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Article: Album Review

Rich Halley Quartet featuring Bobby Bradford: Live At The Penofin Jazz Festival

Read "Live At The Penofin Jazz Festival" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

As the title suggests, Live At The Penofin Jazz Festival is a straight-from-the-stage recording, from the 2008 Festival held at Potter Valley, California. It chronicles a fiery, upbeat performance, from the Rich Halley Quartet, that combines composed and improvised music in an interesting and enjoyable set of tunes. Four of the compositions can be found on ...

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Rich Halley Quartet: Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival

Read "Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Like the very best of them, every time Rich Halley puts his horn in his mouth it's a celebration of the sound of the saxophone. His powerhouse blowing capacity and testosterone-soaked sound hearken to the great Sonny Rollins and the late Dewey Redman. His ensemble approach featuring two horns--cornet and saxophone, supported by bass and drums ...

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Article: Dan's Den

Sonny Brings the Presents to His Own 80th Birthday

Read "Sonny Brings the Presents to His Own 80th Birthday" reviewed by Dan Morgenstern

by Dan Morgenstern

Sonny Rollins threw himself an 80th birthday party at New York's restored Beacon Theater on September 10---he was born on the 7th---and it was he who brought the gifts. And what a cornucopia! This was one of those rare times when you know that you're in the best of all possible places in the world. In ...

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News: Radio

Don Cherry Interview - Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran / Remixed & Reproduced on Soulandjazz.com

Don Cherry Interview - Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran / Remixed & Reproduced on Soulandjazz.com

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran Episode 3: Don Cherry Musical Selection & Additional Production by J. Scott Fugate Here's the story: Back in the mid-80's on National Public Radio (NPR) in America, a show ran called Sidran On Record. Presented by Ben Sidran, a musician, author, lecturer and journalist, the ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark A. Lomax: The State of Black America

Read "The State of Black America" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

There has not been such an in-your-face title for an album of music in a long, long time. Drummer Mark Lomax has decided that it is necessary and, therefore, goes for the jugular by calling his album The State of Black America. Perhaps the release is timely, with racism seemingly raising its ugly head more frequently ...

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Article: Live Review

Dave Liebman Quartet Live at Anthology

Read "Dave Liebman Quartet Live at Anthology" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush

Dave Liebman Quartet Anthology San Diego, CA September 23, 2010 Soprano saxophone master Dave Liebman kicked off a short West Coast tour Thursday evening at Anthology, San Diego's premiere jazz nightclub. Liebman is experimenting with a more electrified version of his working ensemble (of over 20 years now), to that ...

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Article: Album Review

Christian Howes: Out of the Blue

Read "Out of the Blue" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

The violin is widely considered as the most expressive of instruments, closely approximating the human voice. It depends, however, to a large degree, on whose hands the instrument is in. Christian Howes is that rare breed of musician who makes the violin talk; using the idiom of the blues on Out of the Blue, Howes gives ...

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Article: Album Review

Archie Shepp: The New York Contemporary Five

Read "The New York Contemporary Five" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

In 1963, cornetist Don Cherry , tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp , drummer J.C. Moses, alto saxophonist John Tchicai and bassist Don Moore performed at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen . At the time, Cherry was just coming off from playing with Ornette Coleman, while Shepp was transitioning from Bill Dixon. Tchicai had met Cherry and Shepp ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Peter Dragotta

Read "Take Five With Peter Dragotta" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Peter Dragotta: Peter Dragotta is a trumpeter, wind synthesist, composer and producer who performs under the name pharmacopia. For over 20 years he has connected his jazz origins with ambient, house, electronica and break beats, as well as elements from hip hop, rock, pop, and classical music melding them into soundscapes of deep intensity.

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Jon Irabagon: Foxy

Read "Foxy" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Fashioned as a late night session, the continuous 78 minutes of saxophonist Jon Irabagon's Foxy is an unrelenting sixteen-bar jam that feels as if the infamous Dean Benedetti had recorded the get-together and now, some nine months (not years) later, it is being released. Irabagon, the winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone ...


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