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Julian Waterfall Pollack: Infinite Playground

Read "Infinite Playground" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 12, 2010

It seems at times as if the world is filled to the brim with technically adept young jazz players--musicians whose speed and dexterity earn immediate respect. But technique is not all there is. Indeed, it's not even half. Heart and soul need to be in the music as well. At only 22 years of age Julian ...

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Take Five with Assaf Kehati

by AAJ Staff
April 20, 2010

Meet Assaf Kehati:Israeli/Bostonian jazz guitarist Assaf Kehati has been performing with legendary drummer Billy Hart and up-and-coming bassist Noam Wiesenberg for the past two years. For a recent Regattabar concert, Kehati's trio expanded to a quartet after renowned saxophonist Eli Degibri (Al Foster's Band) joined the group. The quartet plays both Kehati's and Hart's ...

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Whitney James: The Nature Of Love

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by Bruce Lindsay
February 26, 2010

The Nature Of Love is singer Whitney James' debut, although the maturity and sophistication of her performance makes this hard to believe. Across an intriguing set of songs James demonstrates an impressive vocal range and a command of phrasing and intonation that usually come only with years of experience. James' voice is expressive ...

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Alex Chilowicz at William Paterson University

by David A. Orthmann
January 16, 2010

Alex Chilowicz William Paterson University Wayne, NJ December 9, 2009 Saxophonist Alex Chilowicz is a 22-year-old senior in the Jazz Studies program at William Paterson University. To fulfill an honors thesis requirement, Chilowicz embarked on an unusually ambitious project--the performance of Eddie Sauter's Focus. A seven-part composition for string ...

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The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra: Transplants

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by Edward Blanco
September 15, 2009

Veteran jazz guitarist Russ Spiegel has always had an affinity for big band music, from his days of performing with the European-based Landes Jugend Jazz Orchester Hessen, The Bill Warfield Big Band, and his own Russ Spiegel Big Band, comprised of top German and international musicians. He continues his love affair of progressive ensemble music on ...

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Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra: Eastern Standard Time

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by Edward Blanco
September 13, 2009

A master in the art of arranging and composing jazz music, Alan Baylock, who holds the position of Chief Arranger for the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force, unveils another masterpiece with Eastern Standard Time, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, Two Seconds to Midnight (Sea Breeze Records, 2003). On this second ...

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"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name

by Jack Bowers
June 8, 2009

With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...

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The Hot Sides 1929-1934

By Ray Noble

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Copper Blues; 02. Terribly Fond Of You; 03. So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together; 04. Baby, You’ve Got The Right Idea; 05. In The Moonlight; 06. Someone; 07. Every Day Away From You; 08. You’ve Got To Be Modernistic; 09. Crazy Feet; 10. I’v Got A Feeling; 11. Allah’s Holiday; 12. Whispering; 13. Just Imagine; 14. Makin’ Wickey; 15. Shout For Happiness; 16. Twentieth Century Blues; 17. Brighter Than The Sun; 18. What A Perfect Combination; 19. Stay On The Right Side Of The Road; 20. Tiger Rag; 21. You Ought To See Sally On Sunday; 22. Who Walks When I Walk Out?; 23. Who Walks When I Walk Out?; 24. All I Do Is Dream Of You.

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Ray Noble: The Hot Sides 1929-1934

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 7, 2007

Ballo ed ascolto. È questa l’endiadi di base, per capire l’essenza di molto jazz tradizionale, tra la fine degli anni ’20 e la metà degli anni ’30. Dagli Stati Uniti, la nuova pratica strumentale si diffuse anche in Inghilterra, grazie a tutta una rete di case discografiche e sale da ballo. Ed inglese fu l’arrangiatore nonché ...

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