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Article: Record Label Profile

ILK Music

by Elliott Simon
July 15, 2007

Jazz in Denmark dates back to the early '20s and the country's freedom, social egalitarianism and support of the arts has attracted generations of musicians to resettle in its artistic center, Copenhagen. Denmark itself, with a population that is a little more than half that of NYC, has also produced jazz musicians of international stature in ...

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Article: Profile

Joe Hunt

by Matthew Miller
July 15, 2007

It's been a long time since drummer Joe Hunt called New York home, but you wouldn't know that to talk with him. “I want to spend more time in New York," intoned the veteran drummer over the phone during a recent interview between reminiscences of Ornette, The Five Spot, Bill Evans and the whirlwind pace of ...

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Article: Album Review

David Hazeltine Trio: The Jobim Songbook in New York

Read "The Jobim Songbook in New York" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
July 15, 2007

On this project, pianist David Hazeltine takes on the music of the late Jobim (who would have turned eighty in 2007) by looking at the music from an American point of view, without the typical bossa nova elements. Most of the music presented here is well-known, from “The Girl from Ipanema to “Quiet Nights of Quiet ...

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Article: Album Review

David "Fathead" Newman: Life

Read "Life" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
July 15, 2007

Even after decades in the music business, it's clear that David “Fathead Newman still has many, many notes left to play. Toward that end Life is a handful of chestnuts on which he displays his formidable triple-threat skills on tenor sax, alto sax and flute. Newman's sultry tenor on “Girl Talk speaks volumes ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Organist Tony Monaco to Make New York Debut July 18

July 14, 2007

Hammond B3 Organist Tony Monaco of Columbus, Ohio makes his New York debut with a one-night-only performance at Smoke Jazz Club on Wednesday 18th July. In a busy schedule that has seen him traveling around the globe as far down as Australia, he has at last been able to include a scheduled pit stop in New ...

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Article: Opinion

Benjamin Franklin on Jazz Education

by AAJ Staff
July 14, 2007

Little known to America's preeminent historians, Benjamin Franklin invented a time machine, which has allowed him to travel to the modern world and view the current “jazz scenes of America's greatest cities. Until recently, this time travel invention, which was contemporary with the author of Poor Richard's Almanac's greatest scientific discoveries, was kept secret by the ...

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Article: Live From New York

July 2007

by AAJ Staff
July 14, 2007

Iva Bittova at Knitting Factory Iva Bittová is an artist of many talents. As a singer and violinist, she's recorded improv, classical and adaptations of folk songs from her native Czech Republic. But it's in her solo concerts that the various aspects of her work all come together. And - with the exception of a brief ...

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Article: Album Review

Oliver Nelson: Oliver Nelson: The Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions

Read "Oliver Nelson: The Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez
July 14, 2007

The work of Oliver Nelson (1932-1975), saxophonist, composer and arranger (including composing orchestral and chamber music in non-jazz idioms), is remembered in this typically classy Mosaic six-CD set of 1962-1967 sessions. In his liner notes Nelson scholar and saxophonist and composer/arranger Kenny Berger observes, “The recordings in this set were made from the mid to late ...

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Article: Album Review

Christine Capdeville: Vision of Love

Read "Vision of Love" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman
July 14, 2007

Yes it is another recording by a female singer- songwriter but wait--something a little different is going on here. Christine Capdeville, born in France but now a fifteen-year resident of New York City, skillfully blends usual elements and emerges with something more. She has a rich, distinctive voice and a quirky, original approach to lyrics that ...

News: Performance / Tour

Michelle Walker Performs @ The Bar Next Door Monday July 16th 8:00PM

July 13, 2007

BAR NEXT DOOR Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE BAR NEXT DOOR MONDAY July 16, 2007 New York, NY - Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist, Michelle Walker, will perform in concert at the intimate stage of The BAR NEXT DOOR in its widely respected jazz lounge. She will be performing on Monday July ...