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Gent Jazz Festival 2014 - Part One: Hardcore Jazz

by Martin Longley
August 7, 2014

Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 10-13, 2014 The two weekends of this year's Gent Jazz Festival were characterised by their extreme differences in weather. The first half, traditionally concentrating on jazz in its naked state, was buffeted by persistent rainfall and chilly temperatures. The second ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Dease: Relentless

Read "Relentless" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 6, 2014

While rising star trombonist Michael Dease's previous albums have all been small group affairs, much of his sideman work has marked him as something of a large ensemble specialist. He's put his slide to good use in numerous big bands and jazz orchestras, including those led by Christian McBride, Charles Tolliver, Roy Hargrove, Rufus Reid, and ...

Article: Live Review

Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2014

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 4, 2014

Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2014 Cultural District Pittsburgh, PA June 20-22, 2014 With its modest beginnings back in 2011, the Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival had nothing but an uphill battle in terms of sustaining a free jazz festival. It took a billion dollar endowment to keep North America's largest free ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Quanta: February

by C. Michael Bailey
February 7, 2014

February's Jazz Quanta is a beautifully mixed bag of blues, jazz instrumental and classical. There is never a dull moment. Renee' and the Walkaways--The Walkaway Sessions (Self Produced, 2013). Vocalist Renee' Cheek heads up the piquant gumbo talent of her very own band, the Walkaways. The Walkaway Sessions is a Louisiana grassroots affair ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Mauricio de Souza: Different Directions

by Alain Londes
January 16, 2014

Brazilian music and jazz intermingle with other touches to produce Mauricio de Souza's Different Directions. There are a lot of different exposés, particularly of Brazilian rhythmic styles interpreted by a wonderful collection of artists contributing their artistic talents. Bossa Brazil lends itself more towards Brazilian music while the Mauricio de Souza group will have more traditional ...

Article: Album Review

Angela Davis: The Art of The Melody

Read "The Art of The Melody" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 20, 2013

Saxophonist and All About Jazz contributor Angela Davis has made it official, releasing her debut recording, The Art of The Melody. Davis joins a growing legion of female reeds players that includes Sharel Cassity, Alisha Pattillo, Virginia Mayhew, Claire Daly, and Mercedes Figueras, who are flexing their respective chops in the ravenous particles of digital music.

Article: Album Review

Michael Dease: Coming Home

Read "Coming Home" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 5, 2013

Trombonist Michael Dease's Coming Home is the evolutionary culmination of all of the small group work of which he has been a part. Dease's musical personality reveals itself fully on the disc, one he has populated with a very fine band and thoughtfully composed and selected pieces for that band. Dease's previous work as a leader ...

Article: Big Band Report

Pointing Fingers... And Naming Names

by Jack Bowers
May 4, 2013

As the countdown continues toward the last Big Band Report in June, the time has come to point fingers and name names--in other words, to compile a short list of contemporary jazz musicians who have risen above the norm to help make life more pleasurable for one devoted listener. These are, mind you, personal choices, and ...

Album

Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

By Joe Chambers

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Moving Pictures Suite: 1st Movement, Prelude, 2nd Movement, Irina, 3rd Movement, Ruth; Lonesome Lover; Power to the People; Tu-Way-Pock-E-Way; Theme from "M" Squad; Mendacity; Moving Pictures Suite: 4th Movement, Clave de Bembe, 4th Movement, Clave de Bembe II.

Article: Big Band Report

Ladder Is High, Women Keep Climbing

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2012

Unlike college sports, there is no Title IX program for women in jazz. Those who wish to pursue that line of endeavor have to elbow their way into what remains essentially a male-dominated profession (or art) and keep climbing the ladder one rung at a time. True, women have made notable inroads in recent years and ...