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Article: Play This!

Aretha Tillotson: Sad Junie (to Highway Jake)

Read "Aretha Tillotson: Sad Junie (to Highway Jake)" reviewed by John Chacona


If the average fan living south of the 49th Parallel knows anything about jazz in Canada, it might begin and end with Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall. Yes, Toronto is emerging as a great jazz city and there are all those players from Nanaimo, but in between, nothing, right? Bassist Aretha Tillotson is here to explode that ...

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Article: Album Review

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Strasbourg 82

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This album captures a special concert and a pivotal moment in the history of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. It documents the re--formation of the band following the departure of trumpet player Wynton Marsalisand saxophonist Branford Marsalis. The new recruits--trumpeter Terence Blanchard and alto saxophonist Donald Harrison--were eager to prove their abilities, injecting the band ...

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Article: Interview

Amaury Faye: A French Jazz Composer Returns To The Source

Read "Amaury Faye: A French Jazz Composer Returns To The Source" reviewed by Frank Housh


Amaury Faye was a child in Toulouse when he began his unlikely love affair with American jazz. A piano teacher exposed him to ragtime which led to Art Tatum, which led him to Ahmad Jamal and the great jazz trios. He released trio recordings in 2016, 2017, and 2018 and a solo album, Buran (L'Esprit du ...

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Article: Live Review

Baku Jazz Festival 2025: Part 2

Read "Baku Jazz Festival 2025: Part 2" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Part 1 | Part 2 Baku Jazz Festival Various Venues 20th edition, Days 5-8 Baku, Azerbaijan October 24-31, 2025 Driving around Baku the brightly colored dayglow signs advertising Baku Jazz Festival 2025 catch the eye at every turn. So do posters for COP 29, ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Kit Downes: The Art Of Sonic Curiosity

Read "Kit Downes: The Art Of Sonic Curiosity" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni


Some use the piano to tell stories, and some use the pipe organ to create entire universes. Then there's Kit Downes, who does both, with a sensitivity and talent that have made him one of the most interesting and sought-after names on the European scene. Winner of the prestigious BBC Jazz Award, nominated for the Mercury ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

End Of Month Keyboard Special with Chick Corea Trio, Joe Zawinul, Michael Wolff, and More

Read "End Of Month Keyboard Special with Chick Corea Trio, Joe Zawinul, Michael Wolff, and More" reviewed by David W. Daniels


End of month keyboard special for the last Thursday in Monktober. Includes music from Oscar Peterson, Don Patterson, Kandace Springs, and more. The recent passing of Jack DeJohnette is acknowledged with the final selection of a track from the Bruce Hornsby, Christian McBride, and Jack DeJohnette album Camp Meeting.Playlist Marcus Roberts Trio “Exploration" from ...

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Article: Book Review

The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life

Read "The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life John Gennari 264 Pages ISBN: #978-1-68458-285-3 Brandeis University Press 2025 Award-winning author, University of Vermont professor and Berkshire County native John Gennari encapsulates his fascinating history of The Jazz ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Pianist & Guitarist Justin Fitzgerald

Read "Take Five with Pianist & Guitarist Justin Fitzgerald" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Justin Fitzgerald I think of myself primarily as a composer, and jazz is my favorite form of music to write. I've always been surrounded by music--my mother was an opera singer before I was born, my wife is a singer, and her father was a skilled guitarist.I used to perform in restaurants and ...

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Article: Album Review

Ignasi Terraza: With Respect To Oscar And Niels

Read "With Respect To Oscar And Niels" reviewed by Artur Moral


Exceptionalism is often presented with a spectacular surface. However, it also hides itself behind multiple layers of deep discretion. This is true with pianist, composer, educator and record producer Ignasi Terraza. His uniqueness is based on several facts: being the first blind person in Spain to earn--a mid-1980s achievement, without today's technology--a degree in Computer Engineering; ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicholas Payton: Triune

Read "Triune" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn


The multi-hyphenate Nicholas Payton premieres a new trio, recording alongside eccentric bassist Esperanza Spalding and straight-ahead luminary Karriem Riggins, a roster enough to whet any forward-thinking listener's appetites. Payton, beyond his wildly successful sideman stints with Oscar Peterson, Mulgrew Miller and Milt Jackson, has also made great strides to define his own worldly, idiosyncratic style as ...


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