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Jazz In Brooklyn
by Nick Catalano
There used to be a sign at the exit of the Verrazano Bridge that read “Welcome to Brooklyn--The fourth largest city in America." Actually, if each borough in Gotham were a standalone city, Brooklyn, with the present population of 2.5 million would now be the third largest city in the country. Most visitors to New York ...
Jaleel Shaw: Optimism
by Donald Elfman
Jaleel Shaw has been a member of the Roy Haynes Quartet since 2005 and his playing reflects the kind of smart professionalism and driving energy that has always been evident in the drummer's work. Shaw recorded his first disc in 2004 and he's back with an album that suggests growth and mature diversity. He's fortunate enough ...
Trio da Paz & Joe Locke: Live at JazzBaltica
by Ernest Barteldes
Jazz enthusiasts in Salzau, Germany were in for a great treat when New York-based Trio da Paz and vibraphonist Joe Locke had a memorable collaboration at Jazzbaltica in the summer of 2007. Locke fits in with the three longtime Brazilian musical partners quite well in a performance of material from the trio's palette, with the exception ...
Richie Barshay: Homework
by Elliott Simon
There is a bit more than a hint of Indian drumming in “Clouds - intro," the somewhat airy invitational cut on Homework, from percussionist Richie Barshay. It doesn't prepare for the sonic onslaught that follows. From the sound of this offering, Barshay has been studying Indian percussive forms and instruments that are the foundation to this ...
May 2008
by AAJ Staff
Lock 10 at Joe's Pub Kathy Hendrickson's play Lock 10 is the story of a white guitarist in the 1930s seeking to leave the family business to go on tour with an integrated band. Staged as a period radio play, with actors playing actors voicing roles, it makes for an odd telling. The actors aren't tethered ...
Lionel Loueke: Karibu
by Joel Roberts
Guitarist/singer Lionel Loueke's remarkable odyssey from the West African nation of Benin to the apex of the jazz world is quickly becoming the stuff of legend. After hearing a George Benson CD as a teenager, Loueke became enamored with American jazz and began traversing the globe to further his musical education, first in the neighboring Ivory ...
Hayes Greenfield: Music for a Green Planet
by Jim Santella
Celebrating Earth Day all year round, saxophonist Hayes Greenfield combines tasteful jazz with an environmental message through fifteen original songs and more than forty cast members. It's a welcome thought: save the world, recycle, car pool, conserve power, seek alternate energy sources and make responsible behavior a part of the daily routine. He delivers this bright ...
JD Allen Trio: I AM I AM
by Laurel Gross
JD Allen can be a powerhouse, hard-driving tenor, but he is also capable of great subtlety and versatility. All three qualities are amply in evidence on I AM I AM, and were also front and center in a performance of his piano-less trio in March, 2008 at New York's Jazz Standard to mark the release of ...
Mark Helias: The Struggle Continues, Dance of the Soothsayer
by Stuart Broomer
Dewey Redman The Struggle Continues ECM 2007 Dennis Gonzalez Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (Live at Tonic) Clean Feed 2007 Open Loose Strange Unison Radio Legs ...
Elliott Sharp: Concert in Dachau & Octal
by Marc Medwin
Elliott Sharp Concert in Dachau Intakt 2007 Elliott Sharp Octal Clean Feed 2007 Guitarist Elliott Sharp adds two more entries to his lengthy and diverse discography with ...
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