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Article: Record Label Profile

Storyville Records

by Elliott Simon
August 21, 2005

Based in Denmark and boasting a catalogue of rarities and seminal recordings that would make any U.S. label drool, Storyville has carved a unique niche for itself on the international jazz landscape. Its own story began in 1952 as 23-year old Danish jazz aficionado Karl Emil Knudsen released a 1924 Louis and Lil' Armstrong recording with ...

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Article: Profile

Lonnie Liston Smith

by Terrell Kent Holmes
August 21, 2005

It's been suggested that if anyone bridged the gap between John Coltrane and Earth, Wind & Fire, it was keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith. Born December 28th, 1940 in Richmond, Virg., he began his jazz career playing acoustic piano as a sideman with such luminaries as Pharoah Sanders, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Betty Carter and Gato Barbieri. A ...

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Article: Album Review

Bull/Fonda Duo: Cup of Joe, No Bull

Read "Cup of Joe, No Bull" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
August 21, 2005

On the heels of her release Love Spook, vocalist Katie Bull has hooked up again with bassist Joe Fonda on Cup of Joe, No Bull, a selection of standards and originals that the duo reduces to their bare essentials. Bull delivers a kind of relaxed, languid, yet lively kind of singing where the lyrics aren't sung ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Zak: Peter Zak Trio

Read "Peter Zak Trio" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
August 21, 2005

Pianist Peter Zak is something of an unknown quantity to New Yorkers, but on his SteepleChase debut, he makes a considerable first impression. On this disc, which is comprised mostly of originals, he displays a style, which, although clearly touched by his major influences, remains vibrant and singular. During a great gig last month at Smoke, ...

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Article: Profile

Bill Dixon: The Morality of Improvisation

by Clifford Allen
August 20, 2005

Followers of improvised music are very good at expanding on the personalities of artists, and that oral tradition has certainly been aided by the musicians through a sort of 'educational mythology.' To be sure, the personalities of Miles, Trane, Cecil, Mingus and Ornette are fascinating and notable, but this interest in the men and their whims ...

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Article: Live Review

Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival

by AAJ Staff
August 20, 2005

By Mathieu Bélanger The fifth edition of the Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival took place from June 1st to June 26th. It is an annual initiative of the hard-working folks running Casa del Popolo and La Sala Rossa - two of Montréal's most vital venues. Ever since its first edition in 2001, the Suoni ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Greg Osby & Jason Moran: Channel Three & Same Mother

by Jeff Stockton
August 20, 2005

Greg Osby Channel Three Blue Note 2005 It's hard to believe that among the sixteen albums he's recorded as a leader, Channel Three is alto saxophonist Greg Osby's first with simple drum and bass backing. The time must be right, because the music on this recording contains all ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Opsvik, Tone Collector & Wallumr

by Javier AQ Ortiz
August 20, 2005

Eivind Opsvik Overseas II Fresh Sound New Talent 2005 Overseas II broadens the documentation of the New York growth of the music by bassist Eivind Opsvik away from his native Norway. He writes present-day jazz material unlike anything else in the market. “Stranded starts with ...

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Article: Album Review

Richard Drexler: Se

by Andrew Rowan
August 20, 2005

Pianist/bassist/vocalist Richard Drexler has crafted an eclectic recording, full of fire and humor, saluting the music of Johannes Brahms reinvented through Latin American rhythms. Along the way he also tips his hat to American popular music. The imaginative Drexler uses the vallenato and cumbia (Columbia), tango (Argentina), bolero (Cuba), merengue, pasajes and gaitas (Venezuela), ...

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Article: Album Review

Cyro Baptista: Beat the Donkey Beat

Read "Beat the Donkey Beat" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz

by Javier AQ Ortiz
August 20, 2005

As rich and varied as this music is, it's a glimpse of a multifaceted enterprise that encompasses a broad aesthetic and disciplinary gamut that includes dance, couture silliness, tap, body and common objects percussion, capoeira, and light effects, among other things. Wisely, a three minute QuickTime short is included with the release that can be played ...