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Article: Album Review

Sam Yahel Trio: Truth and Beauty

Read "Truth and Beauty" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland

Sam Yahel's Hammond B3 organ has been paired with stars like Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Maceo Parker and Bill Frisell, but with his fourth album as a leader, the organist reveals his own voice. It's confident, clever and gleefully vibrant. With saxophonist Joshua Redman and drummer Brian Blade, two stars in their own right, Yahel has ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Lee Konitz: Portology and Ashiya

Read "Lee Konitz: Portology and Ashiya" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Lee Konitz/Ohad Talmor Big Band, featuring Orquestra Jazz de MatosinhosPortologyOmniTone2007 Walter Lang & Lee KonitzAshiyaPirouet2007 Lee Konitz has displayed the spirit of adventure during his long career, never settling for long into any ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Billie Holiday: Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles & Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959

Read "Billie Holiday: Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles & Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez

Billie Holiday Lady Day--The Master Takes and Singles Columbia-Legacy 2007 Billie Holiday Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959 ESP-Disk 2007 The earliest 11 sides on Lady Day, a quartet ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Herb Robertson: Real Aberration & The Perfume Comes Before The Flower

Read "Herb Robertson: Real Aberration & The Perfume Comes Before The Flower" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley

Herb Robertson NY Downtown Allstars Real Aberration Clean Feed 2007 Alípio C Neto Quartet The Perfume Comes Before the Flower Clean Feed 2007 Year Trumpeter ...

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Peter Brotzmann: The Fat Is Gone, At Molde 2007, Born Broke, One Night in Burmantofts & Headfirst Into the Flames

Read "Peter Brotzmann: The Fat Is Gone, At Molde 2007, Born Broke, One Night in Burmantofts & Headfirst Into the Flames" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton

Peter Brotzmann/Mats Gustafsson/Paal Nilssen-Love The Fat Is Gone Smalltown Superjazz 2007 Chicago Tentet At Molde 2007 Okka Disk 2008 Peter Brotzmann/Peeter Uuskyla Born Broke Atavistic 2008 ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Drew Gress: The Irrational Numbers & Real and Imagines

Read "Drew Gress: The Irrational Numbers & Real and Imagines" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman

Drew Gress The Irrational Numbers Premonition 2008 Dave Allen Real and Imagined Fresh Sound-New Talent 2008 The third one's a true charm as bassist Drew Gress and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Julio Santillan Trio at el Taller- April 18

Julio Santillan Trio at el Taller- April 18

JULIO SANTILLAN TRIO “A Striking combination of jazz sensibility applied to argentinean folk rhythms." -Boston Herald Friday, April 18, 8pm EL TALLER (2710 Broadway- corner of 104 st.- 3rd. floor- New York, NY 10025) res. 212-665-9460 featuring: DANIELE CAMARDA: bass QUINTINO CINALLI: percussion JULIO SANTILLAN: guitar-voice ...

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Article: Opinion

Musical Community

Read "Musical Community" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

By Jeff Gauthier Music is all about community. The jazz musicians of New York are a musical community. Individual ensembles within that larger community are musical communities. However, so are social networking sites, record companies and the readers of All About Jazz. We can generally break communities down into two specific types: physical and ...

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Article: Live From New York

April 2008

Read "April 2008" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Kevin Shea at Barbes Building an evening around Kevin Shea is a bit like staking a tent pole in a rockslide. He has a way of keeping time while playing seemingly unconnected fills and a stage persona that makes Han Bennink look like Bud Abbott. But he was the common denominator at Barb's Mar. 12th, when ...

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Article: Album Review

Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All Stars

Read "Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All Stars" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts

For its 50th anniversary last summer, the Monterey Jazz Festival assembled a multi-generational allstar group--including tenor sax legend James Moody, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, pianist and musical director Benny Green, bassist Derrick Hodge, drummer Kendrick Scott and singer Nnenna Freelon--to reflect the festival's long and diverse musical history. The live recording of the group's performance exhibits some ...


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