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Article: New York Beat

Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 2

Read "Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 2" reviewed by Nick Catalano


Part 1 | Part 2 This seminal documentary continues on the second CD with a scene straight out of a typical Gotham jazz collaboration: singer Gretchen Parlato and pianist Aaron Parks are together in a NYC apartment working out a vocal arrangement. Gretchen is heard commenting on the vagaries of jazz singing and the ...

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Article: Profile

The Making of Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense

Read "The Making of Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense" reviewed by Eric Benson


On an August morning in 1958, a 33-year-old photographer named Art Kane gathered 57 jazz musicians together on the steps of a Harlem brownstone. The resulting picture, known as “A Great Day in Harlem," appeared in the January 1959 issue of Esquire and has become the most famous image in jazz history. The photograph lacks the ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Four: Everything Everywhere

Read "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Four: Everything Everywhere" reviewed by John Kelman


Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Four: Everything Everywhere The Documentary ChannelMay 11, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense, the weekly television series that's been ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Three: In the Spirit of Family

Read "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Three: In the Spirit of Family" reviewed by John Kelman


Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Three: In the Spirit of Family The Documentary ChannelMay 4, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009In a 2005 AAJ interview, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel bemoaned the loss ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time

Read "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time" reviewed by John Kelman


Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four ---> Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time The Documentary ChannelApril 27, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009After a promising launch on April 20, 2009, with ...

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Article: Live Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - World Premiere

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Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseWorld PremiereThe Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln CenterNew York, NYApril 15, 2009 The Jazz Wars are over. Now what? A new documentary asks. Since the early 1980s, jazz has been engaged in its own nonviolent, low-intensity civil war. Decentralized and ...

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Article: Film Review

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode One: The Quiet Revolution

Read "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode One: The Quiet Revolution" reviewed by John Kelman


Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode One: The Quiet Revolution The Documentary ChannelApril 20, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009Many still look back at Ken Burns' Jazz (2001) as the documentary that ...

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Article: Album Review

Julian Lage: Sounding Point

Read "Sounding Point" reviewed by John Kelman


Despite being just 21, Julian Lage has clocked up some impressive credentials. The guitarist has worked with vibraphonist Gary Burton's recent quintet, appearing on Generations (Concord, 2004) and Next Generation (Concord, 2005); appeared with another jazz wunderkind, Taylor Eigsti, on the pianist's Lucky To Be Me (Concord, 2006) and Let It Come To You (Concord, 2008); ...

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Article: Interview

Julian Lage: Stepping Into the Limelight

Read "Julian Lage: Stepping Into the Limelight" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


A documentary film made in 1996 centers on an eight year-old guitarist who is already a professional and how he mixes that life with everything else, like family and being a kid. At one point, he's shown playing the guitar behind his neck, a la Jimi Hendrix, adroitly picking a melodic line. At another, he lays ...

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Article: Film Review

Phish: The Clifford Ball

Read "Phish: The Clifford Ball" reviewed by Doug Collette


Phish The Clifford Ball Rhino-Jemp 2009 There may be no more lavish package this year than Phish's The Clifford Ball. Including memorabilia in the form of postcards and stamps through efficiently folded DVD cases with the continuity of the graphics extending from the book of essays and credits ...


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