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Article: Interview

Omar Sosa: Bringing The World To The World

Read "Omar Sosa: Bringing The World To The World" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Pianist/composer Omar Sosa was born in Cuba in the first decade of Fidel Castro's rule over the island, and grew up listening to forbidden American jazz with his music school friends in secret, the radio discretely turned low, though eventually the rules changed and the music was broadcast in Cuba, too. After Cuba and a short ...

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News: Recording

Putumayo Presents "Jazz," a Collection of Exceptional Recordings by Jazz Legends

Putumayo Presents "Jazz," a Collection of Exceptional Recordings by Jazz Legends

Putumayo announces the May 3rd release of Jazz, featuring a veritable who's who of jazz legends performing beloved standards. The 1950s was a golden age for jazz and three-quarters of this collection was recorded during this era. Many of these recordings have been remixed and remastered, providing a level of sound quality not available until recent ...

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Article: Book Review

Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story

Read "Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story" reviewed by Jack Huntley


Still Inside: The Tony Rice StoryTim Stafford and Caroline WrightHardcover; 315 pagesISBN: 978-0-578-05113-0Word of Mouth Press, Inc2010 It's a life already mythologized by devotees--how a country boy discovers a god-given talent for guitar and a natural ear, and grows up to dominate the ...

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News: Recording

Drew Paralic - Roll with It, Baby (2011)

By Nick DeRiso Drew Paralic is that most unusual of things, a jazz pianist and composer who has released an album of originals played by others. Having taken up the instrument too late, he says, to approach the mastery of deeply appreciated influences like Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, Paralic instead decided to focus on writing ...

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Diego Urcola: Musical Ecstasy

Read "Diego Urcola: Musical Ecstasy" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Jazz music, its freedom and emphasis on self-expression through improvisation, has always had a strong pull on its practitioners, its artists. As fans and listeners, those qualities are also treasured. The infectious nature of those qualities is why jazz fans are passionate and loyal. It's music, born and bred in the United States, that has a ...

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Jim Hart: The Art of Juggling

Read "Jim Hart: The Art of Juggling" reviewed by Alan Bryson


Jim Hart is one of the hottest young musicians on the U.K. jazz scene. His impressive skills are matched by a level of experience and maturity that belie his age. His musicianship elicited this praise from vibes heavyweight Joe Locke: “Some of the best music I've heard in a long time. Definitely the best vibes playing ...

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News: Education

Extended Interviews with Jazz Greats Available on Hamilton College Jazz Archive Website

A collection of 300 audio interviews with jazz musicians, arrangers, writers and critics, the jazz greats and the supporting cast from the 1930s to the present, is now available online and free to the public courtesy of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive at www.hamilton.edu/jazzarchive. Listeners can click on a link and read the transcripts or listen ...

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Article: Live Review

The Monty Alexander Trio: Toronto, March 5, 2011

Read "The Monty Alexander Trio:  Toronto, March 5, 2011" reviewed by Alain Londes


The Monty Alexander TrioKoerner HallToronto, CanadaMarch 5, 2011 For a night of swinging blues, in honor of Oscar Peterson, the Monty Alexander Trio was an ideal choice for the continuing series Aspects of Oscar at Toronto, Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music. The regular trio included bassist Hassan JJ Wiggins Shakur and ...

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News: Recording

Putumayo Presents "Jazz," a Collection of Exceptional Recordings by Jazz Legends

Featured Artists: Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans * Mose Allison * Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson * Chet Baker * Blossom Dearie * Hampton Hawes * Billie Holiday * The Nat King Cole Trio * Anita O'Day * Nina Simone * Zoot Sims * Maxine Sullivan Putumayo announces the May 3rd release of Jazz, featuring a ...

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Article: Live Review

Fred Hersch Trio + 2: New York City, March 5, 2011

Read "Fred Hersch Trio + 2: New York City, March 5, 2011" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Fred Hersch Trio + 2Jazz Standard,New York CIty, NYMarch 5, 2011 Fred Hersch is one of today's most prominent jazz pianists, extending the limits of the jazz idiom with rare finesse and a sense of meaning and implication in every note he plays. This was one of five consecutive evenings ...


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