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News: Opinion

Why Sonny Rollins Matters

Why Sonny Rollins Matters

Last Sunday, Sonny Rollins was at the White House to receive the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors from President Obama and then at the annual Kennedy Center gala, which will be broadcast on Dec. 27 on CBS. Sonny must be on a first-name basis with front-gate guards by now, since he was just at the White House ...

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News: Event

Louis Armstrong House Museum Holds Gala - Celebrating 25 Years!

Louis Armstrong House Museum Holds Gala  - Celebrating 25 Years!

A WHO'S WHO OF THE JAZZ WORLD TO CELEBRATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF GROWTH FOR THE MUSEUM Proceeds To Fund Continuing Operation of Satchmo's Corona, Queens, Home NEW YORK, NY: A who's who of the jazz and cultural world is slated to gather for the first annual fundraising gala celebrating the historic Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) ...

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz: Mannheim, Germany, October 2-November 18, 2011, Week 5-7

Read "Enjoy Jazz: Mannheim, Germany, October 2-November 18, 2011, Week 5-7" reviewed by Adriana Carcu

by Adriana Carcu

Week 1-2 | Week 3-4 | Week 5-7 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2-November 18, 2011 Colin Vallon Trio The performance of the Swiss trio surprised from the onset, through their pronounced experimental character. Other than the steady narrative flow featured on their most recent album Rruga (ECM, 2011), the ...

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz, 13th Edition: Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 27-November 1, 2011

Read "Enjoy Jazz, 13th Edition: Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 27-November 1, 2011" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Enjoy Jazz FestivalMannheim/Heidelberg/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 27--November 1, 2011 It's always great to return somewhere that has become an annual port of call, but it's particularly nice to return to Germany's Enjoy Jazz, that atypical jazz festival which--rather than running for a week and concentrating a whack of shows in that short time frame--runs ...

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Article: Live Review

Maria Schneider: Voll-Damm International Jazz Festival, Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2011

Read "Maria Schneider: Voll-Damm International Jazz Festival, Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2011" reviewed by Enrique Turpin

by Enrique Turpin

Maria Schneider Orchestra 43rd Voll-Damm International Jazz Festival Barcelona, Spain October 20, 2011 Legend has it that a girl from Windom, in the agrarian depths of Minnesota, conquered territories banned to her human nature. They claimed that Maria Schneider, the name by which that little girl still goes by, had the ...

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Article: Album Review

Sam Rivers: Fuchsia Swing Song

Read "Fuchsia Swing Song" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons

The Music Matters reissue of saxophonist Sam Rivers' Fuchsia Swing Song is likely the finest pressing of this record ever produced. Remastered from the original two- track tapes, and pressed on two 180 gram 45 rpm LPs, this vinyl is dead quiet, and sonically stunning. The instruments are huge in the soundstage and the clarity blows ...

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Article: Big Band Report

"Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor

Read ""Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

From October 19-25 Betty and I were at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel to attend Modern Sounds, the L.A. Jazz Institute's four-day salute to West Coast jazz, followed by a day-long tribute to Stan Kenton on the hundredth anniversary of the legendary bandleader's birth. We arrived a day early to be primed and ready for ...

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News: Festival

Sonny Rollins to open Jazztopad 2011

Sonny Rollins to open Jazztopad 2011

Jazztopad is back and celebrating its eighth edition in some style, with a star-studded program featuring some of the very best jazz musicians from Europe and the United States. Legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins gets things rolling on the 6th November, in what will be one of only four European shows for the tireless octagenarian. Other highlights ...

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Article: Live Review

The Thing, London, October 4, 2011

Read "The Thing, London, October 4, 2011" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

The ThingCafe Oto,London, UKOctober 4, 2011 Back in London for the second time in under a year, The Thing held court in north London to a Cafe Oto rammed with a gratifyingly young crowd. When the Scandinavian trio, comprising the Norwegian rhythm pairing of drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and bassist Ingebrigt Håker ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

David Baker: A Legacy in Music

Read "David Baker: A Legacy in Music" reviewed by Monika Herzig

by Monika Herzig

This article appears in Chapter 2 “A Star is Born" of David Baker: A Legacy in Music by Monika Herzig (Indiana Univ. Press, 2011). The George Russell Sextet Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 23, 1923, George Russell started out as a drummer and soon entered the New York jazz scene.32 Bouts ...


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