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Article: Book Review

The Jazz Fiction Anthology

Read "The Jazz Fiction Anthology" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel

The Jazz Fiction AnthologySascha Feinstein and David Rife, EditorsSoftcover; 500 pagesISBN: 978-0-253-22137-7Publisher2009 This fine anthology of jazz fiction is a treasure trove of stories and characters that illuminate the multicolored world of jazz. The editors--Sascha Feinstein and David Rife--are to be commended for their ...

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Article: Live Review

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2010

Read "Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2010" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Various Venues Copenhagen, Denmark July 2-11, 2010With the current crisis of the major record labels and the folding of venues all over the world, it could be argued that jazz, as an art form, has entered the age of survival where it is simply a basic matter of ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Cecil Taylor at the Take 3, 1962-'63

Read "Cecil Taylor at the Take 3, 1962-'63" reviewed by Robert Levin

by Robert Levin

The following is a chapter from “Going Outside: Fiction * Commentary * Jazz." robert-levin.com. In the summer of 1962, Cecil lands a three-month, four-night-a-week gig at The Take 3, a coffee house on Bleecker Street. It's right next door to The Bitter End where Woody Allen had performed just weeks ...

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Article: Live Review

Mundell Lowe Quartet Live At The Saville Theater

Read "Mundell Lowe Quartet Live At The Saville Theater" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush

Mundell Lowe Quartet Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego CA July 13, 2010 Tuesday night's affair was standing-room-only for the rare appearance by Mundell Lowe, an iconic figure in the annals of jazz history. Lowe cut his teeth as an improviser in the Roosevelt administration--that he ...

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News: Festival

"Tickler's Town" Spirit of Jazz Returns to Newark, New Jersey

"Tickler's Town" Spirit of Jazz Returns to Newark, New Jersey

The 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival “Afternoon of Jazz" Celebrates Newark's Influence on the Genre Newark, N.J., July 20, 2010--The Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra hosted by Amiri Baraka will open the 5th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival with an afternoon concert on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 12pm--2pm. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will invoke the ...

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Article: Album Review

Pharez Whitted: Transient Journey

Read "Transient Journey" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

The intimidating yet dapper looking man on the cover plays his horn in the same striking manner of his appearance. Chicago trumpeter Pharez Whitted as they might say on the street, “Ain't No Joke" as witnessed by his serious musicianship-- chops that are emotive, filled with technique and touch, and soulful swagger. It's hard to believe ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Lacy: November

Read "November" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

The world of improvised music lost one of the greats when Steve Lacy ceased walking this earth. His music was as singular as that of anyone who has graced that world, and the fact that he chose to communicate exclusively through the medium of the soprano saxophone had the effect of elevating him to a rare ...

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer's Jazz Festival 2010: 33rd Edition is Strong

Read "Freihofer's Jazz Festival 2010: 33rd Edition is Strong" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

2010 Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, NYJune 26-27, 2010 Watching Kendrick Scott's Oracle band in the warmth and sunshine of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center recently brought into focus everything that's good about the two-day event created by legendary impresario George Wein in 1978 and carried on more than capably by Danny Melnick's ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Fred Hess Big Band / Timucua Jazz Orchestra / Michael Treni

Read "Fred Hess Big Band / Timucua Jazz Orchestra / Michael Treni" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Fred Hess Big Band Hold On Dazzle Records 2010 When listening to Hold On, composer / arranger / saxophonist Fred Hess' fourteenth album as leader but first in front of a big band, one question immediately arises: What took him so long? As it turns out, recording his ...

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Article: Album Review

Gabriel Zufferey: Hear & Know

Read "Hear & Know" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

This satisfying, varied and coherent date sounds like the work of a mature group leader, but in fact it is only the second release from twenty-something Swiss pianist Gabriel Zufferey. His first, Après l'orage, a trio outing with heavyweight French drummer Daniel Humair and bassist Sébastien Boisseau, came out on Bee Jazz in 2005 to very ...


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