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Wow! More Savory Snippets

September 11, 2010

Last Tuesday night at the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Loren Schoenberg played us Teddy Wilson, Bob Zurke, Benny Goodman, and Count Basie recordings we had never heard before (and he's going to keep it up for three more Tuesday evenings in a row). And today he and Michael Cogswell, director of the Louis Armstrong Archive at ...

News: Opinion

Jottings of a Jazzman

September 11, 2010

The best biographical or autobiographical writings make a person the reader has never encountered come to life on the page. JOTTINGS OF A JAZZMAN: SELECTED WRITINGS OF LEN BARNARD, edited by his niece Loretta Barnard, has just that magic. When I was a few pages into it, I felt as if I had met and heard ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Review: Sonny Rollins 80th Birthday Concert

September 11, 2010

Let me say right off that this isn't really a review. More of an impression of a very special episode of Sonny Rollins in concert. Also, I didn't take any notes, so I can remember what I remember and that's it. Caveat, uh, you. (UPDATE: See the comments section for song titles provided by ...

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Article: Live Review

Dmitri Kolesnik at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

by AAJ Staff
September 9, 2010

Dmitri KolesnikDizzy's Club Coca ColaNew York, NYAugust 27, 2010Dmitri Kolesnik came to New York from his native St Petersburg in 1991, to study bass with Ron Carter. Now Kolesnik is a firm fixture on the jazz scene in New York. At Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Kolesnik's band featured trumpeter Joe Magnarelli, ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #198: Theo Bleckmann

September 9, 2010

Vocalist Theo Bleckmann is all by himself on his new solo recording, I Dwell In Possibility (Winter & Winter, 2010). In this interview, Bleckmann talks about why he wanted to record an album with only voice and toy instruments; how he approaches adapting the work of others; and the joys of feeling free to perform in ...

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Article: Live Review

The Cookers and the Vijay Iyer Trio, at Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2010

by Ernest Barteldes
September 8, 2010

Charlie Parker Jazz FestivalTompkins Square ParkNew York, NYAugust 29, 2010After a blistering blues-based set by New York-based singer Catherine Russell, the 7-piece hard-bop ensemble The Cookers (Billy Harper: tenor sax; Eddie Henderson and David Weiss: trumpets; Craig Handy: alto sax and flute; George Cables: piano; Cecil McBee: bass and Billy Hart: ...

News: Performance / Tour

Ehud and Harry's Party (September 2, 2010)

September 8, 2010

Those names refer to the splendid young pianist Ehud Asherie, the inimitable tenor saxophonist Harry Allen. They were celebrating in a cozy corner of the Hotel Kitano's bar last Thursday—celebrating the release of their new quartet CD, MODERN LIFE, for the Posi-Tone label. At the Kitano, they were joined by master timekeepers Chuck Riggs, drums; Clovis ...

News: Recording

Soundbrush Records Relaunches With Two New Releases

September 8, 2010

SRAÚL JAURENA'S FUERZA MILONGUERA (SR 1017) AND ROGER DAVIDSON'S BRAZILIAN LOVE SONG (SR 1018) Street Date November 9, 2010 Soundbrush Records, now under the discerning direction of pioneering New Tango bassist/producer Pablo Aslan, proudly announces an important new chapter in its critically acclaimed history with the release of Latin Grammy Award winning bandoneonist Raúl Jaurena's Fuerza ...

News: Recording

Jamiroquai "White Knuckle Ride"

September 7, 2010

There's worldwide excitement about the new Jamiroquai album; funk fans are hungry. We've heard a bit of the first single “White Knuckle Ride" floating around online and soon it will be released on 10" vinyl. They're currently working on that and another single called “Blue Skies" for the new album, Rock Dust Light Star. Head to ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #197: Steve Cardenas

September 6, 2010

Steve Cardenas has worked as a sideman on too many records to count, and now he's put out a solo album that shows why he's in such demand—West Of Middle (Sunnyside, 2010). In this interview, Cardenas talks about his approach to composition and his appreciation of instrumental “songs"; his work with Don Sickler transcribing all of ...