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Dominic Duval: Follow Your Melody

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by Maxim Micheliov

In memory of Dominic Duval: 1945-2016. This article was first published in October 2010. Bassist Dominic Duval is a mystery to many—even to those interested in free music. Seemingly emerging out of nowhere in the mid-1990s, over the course of 15 years he has built a formidable discography, firmly establishing him as one of ...

News: Recording

Manhattan Jazz Septette

Manhattan Jazz Septette

In 1956, jazz and pop record labels began to issue 12-inch albums. The format was an upgrade from the 10-inch LP and would remain a staple until the saturation of the marketplace by CDs 40 years later. The new 12-inch LP meant up to 25 minutes of music on each side, allowing for six songs per ...

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Article: Album Review

Oscar Pettiford & Jan Johansson: In Denmark 1959-1960

Read "In Denmark 1959-1960" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

If anyone should doubt how much it has meant to the Danes that a number of prominent American jazz musicians have lived in Denmark for a shorter or longer time, they just need to walk around the streets of Copenhagen. Here you will find street names such as Ben Webster Street, Ernie Wilkins Street and Kenny ...

Article: Live Review

JD Allen Trio al Verona Jazz Winter 2016

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by Angelo Leonardi

Verona Jazz Winter Teatro Ristori 03.02.2016 Sulla scia dei numerosi riconoscimenti ricevuti (il più importante è stato quello di Sonny Rollins) e delle superlative accoglienze per l'ultimo disco, JD Allen ha toccato Verona nell'ambito del suo tour europeo. Era uno degli appuntamenti più attesi di Verona Jazz Winter, assieme al concerto ...

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Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso

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by Troy Collins

As a veteran of the fertile 1990s Downtown NYC scene, cellist Erik Friedlander has been involved in myriad creative endeavors, including innovative sideman work with Dave Douglas and John Zorn, while leading his own unique ensembles, such as Chimera and Topaz. More recently, Friedlander has been performing solo and developing projects inspired by rural Americana, but ...

Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso

Read "Oscalypso" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Quattro rappresentanti della storica scena downtown newyorchese si riuniscono negli studi East Side Sound di quella città e registrano un disco tributo all'Oscar Pettiford violoncellista. Nove brani mostrano senza veli l'eleganza, lo swing, il senso melodico, la precisione della scrittura di Pettiford, con il quartetto di Erik Friedlander che asseconda pienamente queste caratteristiche esaltandole e personalizzandole ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Zappa and Jazz: Did it Really Smell Funny, Frank?

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by Geoffrey Wills

The following is an excerpt from “Chapter 2: Early Encounters with Jazz" of Zappa and Jazz: Did it Really Smell Funny, Frank? by Geoffrey Wills (Matador, 2015). When, at the age of fourteen, Zappa entered Mission Bay High School in San Diego in 1955, his first exposure to the elitist snobbery of a ...

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Article: Album Review

Jennifer Leitham: Mood (S)wings

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by Jack Bowers

One of the rules of thumb in jazz is that hardly anyone ever looks forward to a bass solo. Rules, however, were made to be broken, and a case in point is multi-talented Jennifer Leitham whose solos on Mood (S)wings are nimble, well-crafted and consistently engaging--in other words, worth looking forward to. Not that anything less ...

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Article: Live Review

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Saxophonists Lew Tabackin, James Carter, Craig Handy

Read "Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Saxophonists Lew Tabackin, James Carter, Craig Handy" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Lew Tabackin, James Carter, Craig Handy Sunside-Sunset/Duc des Lombards Paris, France July 8, July 11, July 12, 2015 Getting great sax in Paris was a sure thing this summer with three American tenor titans Lew Tabackin, James Carter and Craig Handy performing within three soul-satisfying weeks. In the fewest words: Tabackin ...

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Sonorama: New Treasures from the Past

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by Jakob Baekgaard

To find a forgotten record is often part of the pleasure and path of the dedicated record collector. Looking for the right record becomes a journey where flea markets and other strange places are examined, but it is also about having the right connections. Ekkehart Fleischhammer is not only an expert in finding the recorded treasures ...


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