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Article: Multiple Reviews

Randy Sandke: Outside In, The Mystic Trumpeter, Trumpet after Dark

by Andrew Velez
October 11, 2005

Randy Sandke Outside In Evening Star Records 2005 The pleasures of Outside In should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with trumpeter Randy Sandke. Adventurous and forward thinking, he also incorporates the best of traditional jazz. The opener, “Ganjan, is an opportunity for him and bandmates Wycliffe Gordon, Marty ...

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Article: Profile

Noah Howard

by A. Henkin
October 11, 2005

A move to Europe can often take a successful musician out of the tight focus of American listeners. Though the cross-pollination of Europe and America is now well established, ex-pat Americans often give up their native renown for the increased work and appreciation to be found across the pond. Though Noah Howard, once ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Dizzy Gillespie: Town Hall, New York City; Dizzy

by Ernest Barteldes
October 10, 2005

Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker Town Hall, New York... Uptown Jazz 2005 On a new release on Uptown Records, we hear a long-lost recording made at the Manhattan music hall 60 years ago. The digital transfer is mostly untouched, so as a result some of the crack and hiss ...

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Article: Film Review

Faust: A Silent Movie (1926)

by A. Henkin
October 10, 2005

F.W. Murnau Music by Willem Breuker Faust (1926) BVHaast 2005 F.W Murnau was one of the giants of the Silent Film Era. His most famous work is 1922's Nosferatu but his interpretation of the Faust legend was his most expansive work, also his last ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Eric Dolphy: Iron Man / Live at the Five Spot, Vol.1; Nathan Davis: The Other Side of Morning

by Clifford Allen
October 10, 2005

In many ways, the fence-line between avant-garde and mainstream jazz was towed by Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy, two reedmen whose influence crossed as many boundaries as Coltrane and who might be said to be among the true leaders of the front-line soldiers, paving the way for aspects of a sonic revolution that, ubiquitous as it ...

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Article: Album Review

Armen Donelian: Full Moon Music

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by Elliott Simon
October 10, 2005

The third chapter in pianist Armen Donelian's Grand Ideas trilogy, Full Moon Music, stands alone in its ability to allow the listener to bond with the artist on a most personal level. Consisting of fourteen freely improvised solo piano portraits, the program masterfully tip-toes, walks, and runs along the thinnest of lines separating jazz and classical ...

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Article: Book Review

Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie

by Joel Roberts
October 9, 2005

William L. Maggin Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie Harper Collins ISBN: 0-688-17088-9 2005 With the exception of Louis Armstrong, there's probably been no major artist in jazz as beloved as Dizzy Gillespie. A brilliant musician and innovator who helped launch two of the music's ...

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Article: Book Review

Sun Ra: The Immeasurable Equation

by AAJ Staff
October 9, 2005

Sun Ra: The Immeasurable Equation The Collected Poetry and ProseJames L. Wolf and Hartmut Geerken, co-ed. Waitawhile ISBN: 3833426594 2005 “In his poems, as much as his music, Sun Ra seemed to want to undo and rewrite every concept he could get his ...

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Article: Live Review

Williamsburg Jazz Festival 2005

by Ernest Barteldes
October 9, 2005

For the third time, listeners took the hipster (and rapidly gentrifying) neighborhood by storm with a selection of jazz artists mostly culled from the local New York City scene. It was a casual atmosphere that reigned at this four-day event (Aug. 8th-11th) that showcased some up-and-coming jazz talent at the cozy Laila Lounge and at the ...

Article: Live Review

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2005

by Ernest Barteldes
October 9, 2005

A sunny day welcomed the audience to Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park and the first of the two day annual Charlie Parker Festival (Aug. 27th-28th). Young pianist Hiromi took to the stage first with her trio and, despite the fact that she'd just flown in from a performance in Israel, she delivered an impressive, energetic set. On ...