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In Praise of Liner Notes
by Marc Davis
Joni Mitchell was onto something. You don't miss liner notes until you don't have them. I admit: Many liner notes leave me cold, for two reasons. First, they're way too detailed, especially in jazz. Every take has to be scrupulously annotated. Who played third trumpet in that big band? Was that Bird's second or ...
2015: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2015 was a curious blend of ups and downs, with glimmers of optimism offset by its losses. Venues opened to great fanfare, but others closed for a variety of reasons. UNESCO's International Jazz Day became firmly entrenched as the exclamation point on Jazz Appreciation Month activities in April. Daily arts journalism took a hit ...
Exclusively For My Friends
Label: MPS
Released: 2015
Track listing: CD1: Action. At Long Last Love; Easy Walker; Tin Tin Daeo; I've Got A Crush On You; A Foggy Day.
CD2: Girl Talk. On A Clear Day; I'm In The Mood For Love; Girl Talk; Medley: I Concentrate On You/Moon River; Robbins Nest.
CD3: The Way I Really Play. Waltzing Is Hip; Satin Doll; Love Is Here To Stay; Sandy's Blues; Alice In Wonderland; Noreen's Nocturne.
CD4: My Favorite Instrument. Someone To Watch Over Me; Perdido; Body And Soul; Who Can I Turn To; Bye, Bye Blackbird; I Should Care; Lulu's Back In Town; Little Girl Blue; Take The A-Train.
CD5: Mellow Mood. In A Mellotone; Nica's Dream; Green Dolphin Street; Summertime; Sometimes I'm Happy; Who Can I Turn To.
CD6: Travelin' On. Travelin' On; Emily; Quiet Nights; Sax No End; When Lights Are Low.
CD7: The Lost Tapes 1. Gravy Waltz; Three O'Clock In The Morning; Squeaky's Blues; Tenderly; I Will Wait For You; Let's Fall In Love; Put On A Happy Face; Stella By Starlight; Moanin'; Never Say Yes; It's Impossible; My Romance.
CD8: The Lost Tapes 2. Autumn Leaves; The Folks Who Live On The Hill; Body And Soul; Misty; Hymn To Freedom; Goodbye; Li'l Darlin'; Satin Doll; All Of Me; A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening.
Gianni Marinucci: Live @ Bennett's Lane
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Those aware will tell you that to listen to Gianni Marinucci's tonal expressions is to hear poetry of the heart. It is no different here with Live @ Bennett's Lane. From the first few pitches on this vividly unique performance--vulnerable, yet filled with emotional depth--to the joyous last few, the Australian trumpeter and his sidekicks, Colin ...
Notable and Nearly Missed 2015
by C. Michael Bailey
John Petrucelli Quintet--The Way (Self Produced, 2014). New Jersey-native saxophonist John Petrucelli is an ambitious young man releasing his debut recording, The Way, as a two-CD set. The eleven selections presented are divided roughly in half, original compositions to standards. Petrucelli's quintet contains both a guitar and piano as harmony instruments, providing a fully-realized foundation for ...
Jazzy Christmas - Creole Christmas
by Angelo Leonardi
I canti natalizi si sono trasformati nel tempo da inni prettamente religiosi, derivati da laudi o ninne-nanne in onore a Gesù bambino, a pop song strutturate sul modello Tin Pan Alley, che celebrano il Natale in un'ottica secolarizzata, mantenendo i valori di amore e fratellanza. La relazione tra jazz e canti di ...
Danny Mixon: Pass It On
by Mark Sullivan
Despite his low profile, veteran pianist Danny Mixon has quite a history. His career has included stints playing with Betty Carter, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Frank Foster, Grant Green, Pharoah Sanders, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Charles Mingus, and many others. Most of Pass It On finds him alternating between solos and trios. Many of the ...
Larry Fuller Trio at Jazz at Kitano
by Dan Bilawsky
Larry Fuller Trio Jazz at Kitano New York, NY November 22, 2015 While jazz is a music founded and fed on innovation, it's also an art form steeped in tradition, forwarded through the passing of the torch to the next generation(s) in order to keep the life force of the ...
Take Five with Michael Kocour
by AAJ Staff
Meet Michael Kocour: Michael Kocour is a jazz pianist, organist and composer. He also serves as Director of Jazz Studies in the School of Music at Arizona State University. Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as one of the most sophisticated pianists in jazz," Kocour has performed at venues around the world and has been ...
Tom Hewson Trio: Treehouse
by Bruce Lindsay
Treehouse, album number two from the young British pianist Tom Hewson, finds him working in a trio (which is also known as Treehouse) alongside two more of the brightest young players on the UK jazz scene--bassist Calum Gourlay and vibes player Lewis Wright. It's a lyrical and engaging collection--mostly of Hewson's own compositions--with the relatively rare ...


