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Memories of Mary Lou

by Peter O'Brien
May 4, 2006

I met Mary Lou Williams in the pages of Time Magazine. It was early 1964. She was 53 years old and I was 23. The article, under MUSIC, was in two parts--each about a different woman. The first concerned itself with Sarah Caldwell. Ms. Caldwell directed and produced operas and was the inventor of The Boston ...

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Michel Camilo on a Blue Note Tour

by Nick Catalano
May 2, 2006

Well over 16 years ago I reviewed a young pianist from the Dominican Republic unknown to New York audiences. He was in an all-star concert at Town Hall and from the downbeat of the first selection I knew I was in for something special. By playing clever rhythm figures in unison with his bassist and drummer ...

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Solo Piano: From My Field; Solotude

by Donald Elfman
April 25, 2006

Both these solo piano discs have the feel of “recital" recordings by virtuosos, though the virtuosity is not about a lot of notes or about a fancy “look at me technique, but about telling stories at the keyboard. Adam Makowicz From My Field Self Published 2005 Adam Makowicz ...

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Encore: Michael Gregory (Jackson)

by Clifford Allen
April 21, 2006

In the world of creative improvisation, there is an adage that being true to one's art and one's instrument doesn't necessarily beget monetary or commercial success, but rather a place in the history books and the esteem of one's peers, a decidedly sure place in the nebula of the sonic air current. But what of those ...

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Charlie Kohlhase: The Cranky Yankee

by Celeste Sunderland
April 20, 2006

State, New Hampshire. Party affiliation, communist. Obsession, Woody Herman's 1963 Herd. No, it's not Boston-based saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase. It's the Cranky Yankee, a character he's been known to slip into while on the road. “He would go on and on about this 1963 Herd and the brilliance of Jake Hanna at the drums, said Either/Orchestra founder ...

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Stan Tracey: True-Grit Brit

by AAJ Staff
April 19, 2006

By Jack Massarik In London he's known as the patriarch of jazz piano, the godfather of British modern jazz and similar epithets that you earn only by being a significant player for a very long period of time. Stan Tracey first hit New York in 1951, when he took a dance-band gig on ...

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Enrico Rava: Easy Living; Tati; La Dolce Vita; Full of Life

by Donald Elfman
April 19, 2006

In a career that has spanned over 40 years, Enrico Rava has expressed himself purely, finally emerging as one of the most original voices in contemporary music. He's always had beautiful things to say, but now, in the way he works with other musicians, those statements become poetry of the most exquisite colors. Enrico Rava

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Spirit Song; Cityscape

by Andrew Rowan
April 16, 2006

Ernie Watts Spirit Song Flying Dolphin 2006 Ernie Watts radiates such warmth and lyricism throughout Spirit Song that even a fast-paced, angular tune like “ASFEW ('A Song for Ernie Watts'), where his keening upper register is on display, ends up singing. While he's an ebullient, energetic player, Watts does not ...

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Essence; Live at Vision Festival X, NYC

by Jeff Stockton
April 16, 2006

Don Ellis Essence Mighty Quinn 2005 Trumpeter Don Ellis was at the nexus of West Coast jazz in the late '50s and early '60s, a veteran of several big bands who appeared on Mingus Dynasty before recording Essence in 1962 (here reissued for the first time). The styles ...

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Waltz Again; Solitude

by Jeff Stockton
April 16, 2006

David Murray 4tet & Strings Waltz Again Justin Time 2005 Because he has been so prolific, David Murray's greatest challenge has been facing up to his own recorded legacy. But recording with strings is as much a rite of passage for tenor players as recording “Body and Soul, ...