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Article: Album Review

Sonny Rollins: On Impulse / There Will Never Be Another You

Read "On Impulse / There Will Never Be Another You" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
August 12, 2011

What could be better than an album by Sonny Rollins? Two albums by Sonny Rollins, especially a reissue of two treasured Impulse! releases--On Impulse! (1965) and There Will Never Be Another You (1978)--in their entirety, on a single 75-minute CD. That's a lot of satisfying tenor time with the Saxophone Colossus. On the heels ...

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Article: Live Review

TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Days 1-3: June 23-25, 2011

by Alain Londes
July 2, 2011

TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2011Toronto, CanadaJune 24-July 3, 2011 2011 marked the 25th anniversary for a festival that is a key stopping point for artists coming to Canada. Organizers always have to strike the right balance when booking top names and other talented international artists. A key change from previous ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 2011

Aretha FranklinTake a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on ColumbiaColumbia2011 Were we to limit our musical intelligence gathering to banal “classic rock" radio, we would believe that singer Aretha Franklin's career began in 1967, that she only recorded one song, Otis Redding's “Respect," and recorded for a single ...

News: Obituary

Ray Bryant, 1931-2011

June 5, 2011

Ray Bryant died on Thursday in a New York hospital following a long illness. He was 79. A pillar of modern mainstream piano, Bryant was often categorized as a blues pianist. He was certainly that, a great one, but his stylistic breadth,powerful swing and harmonic flexibility put him in demand not only by blues singers and ...

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News: Obituary

Ray Bryant - R.I.P.

June 4, 2011

While the news today has been full of the deaths of Jack “Dr. Death" Kevorkian, 83 (a curiously interesting musician in his own right), and actor James “Matt Dillon" Arness, 88, the great pianist Ray Bryant has also died. His sound—a mix of joyous jazz and grandstanding gospel—was like no other and is evident on many ...

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Article: Forgotten Finds

Great Sidemen - Great Leaders

by Greg Simmons
April 7, 2011

Being a sideman can be a thankless job. Sure, you might get to play regularly, but you rarely get to call the tune. If your boss is a big star, the gig might even pay pretty well, but if the band is going to Fargo, North Dakota in January, brother, so are you, and you weren't ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Charles Fambrough: A Friend Unlike Any Other, R.I.P.

by Mark Kramer
January 10, 2011

For my dear friend Charles, my second Brother: Bassist Charles Fambrough, born in Philadelphia on August 25th, 1950 and known as “Broski," died on January 1st, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. with his daughter and wife at his side. Reportedly, he ever-so-gently squeezed their hands as he held them, and smiled. Then he was gone. ...

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Article: Interview

Mickey Roker: You Never Lose the Blues

by Victor L. Schermer
January 18, 2010

Drummer Mickey Roker is a mainstay and icon of the jazz world, having a played with Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lee Morgan, and many of the other signature groups of modern jazz. Yet he has always maintained his Philadelphia roots, and is and has been a regular at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in that ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Solo Piano: Cyrus Chestnut, John Hicks & Ray Bryant

by Marcia Hillman
October 3, 2009

Cyrus ChestnutSpiritJazz Legacy Productions2009 John HicksI Remember YouHighNote2009 Ray BryantIn The Back RoomEvening Star2009 Playing solo piano requires, among other things, a ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Bud Shank: A Voice for the Ages

by Jack Bowers
April 29, 2009

I'll always have fond memories of the 2007 Prescott (Arizona) Jazz Summit, as it was the last time I had the great pleasure of seeing and hearing the phenomenal alto saxophonist Bud Shank doing what he did best: enfolding an entire audience in the palm of his hand with a seemingly endless stream of irrepressible notes ...