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Article: Album Review

Hal Galper: Furious Rubato

Read "Furious Rubato" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Hal Galper's aptly named Furious Rubato, finds the pianist opening the listener's ears by stretching the tempo of the tunes and frequently seeming to be playing independently of his rhythm section without ever losing sight of the harmony within each song, approaching free jazz but never abandoning post-bop. He's accompanied by bassist Jeff Johnson (who has ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Kuhn: Pastorale

Read "Pastorale" reviewed by Brandt Reiter

by Brandt Reiter

Though he's been an inimitable sideman for jazz legends like John Coltrane, Stan Getz and Arts Farmer and Blakey and though he's been leading his own first-rate groups for decades, Steve Kuhn has never become a household name. Like his frequent (and equally idiosyncratic) collaborator Sheila Jordan, he's better known abroad than here, both in Europe ...

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News: Music Industry

Mitchell's Jazz Bar & Grill Opens in Brooklyn, NY

Mitchell's Bar & Grill 259 Flatbush Avenue Brookyln, NY, 11217 Map 718-484-4114 Jazz lovers will be delighted to have a new spot to experience top names on the jazz scene with the opening of Mitchell's Bar & Grill, located at 259 Flatbush Avenue, right on the Park Slope ...

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Article: Live Review

Matthew Shipp Trio at the Blue Note, NYC

Read "Matthew Shipp Trio at the Blue Note, NYC" reviewed by Lyn Horton

by Lyn Horton

The Matthew Shipp Trio The Blue Note New York, New York August 27, 2007 Making a record means freezing music in time. The musicians have done their job for that session. What will be heard will only be that session for as long as the recording lasts. Even though a ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Evan Parker: Hook, Drift & Shuffle & Zafiro

Read "Evan Parker: Hook, Drift & Shuffle & Zafiro" reviewed by Marc Medwin

by Marc Medwin

Evan Parker Hook, Drift & Shuffle Psi 2007 Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton Zafiro Maya 2006 These two releases form a wonderful cross-section of a seminal British improvising ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Natsuki Tamura: In Krakow in November, Nomad & Crossword Puzzle

Read "Natsuki Tamura: In Krakow in November, Nomad & Crossword Puzzle" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk

Satoko Fujii/Natsuki Tamura In Krakow in November Not Two 2007 Gato Libre Nomad No Man's Land 2007 Double Duo Crossword Puzzle Libra 2007

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Joe Fonda: Trio & Duets (1995)

Read "Joe Fonda: Trio & Duets (1995)" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk

Fonda/Stevens Group Trio Not Two 2007 Anthony Braxton/Joe Fonda Duets (1995) Konnex-Clean Feed 2007 It's difficult to either match or deny the hyperbole with which Leo Feigin ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Wadada Leo Smith: Wisdom in Time & Brooklyn Duos

Read "Wadada Leo Smith: Wisdom in Time & Brooklyn Duos" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk

Wadada Leo Smith/Gunter Baby Sommer Wisdom in Time Intakt 2007 John Coxon/Wadada Leo Smith Brooklyn Duos Treader 2007 The duo of Wadada Leo Smith and Günter Baby ...

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Article: Album Review

Josh Irving Quintet: A Common Thread

Read "A Common Thread" reviewed by Laurel Gross

by Laurel Gross

Josh Irving impressively soldiered on during a live celebration in July, 2007, of the release of A Common Thread at New York City's Smalls--an event at which only two of the six musicians featured on the recording were present. That he could successfully make the best of what would not seem optimal circumstances ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Chu Berry: Classic Columbia And Victor Sessions

Read "Chu Berry: Classic Columbia And Victor Sessions" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Chu Berry Classic Columbia And Victor Sessions Mosaic Records 2007 Loren Schoenberg gets to the heart of saxophonist Chu Berry's story near the end of his superlative liners when he notes that “Ghost Of A Chance," the 1940 ballad feature recorded by Cab Calloway's Orchestra in response ...


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