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Article: Multiple Reviews

Benny Goodman: Yale University Archives, Vol. 2 (Big Band 1957-1964) & Celebrates 100 Years of Benny

Read "Benny Goodman: Yale University Archives, Vol. 2 (Big Band 1957-1964) & Celebrates 100 Years of Benny" reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan

by Graham L. Flanagan

Benny GoodmanYale University Archives, Vol. 2 (Big Band 1957-1964)Nimbus2009 Dave BennettCelebrates 100 Years of BennyRecord Label #2Year On May 30th, the great Benny Goodman would have turned 100. The celebration ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Louis Hayes: The Time Keeper & Off The Cuff

Read "Louis Hayes: The Time Keeper & Off The Cuff" reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan

by Graham L. Flanagan

Louis HayesThe Timekeeper18th & Vine2009 Rick GermansonOff the CuffOwl Studios2009 Louis Hayes still ranks among the few hard bop legends that emerged during the '50s and '60s who still contribute ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Globe Unity - Italy: Gianni Basso/Renato Sellani, Norberto Tamburrino & Giorgio Gaslini

Read "Globe Unity - Italy: Gianni Basso/Renato Sellani, Norberto Tamburrino & Giorgio Gaslini" reviewed by Fred Bouchard

by Fred Bouchard

Gianni Basso/Renato SellaniBody and SoulVenus2008 Norberto TamburrinoReflection(s) On Monk Philology2009 Giorgio GasliniFonte Funda Suite--La Notte Black Saint2009 After World War II's wave ...

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Article: Album Review

Lee Konitz / Martial Solal: Star Eyes

Read "Star Eyes" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller

Lee Konitz and Martial Solal were in the 15th year of their recorded relationship in the fall of 1983 and their easy rapport is evident within the first notes of “Just Friends," the breezy opener of Star Eyes. After a cursory harmonic introduction by Konitz, Solal enters with a characteristically buoyant counterpoint that sends the altoist ...

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Article: Album Review

Nathan Eklund: Trip to the Casbah

Read "Trip to the Casbah" reviewed by David Adler

by David Adler

Trumpeter Nathan Eklund's first two CDs as a leader, The View from Afar and The Crooked Line, both featured pianist Joe Elefante as the harmonic anchor. Eklund's newest, Trip to the Casbah, finds guitarist John Hart playing that role, giving the music a bit more of an economical, riff-oriented flavor. The all-original program also includes Donny ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Tito Puente: The Complete 78's Volumes 1 - 3, Dance Mania, Jazz & Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival

Read "Tito Puente: The Complete 78's Volumes 1 - 3, Dance Mania, Jazz & Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival" reviewed by Russ Musto

by Russ Musto

Tito Puente The Complete 78's Volumes 1--3 Fania 2009 Tito Puente Dancemania: Legacy Edition 2-CD Set RCA-Legacy 2009 Tito Puente Jazz Fania2009 Tito Puente ...

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Article: Album Review

Chip White: More Dedications (Vol. II)

Read "More Dedications (Vol. II)" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler

A versatile drummer busy on the Chip White has published a book of his poems about jazz musicians, I'm Just the Drummer in the Band. Each is a concise, rhymed bio-celebration of the jazz musician, a poetic jazz encyclopedia entry if you will, often incorporating album titles and/or prominent stylistic characteristics of the musician. More Dedications ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Hilary Kole: Jazz at the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival

Hilary Kole: Jazz at the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival

August 2 - Two sets: 6 pm and 8 pm Cooperstown, NY -- The Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival kicks off its 11th season August 2 with jazz vocalist Hilary Kole and her trio. Hilary Kole co-created and originated the lead female roles in the award-winning Off-Broadway musicals, “Our Sinatra." and “Singing Astaire.” Her first solo album ...

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News: Radio

New Podcast! - Stage Door Johnny: John Miller Takes On Broadway

New Podcast! - Stage Door Johnny: John Miller Takes On Broadway

Celebrate John Millers's breakout debut CD “STAGE DOOR JOHNNY" with this podcast series including fascinating insights into his influences and his role in shaping the sound of the Great White Way for the last thirty years. LISTEN HERE “Stage Door Johnny: John Miller Takes on Broadway" is a ...

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Article: Album Review

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band: Mosaic Select

Read "Mosaic Select" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi overcame numerous challenges during her long career, immigrating to a new country, establishing herself as both a top bandleader and composer/arranger, in addition to the difficulties of maintaining a large jazz ensemble. Her husband, tenor saxophonist and flutist Lew Tabackin, was a star soloist in her big band and he helped her recruit ...


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