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Article: Interview

Bob Cunningham

by Terrell Kent Holmes
June 9, 2004

Bassist Bob Cunningham is another example of a talented, underrated and uderappreciated musician. Born in Cleveland in 1934, Cunningham arrived in New York in 1960, hit the ground running and hasn’t stopped, appearing on countless recordings and gigging with all time greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Sun Ra, Abbey Lincoln and Yusef Lateef. His ...

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Article: Profile

Jon Mayer

by AAJ Staff
June 8, 2004

By Ken Franckling After at least 13 years away from music entirely, and another 13 years rebuilding his life - and his chops - Jon Mayer is ready to take on the challenges of his hometown. “My life has taken a few twists and turns. This is my first legitimate jazz appearance [in ...

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Article: Megaphone

Jesse Dulman: Save Yourself...

by AAJ Staff
June 6, 2004

Submitted on behalf of Jesse Dulman One day last October at five in the afternoon, I had a solo tuba gig at a bar on the campus of Stony Brook University. On the trainride from Penn Station, I was sitting across from five ghetto kidz looking to sell candy out on Long Island ...

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Article: New York Beat

Summer Festivals 2004

by Nick Catalano
May 29, 2004

Last week, as a guest on a talk show, I addressed the importance of understanding and appreciating the international scope that jazz has attained. It is fair to say that much of the best in jazz composition, recording and performance comes into the music from foreign shores and the dismissal of these contributions as “impure” is ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

MAXJAZZ Records

by Celeste Sunderland
May 20, 2004

Sometimes people are meant to take different roles within their passions. Richard McDonnell started as a saxophonist and ended up with his own record label. What began as a side project five years ago, turned into a full-time endeavor. Last March McDonnell was able to retire from a successful career in investment banking, and focus completely ...

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Article: Profile

Happy Birthday Elvin Jones!

by Florence Wetzel
May 20, 2004

Legendary drummer Elvin Jones is turning 75 on September 9th, and to celebrate the occasion Jones is performing at the Blue Note for two weeks. The celebration kicks off on Jones' birthday, and that night Jones' group, the Jazz Machine, will perform with special guest Wynton Marsalis. Jones' relationship with Marsalis goes back many years. “Wynton's ...

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Article: Album Review

Mary Lou Williams Collective: Zodiac Suite: Revisited

Read "Zodiac Suite: Revisited" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
May 14, 2004

In March, Geri Allen performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Stanley Kaplan Penthouse with Daryl Hall (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), a coincidental CD release for this very musical Mary Lou Williams' Collective release that features Allen with an alternating trio featuring Buster Williams (bass) and Hart as well as Andrew Cyrille (drums). As ...

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Article: Interview

Barre Phillips

by A. Henkin
May 12, 2004

Last year AllAboutJazz-New York had the chance to sit down with groundbreaking bassist Barre Phillips and discuss his myriad accomplishments in improvised music. This year, Vision Festival attendees will have the rare opportunity to see him in action. All About Jazz: You grew up in San Francisco and had a background in classical ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Vision of the musicWitness

by AAJ Staff
May 9, 2004

Visual artist Jeff Schlanger has helped document some of jazz and improvisational music's most memorable moments of clarity ever since his music Witness® (mW®) project first took shape in 1975.Schlanger first got the “drawing bug" back in the mid to late '50s. He attended concerts by Sonny Rollins, Dizzy, Miles and Coltrane in Philadelphia ...

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Article: Live From New York

May 2004

by AAJ Staff
May 9, 2004

For a guitarist who keeps a fairly low profile, Rory Stuart drew a truly impressive crowd at Cornelia Street Café (April 10th). Stuart, who has taught at the New School since 1992, displayed a rare purity of tone and a smart compositional sense during an engaging and often heated set -- the heat coming mainly from ...