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Article: Album Review

Theo Bleckmann: Hello Earth! - The Music of Kate Bush

Read "Hello Earth! - The Music of Kate Bush" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Vocalist Theo Bleckmann is a man of numerous modalities and ambitions. He's covered classical composer Charles Ives, teamed with heavyweight guitarist Ben Monder for experimental and improvised sojourns and, more recently, has performed and recorded with the always hip jazz unit, The Claudia Quintet. Here, Bleckmann treks into the pop-rock realm as he imparts a personalized ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area and None Too Soon

Read "Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area and None Too Soon" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Few artists alive in 2012 can be both as awe-inspiring and frustrating as guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Since emerging in the early 1970s--his solo on “Hector's House," from trumpeter Ian Carr's Belladonna (Vertigo, 1972), an early and rough-hewn but still staggering preface to advances made in leaps in bounds in the ensuing half decade--Holdsworth has emerged as ...

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Article: Album Review

The Claudia Quintet + 1 featuring Kurt Elling and Theo Bleckmann: What Is The Beautiful?

Read "What Is The Beautiful?" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

Poetry has always been the libretto of jazz music. Even before epic works of the late Gil Scott Heron like “H2O Gate Blues" or “Winter in America" (which inspired the nations of rap and hip-hop), there was Langston Hughes with bassist Charles Mingus on Weary Blues (Verve, 1958), the great Amiri Baraka, and A.B. Spellman. Then ...

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News: Music Industry

Theo Bleckmann Covers Kate Bush on Hello Earth!

Theo Bleckmann Covers Kate Bush on Hello Earth!

ALBUM RELEASE SHOW AT NYC'S HIGHLINE BALLROOM ON APRIL 7 After tackling American maverick composer Charles Ives and receiving a Grammy nomination for it, vocalist Theo Bleckmann now takes on the mysterious songbook of British pop recluse Kate Bush on Hello Earth! out March 13. This project goes beyond merely re-creating Kate's Bush music, taking it ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Larry Ochs and Kihnoua to Play Wednesday, March 28 at Kranzberg Arts Center

Larry Ochs and Kihnoua to Play Wednesday, March 28 at Kranzberg Arts Center

New Music Circle has announced that saxophonist Larry Ochs will be bringing his group Kihnoua (pictured, above left) to St. Louis for a performance at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 28 at the Kranzberg Arts Center. In addition to Ochs, the group features Scott Amendola on drums and electronics and Dohee Lee on vocals, plus bassist Trevor ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With The Le Boeuf Brothers

Read "Take Five With The Le Boeuf Brothers" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Le Boeuf Brothers: Prepare to be astonished by the bold compositions and stylish approach of the Le Boeuf Brothers, jazz twins with an ear for innovation, drama, and a touch of humor. Part of a growing New York jazz scene characterized by odd time signatures, current indie rock, and the influences of artists ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Lola Danza and JANYA

Read "Take Five With Lola Danza and JANYA" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Lola Danza & JANYA: In Sanskrit, JANYA means to be born, while in Korean, JANYA means around dawn. JANYA was created by four unique musicians-- all derived from Korean descent and all women. The music is a fusion of East and West. The East: Seungmin Cha- Daegeum, Eun Sun Jung- Gayageum and Woonjung ...

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Refuge Trio

By Theo Bleckmann

Label: Winter & Winter Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Refuge of the Roads (Joni Mitchell) - 1:09; 02. To What Shall I Compare This Life (Priest Monsei, Theo Bleckmann) - 5:55; 03. Pinwheel (Gary Versace) - 5:36; 04. Rural Bliss (John Hollenbeck) - 2:53; 05. Edges (Gary Versace) - 1:56; 06. Bright Moon (Masahide, John Hollenbeck) - 6:04; 07. Peace (Ornette Coleman) - 6:13; 08. Misterioso (Thelonious Monk) - 3:38; 09. Child's Play (Gary Versace) - 6:59; 10. Yang Peiyi (John Hollenbeck) - 2:30: 11. Hymn (Gary Versace) - 6:20; 12. Happiness (Theo Bleckmann) - 4:48; 13. All Our Yesterdays (Allan Holdsworth) - 4:34.

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Article: Album Review

The Claudia Quintet: What Is the Beautiful?

Read "What Is the Beautiful?" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

American poet Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) has been a favorite of musicians for over half a century, from composer John Cage to saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and bassist William Parker. This everyman writer, considered to be the “father of the Beats," is their direct link to Walt Whitman and William Blake.Before Jack Kerouac performed his poems ...

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz, 13th Edition: Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 27-November 1, 2011

Read "Enjoy Jazz, 13th Edition: Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 27-November 1, 2011" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Enjoy Jazz FestivalMannheim/Heidelberg/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 27--November 1, 2011 It's always great to return somewhere that has become an annual port of call, but it's particularly nice to return to Germany's Enjoy Jazz, that atypical jazz festival which--rather than running for a week and concentrating a whack of shows in that short time frame--runs ...


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