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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Dave Schiff

by AAJ Staff
May 28, 2011

Meet Dave Schiff:Dave Schiff, a 20 year veteran of the Navy Band Jazz Ensemble “The Commodores," is a powerful and versatile woodwind jazz instrumentalist who has traveled the world working with top entertainers and jazz legends such as Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Don Menza, and Dizzy Gillespie.Smooth jazz, straight ahead, funk... you ...

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Article: Album Review

Roberto Magris Quintet: Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 1

Read "Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 1" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 11, 2011

For one who left us far too soon (he was shot to death at age 33), Edward Lee Morgan left quite an extensive legacy as a trumpeter, composer and recording artist. In paying tribute to Morgan, pianist Roberto Magris has a splendid idea. What he does not have, of course, is Lee Morgan or any of ...

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Article: Interview

Lauren Sevian: Big Voice on the Big Horn

by R.J. DeLuke
March 30, 2011

Swaying slightly, with eyes closed, Lauren Sevian pours a lot of heart and grit into the big, baritone saxophone--the largest of the most commonly played saxophones and an axe that looks even more considerable when seen against her small frame. She comes out with an imposing sound and welcoming style, put forth through a striking conception.

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News: Recording

Steve Gadd's "Live at Voce" (Deluxe Edition)

November 7, 2010

One of the most recorded drummers of all time, Steve Gadd has worked with everyone from Chick Corea to Paul Simon, Maynard Ferguson to Eric Clapton. When it comes to his own projects, Gadd loves to play good-time groove music that has the danceable qualities and bluesiness of the best R&B along with the adventurous solos ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pepper Adams

October 8, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Pepper Adams' birthday today! Pepper AdamsPepper Adams (born Park Adams III on October 8, 1930 in Highland Park, Michigan - died on September 10, 1986 in Brooklyn, New York) was one of hard bop\'s most significant baritone saxophonists. His dark... more Website | Photos ...

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Article: Album Review

Denis DiBlasio: View from Pikes

Read "View from Pikes" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
July 18, 2010

Originally released in 2006, this “sleeper" of an album may not contain breathtaking breakthroughs, but it's so good for what it does that it deserves attention. View from Pikes provides consistent listening pleasure from start to finish. The absence of drums actually facilitates the sweet, laidback playing of the Denis DiBlasio/Steve Varner/Jim Ridl trio, which maintains ...

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Article: Interview

Sam Stephenson: A "Loft-y" Vision of Jazz

by Victor L. Schermer
April 7, 2010

When, in 1997, writer, scholar, and archivist Sam Stephenson serendipitously came across audio tapes, photographs and other documents involving jazz musicians congregating in photographer W. Eugene Smith's Manhattan loft in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he was surprised as anyone. The wall of cartons had been unopened since before Smith's death in 1978. Stephenson and ...

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Article: Interview

Joe Locke: Versatile Vibes Master

by R.J. DeLuke
February 15, 2010

Jazz has a history of inclusiveness, accepting the influences of music from around the globe. It also knows no boundaries when it comes to instrumentation, accommodating all kinds of axes if they are played in the spirit of jazz. Rufus Harley even brought the unlikely bagpipes into the lexicon, playing the sound of surprise on the ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Zawinul: Money In The Pocket

Read "Money In The Pocket" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
February 4, 2010

Recorded in late 1965, while keyboard player Joe Zawinul was still a member of saxophonist Cannonball Adderley's band, Money In The Pocket is a remarkable album--remarkable in that gives absolutely no hint of the shape shifts that would transform Zawinul's work a few years later. The first of three albums he recorded for Atlantic, it's a ...

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