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Article: Album Review

Erica Lindsay / Sumi Tonooka: Initiation

Read "Initiation" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Long Ago Today (Artists Recording Collective, 2008), pianist Sumi Tonooka's previous release, generated two immediate reactions. First, it seemed astonishing that so singular, strong and distinctive a player could have been flying beneath the radar for so long. Second, the rhythm section--Tonooka, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Bob Braye--played with an unusual empathy that held the ...

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Article: Film Review

Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz

Read "Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Various Artists Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz Naxos Jazz 2009 Various documentaries have been made about jazz over the years with mixed results. While the 1993 DVD Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz is only 98 minutes long, it ends up being far more wide-ranging, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Geri Allen: Solo and Quartet

Read "Geri Allen: Solo and Quartet" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts

Geri Allen Flying Toward The Sound Motema Music2010 Geri Allen & TimelineLiveMotema Music2010 One of the most accomplished jazz pianists of her generation, Geri Allen has long made music that ...

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Article: Book Review

Moving To Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life

Read "Moving To Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel

Moving To Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life Wynton Marsalis with Geoffrey C. Ward 208 pages ISBN: 978-1-40006078-8 Random House 2008 Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' passionate and inspirational Moving To Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life is not only an ode ...

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Jazz 101b: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2010

Read "Norwegian Jazz 101b: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 Norway may be a country that, more than most, aims to expose people from around the world to its culture through annual events like JazzNorway in a Nutshell, but as rich an experience as attending that junket is, returning to it on a regular basis is an ...

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Article: Album Review

Bryan and the Haggards: Pretend It's the End of the World

Read "Pretend It's the End of the World" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Can a saxophone “twang?" If it's a set of music celebrating the sounds of Bakersfield, California's county music legend, Merle Haggard, it had better do just that. And strangely, with Pretend It's the End of the World, by Bryan and the Haggards, the saxophone blowing of altoist Jon Irabagon and the tenorist/leader Bryan Murray find that ...

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News: Award / Grant

Ornette Coleman Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Ornette Coleman Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Congratulations to Ornette Coleman! Ann Arbor, MI -- May 2010 -- Music legend Ornette Coleman received an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance congratulates Mr. Coleman on this great honor, his 80th birthday, and for ...

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Article: Interview

Bill Cosby: If You Could Hear It, You'd Smile

Read "Bill Cosby: If You Could Hear It, You'd Smile" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Bill Cosby is a gentle giant, and not just physically. He is a powerhouse of energy and achievement. He's best known as a standup comedian non pareil. Moreover, his TV shows, such as The Cosby Show, have topped the ratings for many years, and he uses them as a way to promote racial reconciliation and disseminate ...

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Article: Album Review

Daniel Carter / Demian Richardson / David Moss / Federico Ughi: Wake Up!

Read "Wake Up!" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

If the solicitation from the members of this band is to indeed Wake Up!, then their plea recorded here will agitate, and, yes, maybe even activate some. This quartet of saxophonist Daniel Carter (Test, Other Dimensions in Music), trumpeter Demian Richardson, Italian drummer Federico Ughi, and bassist David Moss apply a vibe that is equal parts ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Keefe Jackson and Aram Shelton: Seeing You See and Two Cities

Read "Keefe Jackson and Aram Shelton: Seeing You See and Two Cities" reviewed by Clifford Allen

by Clifford Allen

The city of Chicago continues to find itself in a jazz renaissance well into the waxing years of the 21st century--a status that many of America's cities can't easily lay claim to. With the pedigrees of individual improvisers and composers like reedman Ken Vandermark and flutist Nicole Mitchell well established in the 1990s, a slightly younger ...


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