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Article: Album Review

Jonathan Gee: Dragonfly

Read "Dragonfly" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

50 years ago, modern jazz piano trios would barely be recognizable to the majority of their counterparts--except perhaps Bill Evans' trio. Today, cutting-edge jazz trios require interaction between players and expect both drummer and bassist to be more than just disciples. Trio leaders such as Jason Moran, John Escreet, Matthew Shipp all write and perform their ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Trudy Pitts: Extraordinary Pianist & Master of the Hammond B-3

Read "Trudy Pitts: Extraordinary Pianist & Master of the Hammond B-3" reviewed by Pheralyn Dove

by Pheralyn Dove

[The following is an excerpt from Pheralyn Dove's forthcoming memoir, No Time for Tears: A Book of True Life Stories, and the chapter titled “Today I Cried."]The Student Meets the MasterTalking to keyboardist Trudy Pitts is like going on an adventure. It's the type of escapade where wanderlust, laughter and discovery are ...

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Article: Live Review

Caramoor Festival 2012

Read "Caramoor Festival 2012" reviewed by Richard Conde

by Richard Conde

Caramoor Jazz Festival 2012Katonah, New YorkJuly 28-29 and August 4, 2012Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this year's Caramoor Jazz festival in Katonah, New York, produced by Jim Luce, was a three-day celebration not to be missed. Stormy and thunderous days set the stage for the first two days of the festival. This year's lineup ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "Orrin Evans - Flip the Script" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Orrin Evans - Flip the Script" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Posi-Tone Records “Orrin Evans - Flip the Script“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 27th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Orrin Evans at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your ...

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Article: Album Review

Orrin Evans: Flip The Script

Read "Flip The Script" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Pianist Orrin Evans' last three outings for the Posi-Tone label have been vastly different from one another. He forged new, edgy frontiers as part of the collectively formulated Tarbaby on The End Of Fear (Posi-Tone, 2010), put his own unique stamp on the big band format with the bold Captain Black Big Band (Posi-Tone, 2011), and ...

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Article: Album Review

Wayne Escoffery: The Only Son of One

Read "The Only Son of One" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

Not since the works of bassist Charles Mingus and saxophonist John Coltrane has there been music so charged with emotion and so engulfed in spirituality as The Only Son of One, an album that bleeds with raw sentiment as it bares the soul of its young saxophonist and composer, Wayne Escoffery, and ultimately brings much catharsis ...

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News: Performance / Tour

D.C. Jazz Loft Series to Showcase National Stars & Local Talent in June

The D.C. Jazz Loft Series, a collaboration between the DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) and CapitalBop, will return to the Festival this year with performances from some of the nation’s most influential, boundary-pushing artists. Part of the Festival’s Jazz in the ‘Hoods program presented by Events DC, the three-day series is expanding to include a final, daylong ...

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Article: Album Review

Orrin Evans: Flip The Script

Read "Flip The Script" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

In the wrong hands, the contemporary piano trio can sound like a retread of piano trios since the dawn of popular music. In the right hands it remains a potent force: exciting, engaging, full of imagination and capable of flights of invention. The hands of Orrin Evans are the right hands. The Philadelphia-born pianist is approaching ...

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Article: Album Review

Human Spirit: Dialogue

Read "Dialogue" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

The three players who now call themselves Human Spirit--drummer Matt Jorgensen, trumpeter Thomas Marriott and alto saxophonist Mark Taylor--have a very successful track record of recording together. They teamed up on Jorgensen's magnificent Tattooed by Passion (2010) and Another Morning (2008), and on Marriott's strange and splendid Crazy: The Music of Willie Nelson (2008) and Flexicon ...

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News: Festival

Jazz is Bustin' Out All Over the Nation's Capital

The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) today announced its signature programs for 2012, which include: Jazz Meets the Classics at the Kennedy Center; Jazz in the 'Hoods presented by Events DC; Jazz ‘n' Families Fun Days at The Phillips Collection; Jazz at the Hamilton presented by The Washington Post; and Jazz at the Howard. The Festival will ...


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