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West Africa Roundup, Part 1: Mali
by AAJ Staff
These three albums are all by Malian artists, but the differences among them could not be more extreme. The first two share elements of West African blues, but Amadou & Mariam extract that essence and meld it with a variety of international styles, often electric, to create a wide-reaching fusion. Boubacar Traoré has always been a ...
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
by John Kelman
First things first: Herbie Hancock's new record is unabashed pop. A “project in the truest sense of the word, Possibilities was built by Hancock from the ground floor up by enlisting a group of singer/songwriters—some older, some younger; some established, some up and coming—as the spirit moved him over a lengthy period of time. This isn't ...
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary
by John Kelman
Back in 1985 when Pat Metheny released Song X, his collaboration with free jazz/harmolodics progenitor Ornette Coleman, it came as a big shock to fans familiar with the more overt melodicism of the Pat Metheny Group. Sure, there'd been hints that Metheny's seemingly insatiable appetite to experience all things musical also included excursions into free territory, ...
Ottawa International Jazz Festival - Day Eleven, July 3, 2005
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 With the number of truly outstanding performances at this year's Ottawa International Jazz Festival, it's hard to imagine how the organizers could ...
July 2005
by AAJ Staff
At the new and thoroughly spruced-up Smalls, tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen chaired a productive meeting with pianist George Burton, bassist Joseph Lepore and drummer Damion Reid (June 11; bassist Chris Lightcap subbed on June 10). This was fierce, hard-bitten stuff and when Allen blew, Burton usually gave him the field and did not comp. The tempos ...
July 2005
by Doug Collette
Miguel Zenón Jibaro Marsalis Music 2005 There's an understated intricacy at work here that is a pleasure to behold. A tension-release dynamic allows and insists the musicians work together to make the changes in the compositions, then play freely in turn. Each member of the ensemble shines in ...
SF Jazz Collective & Momentum
by Terrell Kent Holmes
SF Jazz Collective SF Jazz Collective Nonesuch 2005 Ever since saxman Joshua Redman chose jazz over law, he has been one of the most acclaimed, diverse and in-demand performers on the scene. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the SFJazz Collective (SFJC), a stellar ensemble of players whose ...
SFJazz Collective: SFJAZZ Collective
by John Kelman
Sometimes an artist receives too much exposure too early in his or her career. Case in point: saxophonist Joshua Redman, who became a leader too soon with his self-titled debut in '93. Granted he'd had some experience in the previous couple of years with father Dewey, as well as with drummer Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band. ...
Joshua Redman Elastic Band: Momentum
by John Kelman
While some may pine for the glory days of the '50s when jazz was more “pure, the reality is that, artistically speaking at least, the present is a great time for jazz. A more cosmopolitan affair than ever before, jazz has seen younger artists grow up with exposure to so many styles of music--inside and outside ...
A Fireside Chat with Pat Metheny
by AAJ Staff
Defying definition and escaping categorization, Pat Metheny's contributions to jazz have been downplayed. But Metheny, relaxed, seems to be at peace and untroubled by his perceived enigma.All About Jazz: With the suspension of the jazz at Warner Bros., Nonesuch is a fashionable lateral move.Pat Metheny: My situation was unique in the sense ...
