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Article: Interview

Robin D.G. Kelley on Thelonious Monk: The Man, the Myth, the Music

by Victor L. Schermer
February 25, 2010

Robin D.G. Kelley is the author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Free Press, 2009), the already definitive biography that has received rave reviews in the press and is the topic of conversation of Monk fans and musicians everywhere. Kelley offers the rich perspective of an African-American historian ...

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Article: Interview

Joe Locke: Versatile Vibes Master

by R.J. DeLuke
February 15, 2010

Jazz has a history of inclusiveness, accepting the influences of music from around the globe. It also knows no boundaries when it comes to instrumentation, accommodating all kinds of axes if they are played in the spirit of jazz. Rufus Harley even brought the unlikely bagpipes into the lexicon, playing the sound of surprise on the ...

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Article: Album Review

John Zorn: O'o

by Stuart Broomer
January 15, 2010

When John Zorn released The Dreamers (Tzadik) in 2008, it might have seemed like a temporary aberration: Zorn the master of the arbitrary (Cobra), the cutting edge (Torture Garden) and the anarchic (too many projects to mention) had embraced the genres of lounge and 1950s exotica to produce music that, perhaps ironically, approached easy listening, building ...

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Article: Megaphone

Monk's Music and the Guitar

by Bobby Broom
October 12, 2009

As a guitarist whose love for jazz music began in the '70s, I was understandably excited to hear a few months ago, from a most reliable source, that Thelonious Monk really dug guitarist George Benson! Benson was probably the most popular jazz guitarist of the '70s and those who know about the place of the guitar ...

News: Recording

Announcing New Recommendations at Rifftides

September 5, 2009

Eddie Higgins, Standards by Request, 1st Day and 2nd Day(Venus). Among those mourning Higgins' death are virtually all other jazz pianists and the Japanese. He was a celebrity among the large and enthusiastic coterie of listeners in Japan who are devoted to piano jazz. Higgins recorded nearly two dozen albums for Japan's Venus label. These solo ...

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Article: Album Review

Sean Nowell: The Seeker

by Chris May
August 20, 2009

It would be foolish to describe saxophonist Sean Nowell as a 21st century schizoid tenor man, but two distinct strands characterize the New York-based player's work. On the one hand, Nowell is active in funk and post-fusion styles, with the Kung-Fu Masters and his own MonAtomic groups, among other line-ups. On the other hand, he's a ...

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Article: Profile

Relentless Groove: The Life of Jymie Merritt

by Christopher Slone
June 27, 2009

Over the past fifty years there have been many stalwarts who've directed the course of jazz, but none is more deserving of tribute than Jymie Merritt. Although he has been unjustly under-recognized, his muscular bass playing has anchored many of this music's most prestigious ensembles, and in the process, he has helped to shape the genre ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley (On Wax)

by Matt Marshall
May 7, 2009

Hank Mobley Hank Mobley Blue Note / Music Matters 2009 (1958) Since round about fall 2007, Music Matters has been in the business of releasing classic Blue Note records from the 1950s and 1960s, many currently unavailable on CD, on 180-gram vinyl pressings made at 45-rpm (necessitating a ...

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News: Music Industry

Clark's Last Leap: Sonny Clark, 1961-62

February 22, 2009

Sonny Clark was a hardbop piano master who appeared on a slew of classic late-1950s and early-1960s jazz recordings. Though Clark has garnered a cult following over the years, especially on the heels of saxophonist John Zorn's late-1980s tribute to him, his name is not often found in histories of jazz piano. Music critic Robert Palmer ...

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Tenorman, The Kid From Dallas

By James Clay

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: In A Sentimental Mood; The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea; Easy Living; Minor Meeting; Airtight; Willow Weep From Me; Three Fingers North; Lover Man; Marbles; It's Alright With Me; Scrapple From The Apple; Out Of The Blue; Sandu; Cheek To Cheek;