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Barry Harris in New York

by Tom Dwyer
March 16, 2006

Barry Harris is one of the world's most respected jazz piano players and teachers, considered by many to be the foremost interpreter of the music of Bud Powell, Tadd Dameron and Thelonious Monk. For more than half a century, Harris has played with the giants of jazz including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderley ...

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Klaus Suonsaari: Live in Helsinki

Read "Live in Helsinki" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden
March 15, 2006

Drummer Klaus Suonsaari is equally at home in the worlds of post bop, mainstream jazz and free jazz, though this live trio performance focuses on the latter. The leader is joined by by saxophonist Scott Robinson (who utilized Suonsaari on all three of his very straight-ahead sessions for Arbors Jazz) and bassist Julian F. Thayer. The ...

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The Music of Stanley Turrentine at the Allen Room in New York

by Marcia Hillman
March 13, 2006

The Music of Stanley Turrentine Eric Alexander, Robert Stewart, Gene Ludwig, Dave Stryker and Grady Tate Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, NY February 16, 2006 Jazz at Lincoln Center presented a performance of the music of Stanley Turrentine as part of their Music of the ...

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Bobo Stenson

by A. Henkin
March 12, 2006

Many listeners and writers of jazz (this correspondent included) have been at times guilty of perpetuating the myth of the 'Nordic Sound' in jazz. Not only is this inaccurate, it is also a gross simplification of a culturally diverse region. Pianist Bobo Stenson, himself probably a victim of this categorization during his career, stated in a ...

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Cyrus Chestnut: Genuine Chestnut

Read "Genuine Chestnut" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
March 12, 2006

Cyrus Chestnut has always brought a palpable sense of joy to his music-making. Since gaining notoriety with the young lions of the '80s, his gospel-rooted approach has earned him a reputation as one of the most reliably versatile pianists on the mainstream scene. Genuine Chestnut is a mixed bag, though. While there's plenty ...

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Donald Byrd: Fuego

by Russ Musto
March 12, 2006

The role played by Donald Byrd in the development of hard bop is often unfairly overlooked these days--as if the trumpeter's '70s forays into more commercial territory justifies expunging his earlier contributions from its history. Fuego, Byrd's third date for Blue Note, finds him at his very best, in the familiar company of altoist Jackie McLean, ...

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Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars: Carnival Conspiracy: In the Marketplace All Is Subterfuge

Read "Carnival Conspiracy: In the Marketplace All Is Subterfuge" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
March 11, 2006

Trumpeter Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars jump-started New York City's globalFEST this past month. The two-day smorgasbord of sound, now in its third sold-out year at Joe's Pub, featured three concurrent stages of the best in world music. London's aggregation included a bevy of brass, clarinets, vocalists, Brazilian percussion ensemble Scott Kettner & Maracatú New York, ...

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Andrew Hill: Time Lines and Full Circles

by Paul Olson
March 11, 2006

Andrew Hill's a busy man. “I'm playing in New York in March and after that, I'm going to Europe for a European promo for a few days with the quintet, he smiles. “The next month, I'm touring Europe then touring Europe again a bit after that. I have a commitment to do a ...

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American Roadwork / Sound on Survival Live

by Jeff Stockton
March 11, 2006

Lisle Ellis/Marco Eneidi/Peter Valsamis American Roadwork CIMP 2004 According to Robert Rusch's liner notes for American Roadwork, the Sound on Survival trio (alto saxophonist Marco Eneidi, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Peter Valsamis) played 21 shows in 21 days and logged an estimated 8,000 miles on the road ...

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Cooper-Moore: Outtakes 1978

Read "Outtakes 1978" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton
March 9, 2006

About ten years ago, Cooper-Moore was a bona fide man of mystery. He had a reputation as a formally trained, creatively inspired master improviser who was fluent on just about any instrument he touched (particularly the piano), but he was also in possession of a notoriously maverick heart. It was said he would only perform and ...