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Article: Album Review

Helen Sung: Going Express

Read "Going Express" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

Whether an artist is performing in a play or playing music, doing so live onstage is one of the most challenging acts. Every nuance is captured by an eager audience and, in the case of Going Express, a sensitive sound engineer. There is no room for error; every slip can be fatal. Pianist Helen Sung makes ...

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Article: Live Review

Danilo Perez Trio Meets Thelonious Monk: Live at the Kimmel Center

Read "Danilo Perez Trio Meets Thelonious Monk: Live at the Kimmel Center" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Danilo Perez TrioKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Perelman Theater Philadelphia, PANovember 13, 2010Thelonious Monk was a remarkable figure, and his music continues well beyond his lifetime to influence musicians on many levels. Truly “An American Original," as the subtitle of Robin D.G. Kelley's definitive biography calls him, he took stride ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet:The Storyteller

Read "Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet:The Storyteller" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Randy Weston African Rhythms SextetThe StorytellerMotema Records2010 It's almost fifty years since pianist/composer Randy Weston first played in Africa and he has returned many times since--three times alone this year, 2010--absorbing the endless rhythms and colors of the mother continent. Perhaps more than any of his contemporaries Weston ...

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The Convergence Quartet: Song/Dance (Blues)

Read "The Convergence Quartet: Song/Dance (Blues)" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

The Convergence QuartetSong/Dance (Blues)Clean Feed2010 It must have seemed like a long shot when the young British pair of pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash invited two illustrious north Americans, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and drummer Harris Eisenstadt, to join them for a series of dates back ...

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Article: Live Review

Kurt Rosenwinkel Monvínic Experience in Barcelona

Read "Kurt Rosenwinkel Monvínic Experience in Barcelona" reviewed by Roan Clay

by Roan Clay

Kurt RosenwinkelMonvínic42nd Barcelona Voll-Damm International Jazz FestivalNovember 15, 2010The Berlin based guitarist and composer Kurt Rosenwinkel spent two days performing in Barcelona this week in two markedly different contexts. His loyal fans turned out en mass at the famed Luz de Gas, an intimate club in the Eixample neighborhood, to hear ...

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Hatology's Big Band Big Bang

Read "Hatology's Big Band Big Bang" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Creative large ensembles are precious commodities. In the modern era, maintaining both features (innovation and size) is a marvel. There are large repertory ensembles playing those “oldies" that are, maybe, goodies, and smaller, more economically efficient bands that have always been the flag bearers for originality. But to witness a large ensemble, big band or arkestra ...

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Andy Farber and his Orchestra: This Could Be the Start of Something Big

Read "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Composer Andy Farber writes musical scores for television commercials and movies, but This Could Be The Start of Something Big is Farber's big band debut, showcasing his talents as a multi-reed musician and bandleader. Recorded in late 2009, after a two-year stint playing every Sunday evenings at New York's famed Birdland, the album features an eighteen-piece ...

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Andy Farber and His Orchestra: This Could Be the Start of Something Big

Read "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins

It's like strutting down memory lane. Andy Farber and His Orchestra present 14 big band pieces with This Could Be the Start of Something Big. A product of Long Island, Farber grew up listening to Art Blakey and Miles Davis. He began attending jazz workshops at the age of 10 and developed into a ...

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Article: Live Review

Chick Corea en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona

Read "Chick Corea en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona" reviewed by Enrique Turpin

by Enrique Turpin

Chick Corea42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música6 de noviembre, 2010Bien se sabe que un final de gira ofrece un alto porcentaje de inquietud al asistente a un último concierto hasta más ver. El manojo de sorpresas que deparan citas de esa índole obliga a estudiar la ...

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Article: Live Review

Dave Liebman Big Band At Chris’ Jazz Café

Read "Dave Liebman Big Band At Chris’ Jazz Café" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Dave Liebman Big BandChris' Jazz CaféPhiladelphia, USAOctober 30, 2010 On this night, bringing together some of the best and most creative musicians in the business, the Dave Liebman Big Band exceeded any and all expectations from a large group, in sharp contrast with many which, today, simply offer a potpourri of ...


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