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News: Performance / Tour

Linda Presgrave Quartet Monday, November 26 at the Triad 9:00PM (1 Set Only)

November 12, 2007

NYC Preview Concert of “INSPIRATION" featuring THE LINDA PRESGRAVE QUARTET Performs the music of Joanne Brackeen, Bertha Hope, Billie Holiday, Melba Liston, Allison Miller and Linda Presgrave “With her lyrical playing and a stellar ensemble, Presgrave adeptly mines the secular and spiritual side of the music while paying ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Acclaimed Jazz Guitarist Randy Napoleon Returns to Brooklyn Roots

November 11, 2007

Internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Randy Napoleon will bring his organ trio to the Brooklyn Lyceum to perform originals and standards, some featured on Napoleon's recent albums, “Between Friends" and “Enjoy the Moment." Songs include “These Foolish Things," the classic ballad popularized by Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra, and a cheerful rendition of “You're My Everything." “I ...

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Article: Live Review

UMO Jazz Fest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland

by AAJ Staff
November 11, 2007

UMO Jazz Fest Bio Rex Theatre and Temppeliaukio Church (Marilyn Crispell concert only) Helsinki, Finland August 30-September 2, 2007 For the 5th annual UMO Jazz Fest in Helsinki, Finland, UMO Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Fest Executive Director Annamaija Saarela faced the unenviable task of having to find a new home ...

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Article: Profile

Joe Morello

by Andrew Velez
November 11, 2007

It was actually as a violinist that drums meister Joe Morello began his musical life at age five in his hometown, Springfield, Mass. A musician's musician, Morello (79), who now teaches and conducts jazz clinics in the US and Canada, has appeared on over 200 recordings. Still, it's safe to say his place in jazz history ...

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Article: Album Review

Billy Martin / John Medeski: Mago

Read "Mago" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
November 11, 2007

In their nearly twenty year history, drummer Billy Martin and organist John Medeski have developed an acute affinity built on a shared rhythmic feel and devotion to improvisation. On Mago, they return to the duo format, the seed that blossomed into the successful trio Medeski, Martin & Wood (MMW). The eleven tracks crackle with vitality, as ...

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Article: Album Review

Porter/Di Castri/Sferra Trio: Italian Encounter

Read "Italian Encounter" reviewed by Marc Medwin

by Marc Medwin
November 11, 2007

In March of 2007, Lewis Porter played at the Leeds International Jazz Research Conference, where he was the keynote speaker. The most vivid memory of the hour-long set was a version of “Body and Soul that traveled the space-ways, the journey back to the head near miraculous. The version on Italian Encounter functions ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Matt Geraghty Project at Smalls Jazz Club, Saturday November 10th 7:30PM

November 10, 2007

The Matt Geraghty Project, led by bassist and composer Matt Geraghty, is an ambitious modern musical effort revealing exciting and cutting-edge cross-cultural concepts. The global texture of the group is cultivated by Indian vocalist Satya Gummuluri who sings in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjab and Geraghty's compositions that blend jazz, rock, funk and music from Brazil, Spain, ...

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Article: Opinion

Tango? Not according to the Latin Academy

by AAJ Staff
November 10, 2007

By Pablo Aslan This past summer, members of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Science (LARAS) were mailed voting instructions for the prestigious Latin Grammy Awards 2007. Voting on a wide variety of genres and subgenres, such as Brazilian, Mexican, tango, Latin jazz, members will have to choose among 100s ...

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Article: Film Review

Barre Phillips: Live in Vienna

by A. Henkin
November 10, 2007

Barre Phillips Live in Vienna Quantum Leap 2006 In a brief interview segment included in the extra features of Live in Vienna, bassist Barre Phillips discusses the foundation of improvising. He speaks of music-making in terms of vocabulary, a musical language, which a player uses in lieu of ...

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Article: Album Review

Falkner Evans: Arc

by Christopher Shoe
November 10, 2007

Falkner Evans is an accomplished composer, and the number of ASCAP award-winning compositions present on Arc attests to that and more. Comprised of nine tunes, ranging from original material to jazz and pop standards, this statement from Evans' trio with bassist Belden Bullock and drummer Matt Wilson is sure to leave listeners with a pleasant aftertaste ...