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Article: Record Label Profile

ESP-Disk

by Clifford Allen
September 4, 2005

Sometimes it does take a bit of a reminder--especially in the days of corporate conglomerates managing almost every aspect of one's media experience--that the history of improvised music has been forged not only by left-field artists and visionaries, but also by record labels just as independent as their rosters. Commodore, Savoy, Dial, Transition, Blue Note, Prestige, ...

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Article: Live Review

2005 Caramoor Jazz Festival

by David Adler
September 4, 2005

While Bird & Diz were revolutionizing jazz in 1945, Caramoor, a leafy estate in Katonah, was on its way to becoming Westchester's haven for the arts. And so this year, as Caramoor celebrated its 60th anniversary, producer Jim Luce and artistic director Joe Lovano chose “Modern Jazz at 60 as the festival's theme, seeking to highlight ...

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Article: Live Review

2005 Newport Jazz Festival

by Ken Franckling
September 3, 2005

The 51st anniversary of edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, known for the past 22 years as the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, saved the best for last during its August 12-14 run overlooking fog-shrouded Newport Harbor.The highlight, in a weekend filled with terrific music, was a 90-minute tribute to the great drummer Roy Haynes. The ...

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Article: Megaphone

Ethan Iverson: Roll Call

by AAJ Staff
September 3, 2005

By Ethan Iverson This is my tribute to musicians who are no longer with us but that I managed to see perform. Their names are in bold. I spent my first night in New York City at the Village Vanguard. It was August 1991, I was 18 years old and ...

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Article: Live From New York

September 2005

by AAJ Staff
September 3, 2005

At the Stone, in a fairly rare New York appearance (Aug. 11th), Sticks and Stones laid bare the essence of the leaderless trio concept. Altoist Matana Roberts, bassist Josh Abrams and drummer Chad Taylor tunneled through abstract grooves, locked horns in riotous free-bop and sang with a deeply felt lyricism. The Strayhorn/Ellington classic “Isfahan , with ...

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Article: New York Beat

European Jazz Diary, Part 4

by Nick Catalano
September 1, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 During the initial Lionel Hampton tour of Europe in 1953, it was in Stockholm that a contingent of beboppers which Hamp had included in his tour at the behest of European producers and critics, began a secret rebellion. At the ...

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Article: Album Review

Carrie Shull/Tara Flandreau/Reuben Radding: The Branch Will Not Break

Read "The Branch Will Not Break" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
August 27, 2005

The Branch Will Not Break is an impressive collection of musical episodes. To call them songs would be somewhat inaccurate, because they're closer to tone poems or paintings with notes. And this splendid trio--Carrie Shull on oboe and English horn, Tara Flandreau on viola, and Reuben Radding on double bass--is like a collective Jackson Pollock, working ...

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Article: Album Review

Jaleel Shaw: Perspective

Read "Perspective" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
August 26, 2005

Jaleel Shaw certainly knows how to make an entrance. The first cut on the alto saxophonist's first outing as a leader has already earned the Philadelphia native an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. That tune, “Heavyweight Champion, an inspired tribute to one of his heroes, John Coltrane, is just one of many treats on this impressive ...

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Article: Album Review

Ribot/Campbell/Grimes/Taylor: Spiritual Unity

Read "Spiritual Unity" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton
August 26, 2005

When Albert Ayler went down into the East River, he simply wouldn't have believed that after 35 years he would be held in the highest esteem and the subject of a genuine revival. He always wanted us to focus on the sound rather than the notes, but we weren't quite ready to receive his message: musical ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Zimmer Quintet: Common Man

Read "Common Man" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
August 25, 2005

Though not as rare as they once were, outfits led by drummer/composers are still a minority in jazz. Picking up that mantle, Pete Zimmer, the young drummer best known for his work with saxophonist George Garzone, defies the cliche that drummers' records are nothing more than chops-driven accompanied drum solos. His debut, Common Man, serves up ...