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News: Recording

Brian Kastan "Roll The Dice On Life" New Fusion Double Album

Brian Kastan "Roll The Dice On Life" New Fusion Double Album

WITH ROLL THE DICE ON LIFE, GUITARIST BRIAN KASTAN OPENS A WINDOW INTO HIS MUSICAL SOUL Full Of Raw Energy, This Dynamic, Guitar-Driven Double Album Features Vocals By Miles Griffith “Think Zappa 21st Century… Brian's Guitar is Just Killer."—Dick Metcalf Jazz-Fusion guitarist, Brian Kastan introduces his newest CD, Roll the Dice on Life. This double album ...

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Article: Profile

James Clay: Texas Tenor, Second Generation

Read "James Clay: Texas Tenor, Second Generation" reviewed by David Perrine


The term “Texas tenor" was originally coined to describe the sound and style of such swing era players as Herschel Evans, Illinois Jacquet, Buddy Tate, Budd Johnson, Arnett Cobb and others, and has subsequently been applied to second generation players from Texas that included James Clay, David “Fathead" Newman and Marchel Ivery. What these players had ...

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Article: Profile

Jimmy Ponder: His Recorded Output

Read "Jimmy Ponder: His Recorded Output" reviewed by Colter Harper


Jazz history has been intimately tied to its recorded output. Styles and genres are defined by landmark records, which stand responsible for representing the diffuse activities and artistic visions of a given musical community or individual. However, recordings are not simply glimpses of past musical realities but rather images of those realities filtered through various “lenses." ...

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Article: Live Review

Michael Hanna: Detroit, Michigan, November 9, 2012

Read "Michael Hanna: Detroit, Michigan, November 9, 2012" reviewed by Steve Bryant


Michael Hanna & FriendsBaker's Keyboard LoungeDetroit, MichiganNovember 9, 2012In jazz circles, as within most artistic idioms, talent can be generational. The most apparent example of this is the Marsalis clan. Other notable father-son duos include John and Ravi Coltrane, Chico and Arturo O'Farrill, as well as Dewey and Joshua Redman. The ...

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Article: Interview

Luis Perdomo: Walking Towards the Light

Read "Luis Perdomo: Walking Towards the Light" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Pianist Luis Perdomo's fingers dart across the keys, eloquently telling the stories that traverse his mind in that instant; doing so in a manner that enraptures an audience. He moves people, and does so in a manner that appears, on the surface, easy. Like great athletes. Like other great musicians. This is one of the finer ...

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Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2011

Read "Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2011" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Another year is in the books, but the music created and/or released during these twelve months is still around, continuing to serve as a reminder of jazz's majesty. While some continue to complain that jazz is stagnant or at death's door, the finest albums released in 2011 say otherwise. I had the distinct pleasure of reviewing ...

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News: Obituary

Two Losses to Detroit Jazz: Bess Bonnier and Brad Felt

One of the great and unusual combinations of jazz voices hereabouts was the big-horn/little- horn thing that Steve Wood|| and {{Brad Felt had going at least since the '80s, with Steve on sax (especially the relatively small soprano) and Brad on tuba or euphonium, romping through tunes like “Second Balcony Jump," a Jerry Valentine composition from ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "Sir Roland Hanna - Colors from a Giant's Kit" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Sir Roland Hanna - Colors from a Giant's Kit" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the IPO “Sir Roland Hanna—Colors from a Giant's Kit“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on October 25th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Sir Roland Hanna at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Free Concert Featuring Heath Brothers and Pianist Jeb Patton in North Salem (NY) on Sept. 17

Free Concert Featuring Heath Brothers and Pianist Jeb Patton in North Salem (NY) on Sept. 17

The New York chapter of the Alumni Association of Tama Art University, as part of its Opening Reception on September 17 at the Hammond Museum in North Salem, NY, will present a free performance featuring pianist Jeb Patton, vocalist Kazue, and bassist David Wong. Tama Art University is one of the top art colleges in Japan. ...

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News: Recording

Roland Hanna - Colors from a Giant's Kit (2011)

Roland Hanna - Colors from a Giant's Kit (2011)

Why wasn't Roland Hanna, a first-rate piano improviser and brilliant accompanist, more famous? Newly unearthed sessions for the IPO Recordings release Colors From a Giant's Kit, again first-rate, again brilliant, don't do anything to solve the riddle. You hear Bud Powell, perhaps the most obvious influence here, in Hanna's restless complexity. You hear Tommy Flanagan, in ...


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