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Article: Profile

Abbey Lincoln: Through the Years

by AAJ Staff
October 12, 2003

Submitted on behalf of Russ Musto Abbey Lincoln is jazz' golden lady, the music's marvelous magical matriarch whose impressive 50 year career has taken her from smooth supper club singer and movie star to distinctive jazz vocalist, fiery social activist, and highly regarded lyricist and composer. Her unique and inspiring body of work ...

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Article: Profile

John Zorn: Not All About Jazz

by Elliott Simon
October 11, 2003

Over a 30-year period, John Zorn has produced a compendium of original work that while daunting in scope and complexity is equally enticing for its musical and cultural sensibility. As a musician, composer and producer, he has expanded the way we think about art, cultural identity and the artificial boundaries that exist among musical genres. John ...

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Article: Live Review

A Symposium - Cymbalism: The Drums in Jazz

by Daniel Kassell
October 9, 2003

A Jazz at Lincoln Center program at Columbia University consisted of two learned moderators interviewing two panels of well recognized working drummers on May 3, 2003 in Held Auditorium on the Barnard College campus. Robin D. G. Kelley, Chair of History and Professor of Africana Studies at NYU, posed leading questions to each morning session ...

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Article: Live Review

JVC Jazz Festival - New York 2003

by AAJ Staff
October 9, 2003

George Wein, “the grandfather of jazz festivals" announced this year's JVC Jazz Festival lineup with a little help from his friends. Bill Cosby was smiling brightly as this American icon threw his support behind the American art form of jazz. Held every year at Manhattan's Supper Club on the upper westside, we hopped a New Haven ...

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Article: Live Review

Jeff Beck Rocks NYC

by AAJ Staff
October 9, 2003

The date: 9/11. The place: Manhattan-New York. The purpose: Jeff Beck is in town. As I take the New Haven line train down to Grand Central Station, I am reminded of this day two years ago. There is a certain reverence in the air. Lots of cops and firemen. It's a feeling that kinda hits ya ...

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Article: Megaphone

Ron McClure: Making Music

by AAJ Staff
October 9, 2003

Submitted on behalf of Ron McClure Remembering one's self, or having an internal awareness file, with constant access capability, is a wonderful and necessary thing in the process of making music, since we all forget ourselves. The term making music means different things to different people. In 1964, bassist Chuck Israels ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

RKM Music

by Elliott Simon
October 7, 2003

Label founder, Ravi Coltrane, passionately defends the “Music without filters" ethos that underpins the first three releases from RKM Music; “The major labels are falling apart and restructuring into bigger companies with bigger overhead. There is pressure to put out a product that conforms to formulas that sell: all star records, theme records, whatever...If Charlie Parker ...

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Article: Live Review

RKM Music: Jazz Gallery, NYC

by Elliott Simon
October 7, 2003

With original artwork depicting great jazz virtuosos gracing the walls, between set wine with the musicians, and superior acoustics, NYC's Jazz Gallery is a cozy venue that caters to a hip clientele. As such, Ravi Coltrane could not have chosen a better “space” for the live premiere of his new label. With eager anticipation, I took ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Dyer and Dearie: Two Sides of the Same Coin

by Elliott Simon
October 6, 2003

Blossom Dearie Live in London Harkit Records 2003 Blossom Dearie’s special appeal lies in a sweet and seductive girlish voice that yields unique interpretations of popular tunes. When she innocently suggests on the opener of her Live in London CD to “Go Where the Grass is Greener,” it's ...

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Article: Album Review

Positive Knowledge: Live In New York

Read "Live In New York" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
October 6, 2003

The performance documented here was recorded at the 2001 Vision Festival, a stage that serves as a window for artists whose persuasion is the expression of free jazz. Sometimes when things are free, there is a price to pay. Does the musician communicate with the listener? Are the impulses strictly personal or do they also have ...