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Heirs Swing Jazz In Louis Armstrong's Shadow

by Daniel Kassell
March 13, 2004

Since July 4th, 2000, Louis Armstrong's (LA) celebrated birthday, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) led by the New Orleans trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (WM) has demonstrated American music's roots and it will continue until August 4th 2001 (the more recently discovered baptismal birth date).“HEIRS TO THE THRONE Masters Play Armstrong", December 7th, 2000 at New ...

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NJ JazzFest 2002: Earl May - Big Smile, Big Bass Makes Jazz Swing

by Daniel Kassell
March 12, 2004

Behind the piano and alto saxophone is Earl May's big acoustic bass sound, most prominent along with Eddie Locke's light cymbal and stick work, propelling his own composition “Sunday Morning Blues" with verve and gusto, even though it's only just past noon on this Sunday, June 23rd under the tent at New Jersey Jazz Society's 30th ...

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Wynton Marsalis Evokes Louis Armstrong Within View of Lady Liberty

by Daniel Kassell
March 12, 2004

Seated on his own executive swivel chair in the curve of the piano wearing sunglasses and a gray-green suit, Clark Terry commands a presence by fronting the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and enlivens the July 4th Liberty State Park, Jersey City, New Jersey audience with the opening passage of Louis Armstrong's theme song “Sleepy Time Down ...

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Opening Night of the JVC Newport Jazz Festival 2001

by Daniel Kassell
March 12, 2004

Can we expect every opening event to have clear skies and surpass all the other JVC's in Newport, RI since 1984?This year George Wein got lucky again because the drizzle didn't stop thousands from arriving at the Tennis Hall of Fame with a multitude of colorful umbrellas. As we enter through the courtyard and pass ...

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Carrie Smith Elevates Winard Harper Ensemble

by Daniel Kassell
March 12, 2004

Novenber 7, 2000 Jazz Standard New York City An unaccompanied bass solo by Zachary Pride precedes Winard Harper showing off on his drums wearing an unusual Ghanian vest jacket with primitive markings and a gold and black prayer cap on the opening number of the first set at the Jazz Standard on ...

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Marty Ehrlich: Knows No Bounds

by Clifford Allen
March 11, 2004

My first experience of Marty Ehrlich was as the lanky, bespectacled fellow standing near my uncle on the back cover of the Creative Improvisers’ Orchestra LP The Sky Cries the Blues. A relatively obscure Leo Smith-directed album cut during the trumpeter’s sojourn in the New Haven scene of the early ‘80s, it is but a blip ...

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Cecil Taylor: Mr. Taylor's Filibuster

by Kurt Gottschalk
March 11, 2004

As adventurous jazz fans have known for decades, and less adventurous fans have lamented for just as long, there’s nothing easy about Cecil Taylor’s music. It’s fast and it’s furious. It’s very nearly incomprehensible and, quite plainly, genius. A close listener would be doing well to follow a quarter of the information shot out in a ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Riti Records

by Elliott Simon
March 10, 2004

Riti Records provided an initial forum for Joe Morris to expand his jazz guitar into exciting new areas. After a decade's hiatus, Morris has resurrected Riti with a twofold mission: furnish opportunities for experienced artists to test the boundaries of their music and afford creative young musicians the chance to be heard. Recent releases feature established ...

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Article: Book Review

New York Is Now! The New Wave of Free Jazz

by AAJ Staff
March 8, 2004

New York is Now! Phil Freeman The Telegraph Company ISBN: 1930606001 The title says it all. While free jazz has had many homes in the United States (especially Chicago), its unquestioned headquarters today is the city of New York. Phil Freeman takes an explicitly outsider perspective on the NYC insider ...

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Free Jazz in New York

by Joel Roberts
March 8, 2004

There are two kinds of free jazz: one was pioneered by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane and dispenses with traditional rhythmic and harmonic structures in favor of swirling, adventurous explorations of sound and spontaneity; the other is the kind that doesn't cost any money. This month there is an almost overwhelming assortment ...