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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal: July 2-5, 2010

Read "Festival International de Jazz de Montreal: July 2-5, 2010" reviewed by Peter Walton


Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, Quebec, CanadaJuly 2-5, 2010I arrived in Montréal mid-week, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal already in high gear. Closing off six square blocks of downtown Montréal, an area commanding six major outdoor stages and several indoor theaters and concert halls, the Festival International de ...

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Article: Interview

Forbes Graham: Magenta Haze

Read "Forbes Graham: Magenta Haze" reviewed by Gordon Marshall


Forbes Graham isn't hell-bent on taking the jazz world over by fiat. Then again, a sterling tone like Louis Armstrong's, a sense of stride and a sidewinder sleekness position him to do so. He brings spot-on timing, inherited from his key precursor, Don Cherry, into the icy age of post jazz--and swings, too, situated ...

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2009 Paris Jazz Diary

Read "2009 Paris Jazz Diary" reviewed by Patricia Myers


Paris, France: Proof-positive that the jazz scene here is still thriving came via five encores for 91-year-old pianist Hank Jones during the Jazz a la Villette Festival, and the crowds of enthusiastic listeners that filled small jazz clubs night after night. During my annual stay in the City of Light, I planned outings to ...

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In Paris: Live at the Sunside

Label: Blue Marge
Released: 2007
Track listing: Caravan; Tears For Dolphy; Dig; 'Round Midnight; Woody 'n You; Georgia on My Mind; Pilma Boogie; Reava's Waltz; Blueberry Hill; Tin Tin Deo; Lover Man; Milestones; Summertime; Cherokee; Confirmation; Blues Medley.

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Ted Curson: In Paris: Live at the Sunside

Read "In Paris: Live at the Sunside" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Ted Curson is still very active as a trumpeter and flugelhornist in his seventies, when most players formerly had to give up the instrument for health reasons. Surrounding himself with a strong, young band made up of enthusiastic French musicians, plus several vocalists, Curson's two-CD set compiles highlights from a pair of nights at the Sunside ...

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Article: Profile

Ted Curson: Atypical Ted

Read "Ted Curson: Atypical Ted" reviewed by Clifford Allen


“Journeyman is often applied to those in the jazz business, but “stevedore might be more apt. After all, both individuality and slow recognition are the result of impossibly hard work, and Curson is the rule rather than the exception. Born June 3rd, 1935 in Philadelphia, Ted Curson came to music early on, playing saxophone from age ...

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Article: Opinion

Ted Curson: We Shall Not Soon Forget

Read "Ted Curson: We Shall Not Soon Forget" reviewed by AAJ Staff


By Ted Curson Too many jazz folks have left us this year. But in my career I have had the pleasure of at least a brush with many of them. Robin Kenyatta During the '60s, all musicians worth their salt were worried about their sound and their soloing ...

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Snake Johnson

Label: Summit Records
Released: 1981


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