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Art Lande: Revealing the Infinite
by Florence Wetzel
Born in New York City on February 5, 1947, pianist and drummer Art Lande has been a font of creativity throughout his long and multifaceted career. Lande grew up in Long Island and started studying piano at age four; he attended Williams College, then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1969. During the early ...
Motian Sickness: The Music of Paul Motian: For the Love of Sarah
by Ian Patterson
Washington, DC drummer Jeff Cosgrove's exploration of jazz drumming legend Paul Motian's music has been a labor of love. Motian, who passed away in November 2011, sent Cosgrove 29 tunes over the three years this project took to realize. Using traditional bluegrass musicians as a kind of laboratory, Cosgrove chose compositions that best fit the uncommon ...
Fred Hersch Trio: Alive at the Vanguard
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Fred Hersch has found a place to come alive: The Village Vanguard, where so many great live albums have been recorded. Saxophonists John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, pianist Bill Evans and drummer Paul Motian also found the New York City venue a prime spot for live recordings. Hersch revisits the venue with Alive the the ...
Bro/Knak: Bro/Knak
by John Kelman
Following three consistently fine recordings as a leader--2009's The Stars Are All New Songs Vol. 1, 2010's Balladeering and 2011's Time (all on the Danish guitarist's own Loveland imprint)--in addition to international visibility gained through work with Paul Motian on the drummer's Garden of Eden (ECM, 2006) and trumpeter Tomasz Stańko's Dark Eyes (ECM, 2010), Jakob ...
Chris Potter: The Personal Stamp
by R.J. DeLuke
Chris Potter is one of the most visible saxophonists on the scene in recent years. There are reasons for that. Not only does he have incredible chops, inner drive, intensity and the impulse to always be creative--as if that's not enough--he can fit into any musical situation and find a way to contribute. Coming ...
Pre-Release Deal For "Remote Location" By Scott Mclemore
An American drummer living in Iceland, Scott McLemore has a new album. Remote Location" features a quintet of Icelandic musicians, including Sunna Gunnlaugs on piano, Óskar Guðjónsson (known for his work with Mezzoforte and Skúli Sverrison), guitarist Andrés Thor and bassist Róbert Thórhallsson. The CD will be released on the Reykjavik Jazz Festival, August 28th, but ...
Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jakob Mielcke: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9, 2012
by Henning Bolte
Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jakob MielckeA Culinary Tribute To The Art Of ImprovisationRestaurant Mielcke & Hurtigkarl, FrederiksbergCopenhagen Jazz FestivalCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 9, 2012The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with its more than 1,000 concerts in 10 days, spread over more than 100 venues and stages in all parts ...
Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jon Christensen: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 8, 2012
by Henning Bolte
Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jon ChristensenHofteatretCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 8, 2012The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with its more than 1,000 concerts in 10 days spread over more than 100 venues and stages in all parts of the Danish capital is like a musical monsoon cloudburst. The concerts range from big international stars ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Four MFs Playin' Tunes
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis has always exhibited a straight-to-the-point attitude in his deeds and musical actions, so the title for his latest quartet date shouldn't come as a great shock. His choice of words matter-of-factly proclaims that this music isn't about highbrow ideals, umbrella themes or hyper-intellectual constructs; this is about four musicians making music and serving ...
Jakob Bro: Searching for Beauty Through Sound
by Jakob Baekgaard
Beauty is perhaps one of the most common words used in association with music, but it is also one of the vaguest terms in musical criticism, and it rarely says something substantial about the work that is described. And yet, despite its intangible character, it would be almost impossible to characterize Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's music ...


