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Luís Lopes: Noise Solo At ZDB Lisbon

Read "Noise Solo At ZDB Lisbon" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

If the feedback and heavy distortion segments of Jimi Hendrix's performance of “The Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock 1969 were your favorite parts, you might be a noise connoisseur. The art of noise first described by the Italian futurists blossomed in the 1960s and was drawn heavily upon for the DIY and punk revolutions of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Big Head Todd and the Monsters: Black Beehive

Read "Black Beehive" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

Big Head Todd & The Monsters have maintained a solid and occasionally high profile since their formation in 1986. Regular studio and road work has produced a fairly extensive discography of albums and DVD's as well as authorized concert recordings, including their previous project under the pseudonym Big Head Blues Club, 100 Years of Robert Johnson, ...

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Article: Album Review

Jeremy Pelt: Face Forward, Jeremy

Read "Face Forward, Jeremy" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Venerable trumpeter Jeremy Pelt takes another step out of the modern jazz schema, expanding upon Water and Earth (HighNote Records, 2013) with his young band by forging an acoustic- electric jazz wonderland, swarming with colorful fabrications and capacious sonic environs. Featuring works abetted with strings, electronics, vocals and free-flight jazz-based improvisations, the program is heightened by ...

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Article: Book Review

David Sylvian: On the Periphery (The Solo Years)

Read "David Sylvian: On the Periphery (The  Solo Years)" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

David Sylvian: On the Periphery (The Solo Years) Christopher E. Young 372 ISBN: 978-0-9927228-0-7 Malin Publishing Ltd 2013 With his songs of spiritual and emotional quest, and unspeakable yearning, singer and composer David Sylvian really occupies his own musical cosmos. Often viewed as the quiet man of popular ...

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Article: Album Review

simakDialog: The 6th Story

Read "The 6th Story" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

The title, simple yet enigmatic, hints at the epic tale that is SimakDialog--the Indonesian prog-jazz band formed by keyboard player Riza Arshad in 1993. The band's international debut Patahan (MoonJune Records, 2007) served as a global calling card, with critics referencing jazz-fusion influences such as trumpeter Miles Davis, keyboardists Chick Corea and Joe Zawinul, The Pat ...

News: Recording

Pianist Mike Longo Reconvenes His Trio With Bob Cranshaw & Lewis Nash For "Step On It"

Pianist Mike Longo Reconvenes His Trio With Bob Cranshaw & Lewis Nash For "Step On It"

In his distinguished and sometimes surprising career, pianist Mike Longo has established himself as an invaluable sideman, most notably with Dizzy Gillespie, and as a versatile leader of groups ranging from his 17-piece New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble to his six-man eponymous Funk Band. Longo is also a master of the trio format, ...

News: Performance / Tour

2013 Grammy Winner Billy Vera Announces Catalina Jazz Dates For 2014

2013 Grammy Winner Billy Vera Announces Catalina Jazz Dates For 2014

Platinum selling singer/songwriter and 2013 Grammy winner Billy Vera is gearing up for a string of dates with his Big Band Jazz Orchestra at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood along with special guest Tamela D'Amico. Billy is thrilled to continue to share with fans his first ever album recorded with a large jazz orchestra entitled Big ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Quanta: February

Read "Jazz Quanta: February" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

February's Jazz Quanta is a beautifully mixed bag of blues, jazz instrumental and classical. There is never a dull moment. Renee' and the Walkaways--The Walkaway Sessions (Self Produced, 2013). Vocalist Renee' Cheek heads up the piquant gumbo talent of her very own band, the Walkaways. The Walkaway Sessions is a Louisiana grassroots affair ...

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Article: Album Review

John Brown: Quiet Time

Read "Quiet Time" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Bassist and bandleader John Brown was last heard backing Nneena Freelon on her Christmas (Brown Boulevard Records, 2013) release leading one of his decidedly larger ensembles. Quiet Time finds the bassist pared down to a classic trumpet-saxophone quintet size for a recital of after-hours tunes. Brown's fronting horns are trumpeter Ray Codrington and saxophonist Brian Miller. ...

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Jeremy Steig: Flute Fever

Read "Flute Fever" reviewed by Carlo Wolff

by Carlo Wolff

Jeremy Steig's astonishing, trailblazing debut finally gets its compact disk due, 50 years after Columbia released it on vinyl. It was also the debut of Denny Zeitlin, a Bay Area psychiatrist whose singularly imaginative jazz moonlighting has resulted in numerous fearless disks over the past five decades. Backed by veterans Ben Riley on drums and Ben ...


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