Results for "Opinion"

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March 6, 2004

Upright: Opinion

by John Kelman
March 5, 2004

After a seven year hiatus, bassist Eric Martin has reconvened the Montreal progressive jazz outfit Upright and released Opinion , an album that owes more to the European progressive community than it does to more traditional American influences. The result is a recording that, with its electric approach, skirts the edges of fusion but, with less ...

The Growing Influence of the Indie Jazz Label

by Rex Butters
February 29, 2004

Independent labels have dotted the jazz landscape for decades. Inevitably, they act as auxiliary veins to relieve creative blockages in the mainstream. Often they're run at a loss or breakeven by fanatical collectors, and more recently, by musicians themselves. Bob Weinstock's Prestige label offered Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane the chance to document their ...

Jazz & Innovation: How the Jazz Culture Fosters Creativity

by Jeff Perry
February 10, 2004

Innovate - n. To begin or introduce something new; be creative (American Heritage Dictionary) What do you think of when you hear the word jazz - smoky, candlelit nightclubs? Street performers on the steamy sidewalks of New Orleans? The swing dance craze? Or do you think of the word as a verb ' to 'jazz up' ...

JazzNights: Evenings of Great Music in Princeton

by Maitland Jones, Jr.
January 30, 2004

In the late 1950's Mary Wisnovsky was a student at Barnard College and singing at the Vanguard and other clubs in the village on weekends. Maitland Jones was a student at Yale, somewhat further from the action, but spending as much time as possible in New York listening to Monk at the Five Spot and Mingus ...

The Artist Formerly Known as Avant-Garde!

by AAJ Staff
December 20, 2003

This article was submitted on behalf of Roswell Rudd. Back in the 1960's, avant-garde was one of the terms used to categorize the new music. Because I was coming from Dixieland Jazz into this new music, the term struck me as strange and a little inappropriate. My understanding in those days was that the term was ...

Writing Jazz Criticism Discussed Online

December 20, 2003

On Monday, December 22 from 8 to 11 p.m., Eastern time, the Jazz Journalists Association will hold an online forum to discuss the craft of writing about jazz. The general public is invited to join in, to ask questions, or simply follow the discussion. All you need to do is go to jazzhouse.org and follow the ...

Tonight At Noon

by AAJ Staff
December 19, 2003

The title of this topic is intended as an obvious reference to Charles Mingus. I hope this discussion will attract sufficient posts of Mingus, who is without question one of the key figures in jazz history, whose music is still being explored, and will provide fertile ground for exploration for decades to come. I think we ...

Why Bird Still Lives

by AAJ Staff
December 17, 2003

Charlie Parker. Charlie Parker has been discussed over and over, at least until recently. The Wynton-Crouch Clique has successfully, and I think, usefully, revived discussion and analysis of pre-bop geniuses Armstrong and Ellington. And on the post- bop side, you find lively exchanges regarding Miles and Coltrane. I don't think we should wait until Bird's centennial ...

A New Paradigm for CDs - A Music and Advertising Delivery Platform

by Mark D. Warlick
December 16, 2003

Introduction The music industry is clearly in a state of transition. Some would say crisis. Over the last three years, CD sales have decreased a total of 15%, according to some reports. Many industry insiders believe that the decrease in sales is due to downloading. There has also been a significant amount of industry ...