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Article: Extended Analysis

Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations

by A. Henkin
December 4, 2003

Miroslav VitousUniversal Syncopations ECM 2003 Bassist Miroslav Vitous, veteran of the bands of Miles Davis, Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd, Chick Corea and numerous others had a dream decade after coming to the states in 1966 on a music scholarship. Within years, he would record one of the seminal ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Andrew Hill: Passing Ships

by A. Henkin
December 3, 2003

Andrew Hill Passing Ships Blue Note 2003 The history of Blue Note Records is in many ways the history of the golden age of jazz. When Blue Note changed, the whole face of jazz changed. After releasing classic sides one after another for much of the '60s, Blue ...

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Article: Profile

Dr. Lonnie Smith: The Doctor is In...

by Terrell Kent Holmes
December 2, 2003

Dr. Lonnie Smith, a pillar in the jazz pantheon, is one of the most influential organists to ever man the helm of the Hammond B-3, an instrument he refers to paradoxically as both “the monster" and “the love of my life". His dynamic playing and prolific composing is featured on over 70 recordings, and he has ...

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Article: Album Review

Sathima Bea Benjamin: Musical Echoes

Read "Musical Echoes" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2003

Sathima Bea Benjamin can't recollect her last New York City gig, but she imagines it was well over a half dozen years ago. For some odd reason her talents have inexplicably been kept under wraps for most of her career. Married for over 40 years to pianist and fellow South African Abdullah Ibrahim, a member of ...

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Article: Profile

Mario Pavone

by Celeste Sunderland
December 1, 2003

Bassist Mario Pavone holds a picture up to the light. It looks like a collage of geometric graphics, with strong hues, shadows, and text. “You won't notice a guy standing here," he says, rotating the picture. “It's our driver in Europe. This is a performance space in Munich, and this is our driver but you would ...

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Article: Profile

Michael Blake

by AAJ Staff
November 29, 2003

Submitted on behalf of Sean Patrick Fitzell With his eyebrows tightly knit, saxophonist Michael Blake played with intensity and assurance, absorbed in the musical moment he created at a recent gig. True to the group's name, Free Association, he led it through the new composition “Conquistador", based on an old Chico Hamilton vamp, ...

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Article: Interview

Jim Hall

by AAJ Staff
November 29, 2003

Submitted on behalf of Riel Lazarus Over the course of his near 50 years in jazz, there is little ground guitarist Jim Hall has not yet covered. From his stints as sideman for Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Giuffre, Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer, to his countless recordings and tours as leader, Hall has established ...

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Article: Interview

Peter Brotzmann

by Clifford Allen
November 29, 2003

Peter Brotzmann has exemplified European improvised music for over 40 years and particpated in countless international collaborations. Br'tzmann's career began in art, experience he would take into his music and record label FMP. His playing, brash and aggressive, continues to destroy speakers worldwide. He recently sat down with Masters Degree candidate in Art History Clifford Allen ...

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Article: Live From New York

December 2003

by David Adler
November 29, 2003

Quote of the month: “Beauty without reasons, and without the anxiety over the lack of reasons: that may be what life was like before we started making it up. Sometimes, when I look at [Merce] Cunningham’s stage, I think I’m seeing the world on the seventh day, with everything new and just itself — before the ...

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Article: New York Beat

Holiday Jazz in Gotham

by Nick Catalano
November 29, 2003

It’s that time of year again and The Apple will be serving up generous portions of interesting music for the hordes of tourists who choose to combine serious listening with their busy shopping and sightseeing schedules. For the ever increasing numbers of jazz fans who e-mail inquiries to this column I have included a sampling of ...