying performance of award winning original compositions and jazz standards. Saturday, May 10 at 8pm At Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 30 West 68th Street New York, NY 10023 $20 adults/$10 students and seniors Proceeds will support ...

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Article: Album Review

Felipe Salles: South American Suite

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by Elliott Simon

Rapidly changing rhythms, crisp ensemble playing, a broad sonic feel and unique voicings define South American Suite, an adventurously composed look at Brazilian music from multireedist/flutist Felipe Salles. While he draws on Brazilian music, Salles eschews the breezy bossa beats that are typically associated with that country's jazz intercourse. Instead, he utilizes lesser-known styles such as ...

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Article: Album Review

Teo Macero Presents The Inner World Band: Study in Contrast

Read "Study in Contrast" reviewed by Ivana Ng

by Ivana Ng

Teo Macero, who while at Columbia Records produced many Miles Davis records from Kind of Blue (1959) to Bitches Brew (1969), as well as other seminal discs like Dave Brubeck's Time Out (1959) and Ellington's Blues in Orbit (1958), passed away in February at age 82. Study in Contrast, recorded in 2007 with the NYU Steinhardt ...


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