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Article: Album Review

Itamar Erez / The Adama Ensemble: Hommage

Read "Hommage" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 28, 2011

Four years passed between the debut recording of Israeli pianist/guitarist Itamar Erez and this sophomore one. Desert Song (Self Produced, 2006), was recorded with his Canadian quartet, and after relocating to Israel he founded a local quartet, based on the same instrumentation that was introduced by the pioneering, genre-breaking quartet, Oregon. On Hommage, ...

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Article: Unsung Heroes

Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd, and Ralph Towner

by Sean Dietrich
January 25, 2011

The concert guitar is hailed by many as the perfect instrument. After being perfected in the Baroque age, virtuosos believed the wooden torso to posses the variety of an orchestra. The concert guitar produces a wide range of tone, timber, color, and dynamic expression unlike any other stringed instrument, capable of projecting a delicate voice of ...

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Article: Album Review

Meadow: Blissful Ignorance

Read "Blissful Ignorance" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
January 24, 2011

It's been out in Norway since late 2009, on the relatively small Hecca Records label, but any recording with a trio this fine deserves to be out in the world in a bigger way, and so Britain's Edition Records--no longer an upstart company, with over 20 releases in the past 30 months--has picked up Blissful Ignorance, ...

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Article: Interview

Dave Liebman: A New York Story

by John Kelman
January 10, 2011

A few months shy of 65, saxophonist Dave Liebman may be having the busiest time of his career, now in its fifth decade. In the past 12 months, nearly a dozen releases have demonstrated the tremendous stylistic breadth of a musical oeuvre that kicked into high gear early, when, in the short span of three years, ...

Album

Chiaroscuro

By Ralph Towner

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Wistful Thinking; Punta Giara; Chiaroscuro; Sacred Place; Blue in Green; Doubled Up; Zephyr; Sacred Place (reprise); Two Miniatures; Postlude.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Oregon: In Stride

by John Kelman
December 9, 2010

OregonIn StrideCam Jazz2010 With a shared history of 40 years amongst three of its four members--and a fourth now rivaling the group's co-founder, the late Collin Walcott, as percussionist with the longest tenure, it's almost redundant to discuss the inherent chemistry shared amongst the members of the genre-busting ...

News: Radio

Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "Thanksgiving Moods & Reflections"

November 24, 2010

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Episode 32—"Thanksgiving Moods & Reflections" Hosted & Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Happy Thanksgiving! I know this is an American Holiday—but whether you celebrate it or not . . . it's a wonderful time for reflection & gratitude anywhere you happen to ...

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Article: Interview

Sandro Albert: A Bard’s Journey

by Raul d'Gama Rose
November 23, 2010

His voice is soft and as lyrical as the music he composes and plays. Hearing the young and immensely talented guitarist, Sandro Albert speak can calm even the most frayed nerves. Nervousness was never an issue, but it is always exciting to speak with an accomplished musician. Albert is certainly one. He was born in Brazil ...

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Article: Live Review

Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Day 2, November 5, 2010

by John Kelman
November 7, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-4 Tampere Jazz HappeningTampere, FinlandNovember 4-7, 2010 Day two of Tampere Jazz Happening kicked the festival into high gear, with a terrific line-up at both the festival's primary venues: Pakkahuone's Old Customs House Hall, which seats upwards of a thousand people and is used ...

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Article: Live Review

John Taylor and John Geggie: Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010

by John Kelman
October 16, 2010

John Taylor/John GeggieNational Arts Centre Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010 After an impressive start to its 2010 Fall/Winter Series, the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival kept the momentum up by bringing another of modern jazz's finest pianists to town, less than a week after Chick Corea and his latest trio, ...