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Article: Album Review

Barry Harris: Live In New York

Read "Live In New York" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 25, 2003

It is funny (strange) how the mainstream press “rediscovers" jazz musicians in the golden years of their careers. Not that Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, or Dexter Gordon had ever really been missing. As with these hall of famers, prepare for the mainstream press to rediscover pianist Barry Harris. Marketing departments might favor twenty-somethings over bespeckled white-haired ...

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Pat Daugherty: New York Electric Piano

Read "New York Electric Piano" reviewed by Rod Sibley

by Rod Sibley
September 25, 2003

There was a time when you couldn't swing a dead cat in New York without hitting a Rhodes player, including a first tier of Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, etc. The Fender Rhodes electric piano was developed by Harold Rhodes (his partnership with electric guitar pioneer Leo Fender lasted only six years), and it has ...

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Chick Corea: Rendezvous in New York

Read "Rendezvous in New York" reviewed by Steven Robinson

by Steven Robinson
June 25, 2003

If there was one place in the jazz world to be in December 2001, it was at the Blue Note in New York, where in a three-week long celebration of his 60th birthday, pianist Chick Corea performed in multiple configurations with vocalist extraordinaire Bobby McFerrin, vibraphone legend Gary Burton, drummer Roy Haynes and many other world-class ...

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Pete Malinverni: Autumn in New York

Read "Autumn in New York" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 25, 2003

Remaining just a bit below the radar scans of all but the most astute jazz followers, New Yorker Pete Malinverni has recorded a total of four albums now for the Reservoir label and each one has spoken eloquently for a greater appreciation of his gifts. His most recent is Autumn in New York (Reservoir 171) and ...

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Article: Megaphone

Gunter Hampel: Bringing Music to the People

by AAJ Staff
May 17, 2003

By Gunter Hampel As a composer, arranger, bandleader and now the owner of BIRTH Records, I have been undergoing changes in publishing my music on LPs, CDs, cassettes and video. As a new carrier, the DVD has arrived and seems to be the new way of bringing music to the people.

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Article: Book Review

The Book Of Klezmer

by Elliott Simon
May 14, 2003

The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore Yale Strom Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1556524455 Klezmer is a wellspring for NYC's jazz musicians and as Yale Strom points out in The Book of Klezmer ; this well runs very deep. While jazz's 'soul' is African-American spiritual ...

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Article: Profile

Andrew Cyrille: Bringer of Forms

by AAJ Staff
May 12, 2003

This article was submitted on behalf of Hank Shteamer. Percussionist Andrew Cyrille is as self-assured an artist as one is likely to encounter. “[Art is] all about trying to bring a form to life," he explains, “or give life to a form." Much of Cyrille's best work falls in the category of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Ray Brown Trio: Live From New York To Tokyo

Read "Live From New York To Tokyo" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 8, 2003

This welcome historical twofer is comprised of two very fine trio recordings, each with Ray Brown and Gene Harris and each using a different drummer. The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (Concord, 1987) employed Mickey Roker and was recorded at the Blue Note in New York City, November-December 1985. Bam, Bam, Bam (Concord, ...

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Article: Profile

Charlie Hunter

by Celeste Sunderland
May 6, 2003

Charlie Hunter takes his mp3 player on the road, but at home in New Jersey the guitarist turns to the turntable. “I listen to a lot of music on vinyl, from the Blue Note and Verve jazz eras," he said one morning last month while balancing a telephone receiver and his four-month-old baby. ...

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Article: Interview

Peter Brotzmann

by AAJ Staff
May 6, 2003

By Clifford Allen 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 ...