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Article: Year in Review

Mark Corroto's Best Releases Of 2013

by Mark Corroto
December 17, 2013

So many records, so little time. This sweet dilemma, I repeat again this year. Below are my top spins for 2013 (in no particular order). I've certainly missed a few gems, and I'll be trying to catch up on those during the cold of winter and probably through early spring... Matana ...

Article: Live Review

2013 Enjoy Jazz Festival

by John Kelman
November 24, 2013

Enjoy Jazz 2013 Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany November 6-14, 2013 It's always a treat to return to Heidelberg for Enjoy Jazz. As a very intended contrast to most jazz festivals, that compress a lot of music into a very short time, Enjoy Jazz's founding premise, when it was first conceived 15 years ago by ...

Article: Live Review

Tampere Jazz Happening 2013

by John Ephland
November 15, 2013

Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland October 31-November 3, 2013 It all started with a whimper. Or, rather, a quiet, almost serene drum roll. You knew things were going to eventually explode, but, of course, the getting there was half the fun. The Danish drum duo Toto was working in tandem in what ...

Article: Album Review

Nate Wooley: Seven Storey Mountain III And IV

Read "Seven Storey Mountain III And IV" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 14, 2013

Parts III and IV of a seven part cycle, trumpeter Nate Wooley's long form electro-acoustic work Seven Storey Mountain gains additional players and momentum with these two live performances. The music was originally commissioned for the Festival of New Trumpet Music, which has seen a shuffle in its performers, but the concept of muscle rapture endures ...

Article: Album Review

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Red Hot

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 28, 2013

Il giro del jazz in 80 stili! Abbiamo imparato in questi anni a conoscere le strategie creative dei Mostly Other People Do the Killing: grande ironia, una dieta onnivora, la capacità di accendere di colori fluorescenti i linguaggi che siamo soliti immaginare in bianco e nero, un approccio al virtuosismo basato sul paradosso e l'eccesso. Nemmeno ...

Article: Album Review

Nate Wooley - Peter Evans - Jim Black - Paul Lytton: Trumpet and Drums: Live in Ljubljana

Read "Trumpet and Drums: Live in Ljubljana" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 4, 2013

Given the unorthodox instrumentation, there's a little more than meets the eyes and ears on this quartet effort recorded at a jazz festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Each musician is highly respected within the progressive and avant jazz communities. Yet the band doesn't bridge the playing field with tireless bashing and cacophonous exchanges, which are components that ...

Article: Album Review

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Red Hot

by John Sharpe
October 1, 2013

Having been simultaneously inspired by and ironic about '80s smooth jazz on the excellent Slippery Rock (Hot Cup Records, 2013), Mostly Other People Do the Killing delve back further into history to explore pre-War genres on Red Hot. It's a tall order for a foursome, so bassist and leader Moppa Elliott has added Brandon Seabrook on ...

Article: Album Review

Nate Wooley Sextet: (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship

Read "(Sit In) The Throne of Friendship" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
September 3, 2013

Since arriving in New York City in 2001, Nate Wooley has established himself as one of the most inventive trumpet players of his generation. In addition to the admiration of his peers, including fellow trumpeters like Taylor Ho Bynum, Peter Evans and Kirk Knuffke, Wooley has earned the respect of esteemed scene veterans, such as Dave ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Various Brits: Just Not Cricket!

by Mark Corroto
September 3, 2013

In the 1972 Monty Python Flying Circus skit “Are You Embarrassed," the announcer reads the lines, “Are you embarrassed easily? I am. But it's nothing to worry about; it's all part of growing up and being British." The announcer goes on to describe embarrassing words like “Shoe" ..... “Megaphone" ..... “Grunties," to test the listener's discomfort ...

Article: Album Review

Nate Wooley Sextet: (Sit In) The Throne Of Friendship

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by Mark Corroto
August 15, 2013

Like today's NFL quarterbacks, trumpeters are required to be multidimensional. Modern players (in football) are required to pass, run, block and call audibles. Likewise, the jazz horn player can't just take a high glissando solo, bow, and collect a paycheck; he/she has to be able to shift between the jazz tradition, improvisation, classical music and outside ...