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Article: Profile

Nathan Davis

by Russ Musto
March 11, 2005

Nathan Davis remembers it like it was yesterday. Sitting in his office at the University of Pittsburgh in the '70s reading a Downbeat magazine. “It said, 'Dexter Gordon returned back, Woody Shaw returned back to great ovations. What ever happened to Nathan Davis?' And boy, a big tear came to my eye, he recalls laughing. “Because ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Guernsey's Jazz Auction

by A. Henkin
March 11, 2005

Much has been made in the popular press of the once-in-a-lifetimeness of this auction. More coverage was given to the event, held Sunday, Feb. 20th at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater, than jazz usually gets in a year. The son of Thelonious Monk, T.S., made the opening remarks and spoke optimistically about history and what ...

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Article: Interview

James Moody: Timeless

by Terrell Kent Holmes
March 10, 2005

In this era of disposable culture and accepted mediocrity, it's gratifying to applaud the life and accomplishments of someone who has managed to transcend evanescence. James Moody, sax master and flutist, one of America's most enduring and beloved musicians, turns 80 this month. Born in Savannah, GA, Moody started with the alto sax but fell in ...

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Article: Profile

Joe Fonda: Forever Real

by Robert Iannapollo
March 9, 2005

Talk to bassist Joe Fonda for even a short time and you get caught in the whirlwind. Conversation flows easily from one topic to another: from Anthony Braxton to Duke Ellington to Marvin Gaye or from Paul Wolfowitz to the best wine that goes with salmon. Fonda's one of those incessantly curious people who seems to ...

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Article: Book Review

Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story

by Joel Roberts
March 9, 2005

Ray Charles and David Ritz Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story Da Capo ISBN: 0306814315 2005 If the widely heralded and Oscar-nominated biopic Ray wrapped Ray Charles' extraordinary life in somewhat too neat a Hollywood package, Charles' newly reissued 1978 autobiography pulls no such punches. It's a raw, ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Justin Time Records

by Riel Lazarus
March 8, 2005

Over 20 years ago, Justin Time Records built a comfortable home for itself on what is commonly considered to be shaky ground. Not only was the label one of dozens fighting for a slice of jazz' dwindling market share, but it was also Canadian. To some it was a recipe for disaster, but for this band ...

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Article: Megaphone

Cooper-Moore: A Journey on the Road

by AAJ Staff
March 8, 2005

By Cooper-Moore Confucius said, “To learn and to practice what is learned is pleasure, is it not? To have friends come from afar is happiness, is it not? To be unperturbed when not appreciated by others is gentlemanly, is it not?" My 58th birthday, 4 am on a Sunday morning and ...

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Article: Live From New York

March 2005

by AAJ Staff
March 4, 2005

Boston tenor titan Jerry Bergonzi drew a standing-room-only crowd to Smith's (Feb. 4th), one of New York's newer jazz rooms. This unit, with bassist Bruce Gertz and drummer Bob Kaufman, known as “KGB", recently made two beautiful discs, The Line Between and Dreaming Out Loud. At Smith's the trio was joined by pianist Gabriel Guerrero, from ...

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Article: New York Beat

The Train Theory: The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in Performance

by Nick Catalano
March 1, 2005

In the most intriguing performance to date, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis presented a series of compositions focusing on trains. “Full Steam Ahead" (on Feb. 25th) was an attempt to demonstrate the influence of “locomotive onomatopoeia" (as Albert Murray phrases it in the program notes) on the percussive emphasis in ...

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Article: Album Review

Les Paul: Now!

by AAJ Staff
February 28, 2005

By Jennifer Odell If you're craving new Les Paul tunes, the fourth generation release, Now! , is not where you'll find them. Not because it's not a great album--it is. Classical artist Michael J. Dutton's remastering allows you to hear more delicate elements of the different guitars' various tones and textures. But this album was originally ...