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Article: Interview

Mark Soskin: Challenges Welcome

Read "Mark Soskin: Challenges Welcome" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


In conversation with the immensely talented and engaging pianist Mark Soskin, the word “challenge" arises periodically. It's used in a good sense. Simply put, “I like to be able to be handed a challenge and then rise to it," he said in conversation, earlier in the summer of 2010. Diversity is also ...

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Article: Album Review

Tribe: Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976

Read "Message From The Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records 1972-1976" reviewed by Chris May


If the 1960s was the decade of sexual liberation and psycho-pharmaceuticals, the 1970s was the decade of self-empowerment and community activism, and nowhere was this more true than in black America. Musicians were among the vanguard of the activists, forming collectives to increase their leverage within the “entertainment" industry and, through education projects, to strengthen their ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Life After Rashied: Live at the Woodstock Playhouse 1965; Why Not?; Eddie Jefferson at Ali's Alley; Configurations--The Music of John Coltrane; Mystic Journey

Read "Life After Rashied: Live at the Woodstock Playhouse 1965; Why Not?; Eddie Jefferson at Ali's Alley; Configurations--The Music of John Coltrane; Mystic Journey" reviewed by Gordon Marshall


Burton GreeneLive at the Woodstock Playhouse 1965Porter2010 Marion BrownWhy Not?ESP2009 Rashied Ali QuintetFeaturing Eddie Jefferson at Ali's AlleyBlue Music Group2010 Rashied Ali with Prima ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Stanley Cowell

Jazz Musician of the Day: Stanley Cowell

All About Jazz is celebrating Stanley Cowell's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Stanley CowellStanley Cowell -pianist, composer, educator Stanley Cowell can best be described as an intellectual pianist. From his early classical roots to collaborations with premier jazz artists to his creative solo career... more ...

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Article: Album Review

Marion Brown: Why Not?

Read "Why Not?" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Alto saxophonist Marion Brown came off playing with John Coltrane on Ascension (Impulse!, 1965) when he recorded two albums for ESP Disk. On the first, his eponymous 1966 release, the music was fiery and free-wheeling, underscoring Brown's presence as a potent improviser. His second, Why Not?, saw him take a more altruistic approach. He moved away ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Marion Brown: Why Not?

Read "Marion Brown: Why Not?" reviewed by Clifford Allen


Marion Brown Why Not? ESP-Disk 2009 (1966) While the term “fire music" has held sway as a descriptor of the music of post-John Coltrane/Albert Ayler saxophonists from the 1960s onward, it's long been an incomplete summation of the work of most of these musicians. Alto saxophonist Marion Brown ...

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Article: Live Review

The Charles Tolliver Big Band Live at The Iridium Jazz Club

Read "The Charles Tolliver Big Band Live at The Iridium Jazz Club" reviewed by Dave Kaufman


The Charles Tolliver Big BandThe Iridium Jazz ClubNew York, NYOctober 17, 2009Charles Tolliver leads a modernist 16 piece big band that pushes the envelope of contemporary orchestral jazz sounds. The Big Band played a four night stand at the Iridium Jazz Club and I was fortunate to catch the second set ...

Album

New World

Label: Epic
Released: 2008

Album

Glass Bead Games

Label: Harvest Song Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Powerful Paul Robeson; Glass Bead Games; Prayer To The People; Cal Massey; John Coltrane; Eddie Harris; Biskit; Shoulders; Bridgework; Maimoun; Alias Buster Henry; One For Amos.

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Dancers In Love

Label: Epic
Released: 2000


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