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Article: Album Review

Bobby Watson & Horizon: Horizon Reassembled

Read "Horizon Reassembled" reviewed by Russ Musto

by Russ Musto
March 26, 2005

Saxophonist Bobby Watson believes, like his former boss Art Blakey did, that making people feel good is “one of the vital functions of jazz. Horizon always made music that was extremely exciting, which made its demise after five major label releases (now all out of print) doubly disappointing. Horizon Reassembled picks up where the band left ...

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Barry Romberg: Random Access Part 3

Read "Random Access Part 3" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
March 25, 2005

Canadian drummer Barry Romberg (who played last month as the drive behind the large ensemble NOJO at Jazz Standard) has released the third part of his Random Access series. As with previous installments, he has gathered together a noteworthy cadre of his friends that include some of Canada's top jazz musicians to present a percussively led ...

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Ivo Perelman: Black on White

Read "Black on White" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton
March 25, 2005

Ivo Perelman's playing is a squall, a storm that suddenly kicks up and moves through your life. Maybe you saw this one coming, but when it hits you're still caught off guard. Like his painting that equally inspires and defines his music, Perelman plays action saxophone, following his instinct up and down the keys, dripping thinly ...

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Bobby Hutcherson: Now!

by Russ Musto
March 25, 2005

Few records capture and transcend their moment in time as definitively as Now!. Recorded in 1969, the disc emotionally echoes sentiments central to the black power movement of the day. The music is strong, passionate, sensitive, optimistic, and--like the struggle it heralded--timeless. The premier vibraphonist/composer of his generation, Bobby Hutcherson had already expanded the modern jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Clogs: Stick Music

Read "Stick Music" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland
March 24, 2005

Sound is spiritual. The sound of a single, unaltered string quivering against the force of a finger can be religious. With its third album, Stick Music, the Australian-American group Clogs devotes itself to the exploration of strings. With band members Bryce Dessner on guitar and prepared guitar and Padma Newsome on violin, viola, vocals and prepared ...

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The Beat Circus: Ringleader's Revolt

Read "Ringleader's Revolt" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland
March 24, 2005

The timing is a bit inopportune for this. In a world rife with disorder, the last thing the listening population needs is music to dismantle the mind. Things start cheerfully enough, with a big-top band overture that culminates in oohs and aahs from an admiring crowd, then erupts into a rapid-plucking, drum-stomping, horn-blasting good ...

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William Ash Trio: The Phoenix

Read "The Phoenix" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
March 22, 2005

Coalescing a soulfully mellow sound with a driving dynamic approach, guitarist William Ash has rekindled Wes Montgomery's finest early '60s flame to reveal The Phoenix. With a sound born of late night jams, Ash stops time by savoring intense, warm grooves or bopping at breakneck speed. Aided by a deep juicy mix, drummer Mark Taylor and ...

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Article: Interview

Don Friedman

by A. Henkin
March 14, 2005

Pianist Don Friedman's sessionography reads like a jazz encyclopedia. A favorite choice on the keys for his tasteful yet progressive playing, he has played with luminaries from Booker Little to Jimmy Giuffre to Clark Terry. Friedman now leads a piano trio and we spoke with him after a successful engagement at the Kitano in February.

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Article: Film Review

Nothing But A Man

by AAJ Staff
March 13, 2005

Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln Nothing But a Man New Video Group 1964/2005 Beautifully shot in crisp black and white with especially excellent close-ups (thanks to co-producer/ co-writer/and cinematographer Robert Young), this 40-year old classic stars the young beautiful Abbey Lincoln (wigged over her black nationalist Afro of the time) as ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Italian Jazz in New York

by AAJ Staff
March 11, 2005

This month past, present and future generations of Italian jazz will parade throughout Manhattan. Besides having some of the most famous jazz festivals such as Umbria, Pescara, Roccella, and Rome's Villa Celimontana -many Italian towns and cities host smaller jazz festivals and celebrate the music in coffee houses and pubs, a phenomenon of only the past ...