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Article: Year in Review

John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2013

by John Kelman
December 13, 2013

Another tremendous year of travel, to find music in whatever nook and cranny it's hiding. From Montréal to Molde, from London to Luleå and from Oslo to Ottawa, it seemed as though there was an endless supply of great music to see--and even more that sadly had to be skipped. Having attended twelve separate events in ...

News: Recording

Larry Reni Thomas Top Jazz 2013

December 12, 2013

People Music—Christian Mcbride And Inside Straight (Mack Avenue Records) Miles Davis Mono—Miles Davis (Columbia) Brand New Day—Brian Horton (Doc8Music) Tootie’s Tempo—Al “Tootie” Heath (Sunnyside) From Behind Enemy Lines—Larry Price/Dr. Leonard King (Price Port) La Rumba Is A Lovesome Thing—Paul Carlon (Zoho) Liquid Spirit—Gregory Porter (Blue Note) For The Love Of Abbey—Marc Cary (Motema) Woman Child—Cecile Mclorin ...

News: Recording

Christian Hymns Set To Jazz Impacts Lives

December 13, 2013

“Energized Music Transcends Worship and Ethnicity" Pennington, NJ – Critically acclaimed recording artist, composer / arranger, and jazz saxophonist Jack Furlong will release Charity—his fourth album and first project of jazz improvisation over Christian hymns—on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in mid New Jersey near Pennsylvania. Coincidentally — not unlike John Coltrane 50 years ago—the songs are ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, December 13-19

December 13, 2013

The holidays are nearly here, and some of our local favorite are celebrating with original music, new arrangements, and gigs this week. Big Gigs This Week Friday, December 13. No such thing as bad luck on this Friday the 13th. At the Artists Quarter, Laura Caviani joins forces with Gordy Johnson and Joe Pulice to celebrate ...

News: Recording

Gonzo Multimedia To Release Rare CDs By UK Prog-fusion Legends Brand X And Bass Icon Percy Jones

December 13, 2013

London, UK - Although typically considered an off-shoot band for Genesis legend Phil Collins, UK prog-fusion group Brand X was much more than that. Featuring several virtuosic musicians (as well as Collins), Brand X took the genre of fusion to a whole new level of expertise. Along with Collins on drums, the band featured Percy Jones ...

News: Event

Good Vibes To Take Place At First Annual Vibraphone Congress In Asbury Park, NJ

December 11, 2013

Vibraphonist Tony Miceli has been making a big splash with his recent international gigs, recordings, master classes, workshops, and internet vibes website, and on-line classes with many of the great contemporary vibes players. A dedicated musician, he seems intent on bringing to the vibraphone the kind of visibility and instructional opportunities that are more common for ...

Article: Interview

Janek Gwizdala: Cooking Up A Little Bass Magic

by Ian Patterson
December 12, 2013

Virtuosity is not something innate but is rather the result of years of dedication to one's instrument. English-born, Los Angeles-based electric bassist/composer Janek Gwizdala certainly qualifies as a virtuoso but he's the first to acknowledge that the learning--and the practice--never ends. Gwizdala knows that great technical ability, however, doesn't automatically equate with great music, and his ...

Article: Album Review

Volcan: Volcan

by Dan Bilawsky
December 12, 2013

Whenever a musician strikes out on their own by forming their own label they're addressing the issue of control and consolidation. Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba went one better when he created 5passion. He consolidated, took control, and diversified his offerings. First came Fe (5passion, 2011)--a sanctified solo piano date that All About Jazz's Dan McClenaghan rightly called ...

Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2013

by Dan Bilawsky
December 12, 2013

The annual rite of writing a “best of" list at All About Jazz is a most pleasurable and difficult task; pleasurable for the reflections on great art that come along with the task and difficult because of the need to make hard choices. I've been inspired by dozens of new jazz recordings this year, but I've ...

Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2013

by Dan McClenaghan
December 12, 2013

Lots of extraordinary music. These are my picks for outstanding CDs of the year. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette Somewhere ECM Records Pianist Keith Jarrett's “Standards Trio," with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette, recorded Somewhere live in 2009. After thirty years together, the group is still growing. This will ...