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Article: Album Review

Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express Live!

Read "Harlem-Kingston Express Live!" reviewed by David Rickert


Many jazz musicians have mined the music of other cultures and countries for new ideas. Many of the most successful combinations have come from importing the music of warmer climates--Afro-Cuban and bossa nova to name but two. Monty Alexander has always done the reverse: a native of Jamaica who played straight-ahead jazz in the ...

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News: Radio

Cole Porter's Songs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Cole Porter's Songs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, singer Nina Ferro joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for a concert of Cole Porter compositions live from the Filoli Estate in California. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on- demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You could ...

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Take Five With Tim Richards

Read "Take Five With Tim Richards" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Tim Richards: Tim's first encounter with a piano was at the age of eight, in a dentist's waiting room. After classical piano lessons he taught himself jazz and blues from the age of 14, after seeing Thelonious Monk on TV.Since forming the long-lived modern jazz quartet Spirit Level in Bristol in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Eliane Elias Shows a Captivating Charm to Merge with Monster Musical Talent

Eliane Elias Shows a Captivating Charm to Merge with Monster Musical Talent

Eliane Elias was a fantastic pianist when she came from her native Sao Paulo to New York City in 1981. She's already worked with some of the best Brazilian musicians as a teenager. Her early albums show a pianist with monster chops, but with the ability to display delicate beauty. Passion and emotion. She did a ...

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Article: Live Review

Christian Jacob: On Respect and Knowledge of Jazz in Japan

Read "Christian Jacob: On Respect and Knowledge of Jazz in Japan" reviewed by Wayne Zade


Christian Jacob was born in Lorraine, France, and began classical piano studies at the age of four. His early musical influences included Debussy and Ravel, as well as Oscar Peterson, whose approaches to improvisation impressed him the most. Having won First Prize in a piano competition at the Paris Conservatory, Jacob studied and then later ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Zak: Down East

Read "Down East" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pianist Peter Zak and his superb trio went into the studio to swing on Down East, and swing they did. Opening with Duke Pearson's “Is That So?," Zak displays a light touch and a sparkle and shine not unlike that of Red Garland or Oscar Peterson, with ubiquitous bassist Peter Washington and drummer Rodney Green locking ...

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Take Five With Rhinoceri Trio

Read "Take Five With Rhinoceri Trio" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Rhinoceri Trio: The Rhinoceri trio, named for the most ponderous and terrifying beast of the primeval forest, both ponders and terrifies. Firmly rooted in the jazz tradition, the group's repertoire spans and blends a tapestry of influences from Duke Ellington's jungle jazz, Eastern European folk music, Ornette Coleman, Bach, Wagner ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011

Read "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011" reviewed by Sandy Ingham


Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 1: April 29, 2011The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival turned 42 this year. I've been to 25, and the thrill of anticipation entering the fairgrounds and crossing to the ...

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Borneo Jazz 2011

Read "Borneo Jazz 2011" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Borneo JazzMiri, Sarawak, BorneoMay 12-15, 2011 Borneo Jazz--known as the Miri International Jazz Festival for the previous five editions--has undergone a certain amount of rebranding in an effort to promote its growing stature as one of the leading jazz festivals in the region. This year the festival has increased from two to ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Dease: Grace

Read "Grace" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Michael Dease is to the trombone what Harry Allen is to the tenor saxophone. Lyrical, traditional, well-studied and broad based, both artists can equally get their freak on when necessary. Dease's trombone style contains many influences, but like many conservatory-trained musicians, Dease has had the time and practice to develop is own potent voice.


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