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Article: Extended Analysis

The Weave: Knowledge Porridge

Read "The Weave: Knowledge Porridge" reviewed by Phil Barnes

by Phil Barnes

Once there was a time when to be an individual meant pursuing self-realisation, working out who you were, how you felt about the world and what you believed for yourself. If that meant that say Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra or Charles Mingus were viewed as eccentrics then too bad, it was just how they were or ...

Article: Album Review

Ettore Fioravanti: Traditori

Read "Traditori" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Ettore Fioravanti, oltre a essere uno dei protagonisti della batteria nel nostro paese, è anche un eccellente leader, capace in particolare di valorizzare musicisti emergenti, come esemplificato dal suo progetto Belcanto, con il quale una quindicina di anni fa si misero in luce musicisti che sono oggi tra i più affermati del nostro panorama, quali Giovanni ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

Read "Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

There's a theory a nascent jazzlover could build an estimable collection of the music simply by picking and choosing from the discography of Miles Davis and the various musicians with whom he's collaborated over the years. Likewise, the mercurial alterations of style enacted by the man with the horn reflect the evolution of the music itself, ...

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Article: Album Review

Giacomo Gates: Everything Is Cool

Read "Everything Is Cool" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Giacomo Gates was almost forty years old when someone suggested that he try his hand at singing. Luckily for the rest of us, Gates thought that was a good idea, moved to New York City later that year (1989) and began singing in clubs. Six years later Gates recorded his first CD, Blue Skies, and Everything ...

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Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Sonny Rollins, Volume One – 1956

Read "Sonny Rollins, Volume One – 1956" reviewed by Marc Davis

by Marc Davis

It's easy to like Sonny Rollins. The guy is bluesy, edgy and clever. And it almost doesn't matter which period of Rollins' career you choose. It's all pretty terrific. But there's an unexpected down side: Because Rollins has so many fantastic recordings, listening to ones that are merely good can be a little disappointing. ...

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Article: Album Review

Red Garland: Swingin’ on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner

Read "Swingin’ on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

It's often been written about many (sometimes less deserving) artists, but in his case it's genuinely true: Pianist Red Garland played on too many classic jazz albums--especially in bop quintets led by Miles Davis and John Coltrane--to fully count. Swingin' on the Korner, a 1977 trio date with bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Philly Joe Jones ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

Music’s Where You Find It

Read "Music’s Where You Find It" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

Ajoyo Ajoyo Ropeadope 2014 Multi-reed player Yacine Boulares has picked up, and left behind, musical footprints literally all around the world. He was born in North Africa (Tunisia) but grew up in Paris, where he studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and jazz performance at the National Conservatory and New School ...

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Article: Album Review

Fred Hersch: Solo

Read "Solo" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

When it comes to the art of solo piano in jazz, there are currently two classes of performers: Fred Hersch and everybody else. A statement such as that might spur the jazz cognoscenti to ready the pitchforks and torches, but that threat doesn't make that claim any less true. Keith Jarrett may surpass ...

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Article: Live Review

Paris Jazz Diary: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap

Read "Paris Jazz Diary: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap Duc des Lombards, Sunside-Sunset Jazz Clubs Paris, France July 3, July 4, July 14, 2015 New York City pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern and Bill Charlap led trios in three separate concerts as part of a pair of annual summer-season ...

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News: Recording

Levitas Bros. Release "'Round Midnight"

Levitas Bros. Release "'Round Midnight"

The Levitas Bros. latest release 'Round Midnight (Flying Levi) explores Thelonious Monk's seminal “'Round Midnight" as classical variations where the theme is followed by three freely composed variations. Each track is focused on one particular part from Monk's classic song. Track Listing 1. 'Round Midnight (5:21) 2. Var. I (4:56) ...


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