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News: Award / Grant

Roy Haynes Receives the Highest Award of the San Sebastian Jazz Festival

July 24, 2009

Roy Haynes received the award given by the Director of the Heineken Jazzaldia, Miguel Martin, for his outstanding career. The Donostiako Jazzaldia Award is the highest recognition given by the San Sebastian Jazz Festival to a musician every year. In that way Roy Haynes adds his name to the list of outstanding musicians who have received ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Lacy

July 23, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Lacy's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Steve LacySteve Lacy, one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time and a New England Conservatory faculty member since fall 2002, died Friday [June 4th, 2004] at New England Baptist Hospital... more ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Anschell / Brent Jensen: We Couldn't Agree More

Read "We Couldn't Agree More" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 10, 2009

By definition, the classical or jazz duo is the most intimate performance format. Intimacy requires two parties sharing with a base empathy. An example is Eddie Daniels and Roger Kellaway's A Duet of One (2008, IPO), where the two principles shared a great love for the mainstream and its sensitive presentation. Enter west coasters, pianist Bill ...

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Article: Album Review

John Hebert: Byzantine Monkey

Read "Byzantine Monkey" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
June 21, 2009

Bassist John Hebert was a member of guitarist Mary Halvorson's trio that put out the memorable Dragon's Head on Firehouse 12 in 2008, while Michael Attias has recorded with guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil on Opium (2002) for CIMP, one of the most rewarding titles of the last ten years. This program thus has a lot to live ...

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Broom: Plays For Monk

Read "Plays For Monk" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 16, 2009

Monk lives! Perhaps it can be said that Thelonious Monk has had many lives. Ever since the unique pianist established his repertoire in the 1940s and '50s musicians have, probably beginning with saxophonist Steve Lacy, taken up the task of covering the now infamous music. With Plays for Monk, guitarist Bobby Broom delivers one of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Oran Etkin: Kelenia

by Martin Gladu
June 15, 2009

As the open air arias of grilling cicadas and bustling barbecues mix in with the distant thumping of convertibles to announce the new solstice, what better than a hot, mellifluously ornate African chant to brush off what is left of spring and get everyone in a festive mood?The cause of celebration? Summer, of course. ...

News: Interview

Pianist Antonio Ciacca Interviewed at AAJ

June 9, 2009

Antonio Ciacca knows a thing or two about multi-tasking. The New York-based pianist is a tireless statesman of jazz, composing music for his own small groups, arranging for various big bands and working as Director of Programming for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Adding to all of this, Ciacca and his wife are busy raising five children ...

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Article: Interview

Antonio Ciacca: Bringing People Together Through Swing

by John Barron
June 9, 2009

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Article: Album Review

Lucky Thompson: New York City (1964-65)

Read "New York City (1964-65)" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler
June 5, 2009

Eli “Lucky" Thompson should be remembered as one of the premier tenor saxophonists of the bebop/hard bop era, right along with Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Before Rollins, he had recorded with piano-less trios; before Coltrane he had taken up, and mastered, the soprano sax. And he appeared on one of Miles Davis' most influential record ...

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Article: Album Review

Ronnie Boykins: The Will Come, Is Now

Read "The Will Come, Is Now" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
May 31, 2009

Ronnie Boykins is probably best known for being a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra. During that time, the Arkestra made some of its best recordings and Boykins was an integral part of the equation. He integrated his relationship with Sun Ra to gear the forward movement of the music. In his individual contributions on the ...