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Article: Live Review

Paris Jazz Diary 2012

Read "Paris Jazz Diary 2012" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Paris is the New York City of the European jazz world. Any night of the week, live jazz is played somewhere in this multicultural metropolis where America's global gift is valued, venerated and celebrated. There are more than 30 live jazz venues, as well as sporadic and spontaneous performances on street corners and bridges, in Metro ...

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Down Here Below

By Ran Blake

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: Down Here Below; Little Niles; Freedom Day; Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?; Christmas Cheer; Bird Alone; African Lady; Retribution; Freedom Day; How I Hoped for Your Love; Christmas Cheer; Down Here Below.

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Vilnius Noir

By Ran Blake

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Vilna/Turning Point; Cry Wolf; In Pursuit; Shlof Mayn Kind; Jack's Blues/Stratusphunk; Driftwood; Sontagism; Watch What Happens/Papirosn; Thursday; Desafinado; My Cherie Amour; Mood Indigo.

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Down Here Below – Tribute to Abbey Lincoln Volume One

By Ran Blake

Label: What Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Down Here Below; 02. Little Niles; 03. Freedom Day; 04. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?; 05. Christmas Cheer; 06. Bird Alone; 07. African Lady; 08. Retribution; 09. Freedom Day; 10. How I Hoped for Your Love; 11. Christmas Cheer; 12. Down Here Below.

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Whirlpool

By Ran Blake

Label: Jazz Project
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. My Foolish Heart (Young-Washington) - 3:40; 02. Dearly Beloved (Kern-Mercer) - 3:24; 03. The Wind (Freeman-Gladstone) - 5:45; 04. Go Gently to the Water (Eade) - 4:50; 05. Old Devil Moon (Lane-Harburg) - 3:44; 06. Pinky (Newman) - 3:35; 07. Falling (Overall) - 2:39; 08. Where Are You (Adamson-McHugh) - 2:48; 09. Out of This World (Arlen-Mercer) - 2:16; 10. The Pawnbroker (Jones-Lawrence) - 3:54; 11. Dearly Beloved (Kern-Mercer) - 3:33; 12. The Thrill Is Gone (Henderson-Brown) - 3:25; 13. After the Ball (Harris) - 2:29.

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Article: Album Review

Sara Serpa / Ran Blake: Aurora

Read "Aurora" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Portuguese vocalist Sara Serp's follow-up to Camera Obscura (Inner Circle, 2010), with renowned pianist Ran Blake, retains the fresh and irreverent approach of their debut. A former student of Blake's the two never sound obvious or predictable, even when they are interpreting popular jazz standards. Their versions offer deeper and often innocent insights to some of ...

Article: Album Review

Ran Blake – Christine Correa: Down Here Below – Tribute to Abbey Lincoln Volume One

Read "Down Here Below – Tribute to Abbey Lincoln Volume One" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Per omaggiare Abbey Lincoln, Ran Blake e Christine Correa scelgono la via più lontana da quel modello, per l'asciuttezza (almeno nell'organico, ridotto all'osso), di contro all'epica declamatorietà dell'indimenticata musa della Freedom Now Suite roachiana, di cui è qui riproposto “Freedom Day" (in due versioni come del resto “Down Here Below" della stessa Abbey Lincoln e “Christmas ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Brando Noir, Multi-Media Film Noir Extravaganza; Curated By Ran Blake And Aaron Hartley - Dedicated To The Work Of Actor Marlon Brando

Brando Noir, Multi-Media Film Noir Extravaganza; Curated By Ran Blake And Aaron Hartley - Dedicated To The Work Of Actor Marlon Brando

Monday, October 29 at NEC Part of Yearlong 40th Anniversary Celebration for NEC’s Groundbreaking Contemporary Improvisation Department Blake Also To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from NEC on Saturday Join pianist/composer/improviser Ran Blake and co-producer Aaron Hartley as they anticipate Halloween with specimens of that most haunting genre, film noir. Now an annual tradition, this year's concert ...

Article: Album Review

Ran Blake: Vilnius Noir

Read "Vilnius Noir" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il titolo e il tono dark della copertina farebbero pensare ad una messa nera nelle lande sperdute della Lituania. Anche buona parte della musica proposta da Ran Blake e David Fabris va nella direzione della parte più oscura dello spettro musicale, per poi riemergere con un finale a sorpresa che parte da “Desafinado" per arrivare a ...

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Article: Interview

Don Byron: Music Wikipedia

Read "Don Byron: Music Wikipedia" reviewed by George Colligan

by George Colligan

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth ]I got my Bachelor's in Music Ed and Trumpet from Peabody Conservatory. I got my Master's in Jazz from Queens College. But I did my real graduate work playing with clarinetist Don Byron. My first gigs with Byron were playing Stravinsky ...


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