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Article: Interview

Mike Mainieri: Man Behind Bars

Read "Mike Mainieri: Man Behind Bars" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It's hard to imagine vibraphonist Mike Mainieri in his seventies. Not only does he look and sound like a man 10 years (or more) his junior, but a quick look at the projects he's been involved in over the past few years sound like anything but a septuagenarian resting on his not inconsiderable laurels.

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Article: Album Review

John Moulder: Bifrost

Read "Bifrost" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

It's probably inevitable that any review of any of John Moulder's recordings will mention that he is a Catholic priest. Not only is this an interesting dichotomy for most of us to reconcile--a century ago, people in Moulder's profession were calling jazz the devil's music--but it's also an indication that, just maybe, in exchange for his ...

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Article: Album Review

Gabriel Riesco Project: Sculptures in Time

Read "Sculptures in Time" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Spanish guitarist Gabriel Riesco leads his GRProject quintet on their second album, Sculptures in Time, presenting a challenging selection of original modern and fusion-like jazz diced with elements of Latin and a splattering of smooth jazz. Billed as a jazz/samba and fusion guitarist, Riesco's guitar style compares quite nicely to Pat Metheny, though their approaches are ...

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Article: Interview

Eric Harland: Searching the Patterns in Life

Read "Eric Harland: Searching the Patterns in Life" reviewed by John Patten

by John Patten

Drummer Eric Harland is between gigs, just back from a dates and clinics in Japan and getting ready to head to Europe. He's got new recordings out with several bands-- including the Charles Lloyd Quartet, The Monterey Quartet with Dave Holland and Jason Moran--and a handful of compositions to get recorded with his own group.

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Article: Live Review

Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival, Dec. 11-12, 2009

Read "Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival, Dec. 11-12, 2009" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival Baan Silom, Bangkok.

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Article: Album Review

Seamus Blake: Bellwether

Read "Bellwether" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

SSome albums are named for a time, a place, an experience, or even a person. Others have a concept. Saxophonist Seamus Blake takes on concept with Bellwether, a term for leader or trendsetter. Born in England and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Blake has gained recognition by Down Beat and JazzTimes magazines, and finished first ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Back in the Saddle Again...Sort Of

Read "Back in the Saddle Again...Sort Of" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

After an absence of more than 45 years, your correspondent returned to the airwaves on December 15, 2009 co-hosting a three-hour program of big-band holiday music on KSFR-FM in Santa Fe, NM. I was invited to share a part of my CD library by Arlen Asher, one of New Mexico's finest jazz musicians, who has been ...

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Article: Live Review

Silje Nergaard and Wolfgang Haffner, Dusseldorf, Germany

Read "Silje Nergaard and Wolfgang Haffner, Dusseldorf, Germany" reviewed by Phillip Woolever

by Phillip Woolever

Silje Nergaard / Wolfgang Haffner Trio Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Germany December 18, 2009 Various forms of music do indeed have a peak season, and the inspired, sentimentally crisp coupling of groups led by Norway's singer/songwriter Silje Nergaard and German drummer Wolfgang Haffner provided a near perfect backdrop for this region's ...

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One Quiet Night

By Pat Metheny

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: One Quiet Night; Song for the Boys; Don't Know Why; Another Chance; Time Goes On; My Song; Peace Memory; Ferry Cross the Mersey; Over on 4th Street; I Will Find the Way; North to South, East to West; Last Train Home; In All We See (bonus track).

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Article: In the Artist's Own Words

Bassist Jeff Berlin Pays Tribute to Charlie Banacos

Read "Bassist Jeff Berlin Pays Tribute to Charlie Banacos" reviewed by Jeff Berlin

by Jeff Berlin

[Editor's note: Bassist Jeff Berlin first emerged in the early 1970s with artists including Gil Evans, Ray Barretto, Pee Wee Ellis and Don Pullen. But it was his fusion work with British drummer Bill Bruford on albums including Feels Good to Me (Winterfold, 1977) and One of a Kind (Winterfold, 1979) that he gained greater international ...


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