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The Perfect Jazz Audience on Record... From Ethiopia
by Norman Weinstein
Not to add to the many rave reviews that have been justly offered on this site, I want to concentrate on just two facets of this completely remarkable recording. Worthy of this narrow a focus is “Shellela," a nearly eight minute “concerto" for the Ethiopian saxophonist Getachew Mekurya and the Either/Orchestra, and the audience response heard ...
Viruses force Sony BMG to suspend CD copy protection scheme
by Mark Sabbatini
It's a CD copy protection scheme that makes a lot of people sick (along with their computers), so it's fitting a virus is bringing it to at least a temporary halt. Several viruses, actually, as Sony BMG is suspending for now production of discs embedded with software that installs anti-piracy software when users try ...
Warning - Sony BMG CDs Install Antipiracy Software On Computers
by Mark Sabbatini
A few days ago I wrote a “Dear John" letter to The Bad Plus, letting them know I wouldn't be purchasing any more of their CDs as long as they chose to use a copy protection scheme that presents obstacles to those wanting to listen to them on computers, iPods and the like. ...
A "Dear John" letter to The (Suspicious) Bad Plus
by Mark Sabbatini
Dear Ethan, Reid and David: I love you, but we can't have a relationship if there's no trust. That nickname “The Bad Plus" is a winner and I always considered you an artistic genius when many others saw you as phony, or maybe just a little deranged. Sure that made you popular, ...
With Friends Like These...
by AAJ Staff
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 “It's no big thing to make a lot of money, if all you want to do is make a lot of money. (From Citizen Kane)“More harm is done by fools through foolishness than by evildoers through wickedness. (Sufi saying)This is the third in a ...
Phoenix Rising: A Credo on Behalf of New Orleans Recovery
by Victor L. Schermer
More than 100 years ago, a new form of music emerged. It was based on African American spiritual music, the sound and rhythm of funeral marching bands, touches of American and Acadian French folk strains, and a special blend of joy and sadness that was and remains hard to describe. The new music that came into ...
JJA Panels at Major U.S. Jazz Festivals
Jazz Journalists Stage Public Panels at Major U.S. Festivals After 9th Annual Jazz Awards, “Jazz Matters" in Newport, Tanglewood, Chicago New York -- The Jazz Journalists Association, the 450-plus member international not-for-profit promoting the documentation and dissemination of news on jazz, follows up its ninth annual Jazz Awards gala held in June with public panel discussions ...
Is There A New Mainstream?
by AAJ Staff
Back in the day, the term “mainstream" was intended to apply to jazz that fell between the radicalism of bebop and the galumphing stodginess of “moldy fig" music. In other words, the mainstream was the swinging sound of the majority of musicians circa 1950, the swing music played by the likes of Ben Webster or Roy ...
JJA Panels at Major U.S. Jazz Festivals
Jazz Journalists Stage Public Panels at Major U.S. Festivals After 9th Annual Jazz Awards, “Jazz Matters" in Newport, Tanglewood, Chicago New York -- The Jazz Journalists Association, the 450-plus member international not-for-profit promoting the documentation and dissemination of news on jazz, follows up its ninth annual Jazz Awards gala held in June with public panel discussions ...
The Trouble With Gary: An Open Letter to the Jazz Community
by John Dworkin
This article was written to be distributed at last night's Keith Jarrett Trio concert at Carnegie Hall. This explains a few of the initial references. Knowing ahead of time that the writing and distribution of this small missive may upset some gives me pause. To some this will seem an immature prank. Still others ...
