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Article: Extended Analysis

Joe Locke: Lay Down My Heart - Blues & Ballads Vol 1

by John Kelman
June 17, 2013

In a rarefied space, Joe Locke continues to evolve, engage and impress. There simply isn't another vibraphonist of his generation with Locke's stellar chops, thorough understanding of history/tradition--not just of jazz, but of music, period--and ability to build programs based on thematic concepts that not only stand out in his gradually growing discography, but fit contextually ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Lloyd: Quartets

by John Kelman
March 20, 2013

ECM's Old & New Masters Edition series was not just created to bring material back into print. Some has been available on CD before, but an even bigger carrot for fans of the label is material that has never been on compact disc, like bassist Arild Andersen's three 1970s recordings, collected on Green in Blue (2010), ...

News: Event

MIT Jazz Program Celebrates 50 Years With A Corea Premiere

February 1, 2013

MIT Music and Theater Arts is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its jazz program. From the 1920s up until 1963, student-led jazz groups and student-produced concerts abounded on the MIT Campus. Over the years, the jazz groups included the MIT Dance Orchestra, the MIT Techtonians, and the MIT Jazz Society. On campus performances were presented by ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pianist Terry Klinefelter In Kennett Square On Wed. Feb. 6th!

January 16, 2013

Appearing at Kennett Flash—102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square—on Wednesday, February 6th, is pianist Terry Klinefelter. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Terry Klinefelter is at home with both classical music and jazz. Or as the Philadelphia Inquirer said of her, on the ...

Article: Album Review

Pete La Roca: Basra

by Greg Simmons
January 3, 2013

Pete La Roca was one of those musicians with a long but under-sung career. He was a sideman to some great Blue Note leaders including saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, and Joe Henderson, but he only ever recorded one date (1965's Basra) under his own name during the label's heyday, and indeed only three records total ...

Album

Wisteria

By Steve Kuhn

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Chalet; Adagio; Morning Dew; Romance; Permanent Wave; A Likely Story; Pastorale; Wisteria; Dark Glasses; Promises Kept; Good Lookin' Rookie.

Album

Basra

By Pete La Roca

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Malaguena; Candu; Tears Come From Heaven; Basra; Lazy Afternoon; Eiderdown.

Article: Album Review

Steve Kuhn Trio: Wisteria

Read "Wisteria" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 26, 2012

Classe 1938, Steve Kuhn resta tra i pochi grandi pianisti della sua generazione e sa procurare forti emozioni anche nell'abusata formula del trio. Kuhn ha sviluppato negli anni uno stile personalissimo, che si distingue per il tocco limpido, l'equilibrio delle dinamiche e il raffinato senso ritmico. La sua partnership con Joey Baron va avanti da due ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Sleeper

by John Kelman
August 6, 2012

While ECM has, in recent years, been in the process of getting some of its older titles back in print through its Old & New Masters Edition series of box sets--some, like the music on Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen's Green Into Blue--Early Quartets (2010), seeing release on CD for the first time--the German label has avoided ...

Article: Interview

Daniel Bennett: The Bear Truth

by Ludwig vanTrikt
July 24, 2012

Whether considered a member of Generation X or Y, saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/composer and bandleader Daniel Bennett's career certainly is indicative of how many young artists' careers are ascending with the advent of the internet. But Daniel has a measured cynicism towards balancing live performance with the wonders of tech.Moreover what is also refreshing about this young ...