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Article: Live Review

Berkshire Jazz Festival: First-time Jazz Fest is a Big-time Hit

by R.J. DeLuke
March 12, 2004

A jazz festival with less density than a George Wein-produced event, yet with plenty of fine artists and a relaxed atmosphere, debuted this summer in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. Produced by the Jazz Forum Arts organization in downstate New York, the event was an artistic success. It was an esthetic success also, located at ...

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Jazz on the Lake

by R.J. DeLuke
March 12, 2004

The sounds of jazz can fit anywhere. Smoky nightclub, expansive concert hall or around the various outdoor festivals now held across the globe. They fit anywhere, because the music lives and breathes – created on the spot and in the moment. And they sound great on the shores of a grand lake amid sunshine and mountains, ...

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All the Flavors of Herbie Hancock

by R.J. DeLuke
March 12, 2004

True to his word, Herbie Hancock is not content to play it straight. He likes expressing music in a different way, even his classic music. He doesn't like to be bored by sameness and stale musical concepts, and that was exemplified in his October 29 concert at The Egg in Albany, NY. Hancock came with ...

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Article: Interview

David Chesky: Making Music in the Moment

by R.J. DeLuke
March 9, 2004

David Chesky has enjoyed success at the helm of Chesky Records , the fine audiophile record label he formed with his brother, Norman, in the mid 1980s. The brothers built the company from the ground up and now have Grammys and an outstanding list of artists — not performers, artists — that have graced its Manhattan ...

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Article: Book Review

Electric Miles: Danger, High Voltage

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Miles Beyond: Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991 Paul Tingen Watson-Guptill Pub ISBN: 0823083462 The new book by Paul Tingen on the music of Miles Davis is a long time in coming. How did a book like this take so long to come around? Let's not go there. The author ...

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Miles: Ever Changing, Ever Perplexing

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Miles Davis and American Culture Gerald Early (Editor) Univ of Missouri Press ISBN: 1883982375 Miles Davis is such a dominating figure that he will probably be analyzed forever. His importance in music is obvious. As a performer, conceptualist, bandleader, trumpeter, guru – whatever – he stands as one ...

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The Future of Jazz; Critics Weigh In

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

The Future of Jazz Yuval Taylor, et al. A Cappella Books ISBN 1556524463 A new book, The Future of Jazz, (A Cappella Books, 219 pages), brings 10 critics together to discuss various aspects of the music, all with an eye toward the future. Vocal music, the impact of ...

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Article: Book Review

Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James by Peter Levinson Oxford Univ Press 384pp. ISBN 0195110307 Miles Davis thought he was wonderful. Clark Terry said he could do it all. That’s a couple of pretty fair trumpet players talking about another.About Louis Armstrong?No.His name ...

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Sonny Fortune at the VanDyck

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Sometimes is seems that artists like Sonny Fortune get lost. Not lost in his creative mission. But lost in the public eye.Fortune has that problem of being caught in between. He’s middle aged. Not young enough to be among the darling “young lion” musicians so in vogue with jazz critics these days. And he’s too ...

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Article: Book Review

Living the Jazz Life: Jazz Stories x 40

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Living the Jazz Life W. Royal Stokes Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195081080 ”Living the Jazz Life,” isn’t groundbreaking stuff, but it needn’t be. It’s a group of musicians (not exclusively jazz – the blues is well represented) speaking about their lives, the things and people that influenced them, and some ...