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Article: Interview

Ed Palermo: Not Only In It For The Money

Read "Ed Palermo: Not Only In It For The Money" reviewed by Duncan Heining

by Duncan Heining

It's been twenty years since saxophonist-composer-arranger Ed Palermo and his Big Band began playing the music of Frank Zappa. Twenty years, not a lot of bread but a whole lot of love from fans and musicians alike. Oh No! Not Jazz!! on Cuneiform Records marks the band's fourth Zappa album and the third for that remarkable ...

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News: Recording

Roy Assaf Trio Release Debut Album On One Trick Dog Records

Roy Assaf Trio Release Debut Album On One Trick Dog Records

One Trick Dog Records to release the Debut Album by the Roy Assaf Trio SECOND ROW BEHIND THE PAINTER Internationally Renowned Pianist Records New Album As Bandleader Available at Amazon.com and iTunes on June 3, 2014 New York, NY: One Trick Dog Records is pleased to announce the release of Second Row Behind The Painter, the ...

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Article: Album Review

The Puppeteers: The Puppeteers

Read "The Puppeteers" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

For six years, until May 2011, Puppet's Jazz in Brooklyn hosted sessions by many fine jazz musicians. Four of those musicians, including the club's co-founder, drummer Jaime Affoumado, come together on The Puppeteers, a collection of tunes inspired by hard bop, Latin, funk and many other welcome influences. The club may no longer be around, but ...

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Article: Album Review

Lena Bloch: Feathery

Read "Feathery" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Saxophonist Lena Bloch's Feathery is a cerebral album laced with a mature, tender passion. It is also a collaborative effort with her sidemen contributing to the creative process democratically while maintaining their individuality.Drummer Billy Mintz's thunderous beats and crashing cymbals set an expectant and dramatic mood on Guitarist Dave Miller's solemn and ethereal “Rubato." ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike DiRubbo: Threshold

Read "Threshold" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Mike DiRubbo's eight disc as a leader, Threshold finds the ever inventive alto saxophonist in a solidly hard bop environment that is reminiscent of Blue Note records of the 1950s but has a clear modern edge. In addition to leading a superb and sympathetic quintet, DiRubbo penned eight of the nine tracks on this riveting record ...

News: Performance / Tour

Singer Amy Cervini On Tour In Support Of "Jazz Country"

Singer Amy Cervini On Tour In Support Of "Jazz Country"

Singer Amy Cervini on tour In Support of “Jazz Country" with Guitarist Jesse Lewis & Bassist Matt Aronoff Cervini's fourth album - available now on Anzic Records - presents her trio's atmospheric takes on jazz, country, folk and pop favorites, with guest spots by Anat Cohen, Nellie McKay and Marty Ehrlich, among others What the press ...

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Article: Album Review

B.J. Jansen: Ronin

Read "Ronin" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Baritone saxophonist B.J. Jansen demonstrates his versatility as a composer and performer on Ronin, his third release as a leader. The nine originals that comprise the album cover a gamut of styles while remaining firmly in the jazz mainstream. On the boppish “Manhattan Trane'in" for instance Jansen wields his horn with agility as he ...

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Article: Album Review

Vijay Iyer: Mutations

Read "Mutations" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Alla fine anche Vijay Iyer si accomoda alla corte di re Manfred Eicher. E lo fa alla sua maniera, spiazzando chi lo attendeva al varco con una nuova rivisitazione del piano trio, o con l'ennesima escursione nel mondo del poetry insieme all'amico Mike Ladd, o con il recupero della via indiana al jazz insieme al collaboratore ...

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News: Website

Map of Today's Jazz Events Added to Jazz Near You home page

Map of Today's Jazz Events Added to Jazz Near You home page

Jazz Near You now represents today's events on a map with pin drops highlighting their locations. “Though there's still plenty of development work ahead, we're starting to move beyond foundational programming for the website, which is freeing us up to experiment with new features like mapping your way to jazz events," enthuses Michael Ricci, Jazz Near ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Slocum: Black Elk's Dream

Read "Black Elk's Dream" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Musicians always aim to tell a story with their music, but drummer Matt Slocum goes one better on Black Elk Speaks: Slocum uses a story--an entire individual's history, in fact--to shape his own telling of musical tales. On his third release, following Portraits (Chandra Records, 2009) and After The Storm (Chandra Records, 2011), ...


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