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N. Glenn Davis: Come Right In
by John Patten
The N. Glenn Davis Quartet resurrects the sound of classic bebop on Come Right In, presenting a set of 10 tunes arranged by Davis, three enhanced by saxophone giant Phil Woods. Woods plays magnificently on two Davis originals--the opening “A Different Day" and “Just a Tadd," as well as “If You Could ...
Paquito Hechavarria: Frankly
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Francisco “Paquito" Hechavarría might be best known for his work on Gloria Estefan's “Conga," but that record barely scratches the surface in showing what he's capable of playing. Smoking tumbao-based patterns seem to be embedded in his musical DNA: Hechavarría grew up in pre-Castro Cuba and soaked up the rhythms and sounds of his native ...
Jeff Dayton-Johnson's Best of 2009
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Jazz Man of the Year honors go without a doubt to Rafael Gilbert of Spain, who attended a performance by Larry Ochs of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet at the Sigüenza Jazz Festival in December, and called the police to report that, whatever it was that Ochs was playing, it wasn't jazz. Ochs was asked to play ...
Take Five With Charley Langer
by AAJ Staff
Meet Charley Langer:Intelligent smooth jazz. Think “Phil Woods meets Boney James." So far, the reviews are very positive: “Charley Langer doesn't waste these tracks. If you take the time to listen, each one reveals a different side of his musical personality... What we see here is a jazz musician as jack of all trades, ...
AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009
by AAJ Staff
With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...
The Children Suite
By Phil Woods
Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2009
Track listing:
01. The Good Little Girl - 6:02; 02. Come Out with Me - 8:55; 03. Sneezles - 1:09; 04. Pinkle Purr - 8:55; 05. Down by the Pond - 5:03; 06. Waiting at the Window - 0:58; 07. Buttercup Days - 8:05; 08. The Friend & Us Two - 10:15; 09. Furry Bear - 4:50; 10. Knight-in-Armour - 4:53; 11. Wind on the Hill & The Engineer - 6:26; 12. Solitude - 6:06; 13. The Morning Walk - 6:45; 14. In the Dark & The End - 3:08.
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The Children's Suite
By Phil Woods
Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Good Little Girl; Come Out With Me; Sneezles; Pinkie Purr; Down by the Pond; Waiting at the Window; Buttercup Days; The Friend & Us Two; Furry Bear; Knight-in-Armor; Wind on the Hill & The Engineer; Solitude; The Morning Walk; In the Dark & The End.
Todd Barkan: Continuation and Augmentation
by Wayne Zade
Todd Barkan has been one of the most important and versatile producers of jazz concerts and records around the globe for almost 30 years. The list of artists whose projects he has produced reads like a veritable Who's Who of jazz. Barkan has managed many artists, including the Boys Choir of Harlem, Chico O'Farrill and Freddy ...
Strike Up the (Unsung) Bands
by Jack Bowers
The big band era is known for producing a number of enormously successful ensembles whose leaders were household names: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, then on through Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the brothers Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and, ...
Gregory Thomas: Ain't But a Few of Us
by Willard Jenkins
Like most of the participants in our ongoing dialogue with African American music writers, Gregory Thomas has both feet and hands in several camps. Thomas' byline has been featured in numerous publications, including Salon.com, Guardian Observer (London), American Legacy, Africana.com, BlackAmericaWeb.com, Daily News (New York, NY), TBWT.com, Callaloo, The Village Voice, and others. He was the ...
