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Article: Extended Analysis

Michael Formanek: Small Places

by Geannine Reid
November 24, 2013

Double bassist/composer Michael Formanek releases Small Places, his follow-up to his ECM debut as a leader, The Rub and Spare Change. The new album features the same band of long- time musicians consisting of: Formanek on bass, saxophonist Tim Berne, pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Gerald Cleavor's complex rhythm cycles. Small Places is a continuation of ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Mitchell: Fiction

Read "Fiction" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 24, 2013

Pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer Ches Smith align for a rather remarkable program as Fiction offers additional credence to the respective artist's increased stature in the progressive jazz community and A-list session status. Among their extensive resumes of group affiliations, the instrumentalists are members of saxophonist Tim Berne's Snake Oil group. Mitchell originally composed ...

News: Recording

Legendary Stiff Records Releases "Ten Big Stiffs" Limited Edition 7" Box Set

November 24, 2013

Founded in 1976, STIFF RECORDS was at the heart of the new wave, bringing the world artists as diverse as Elvis Costello, Kirsty MacColl and Ian Dury and what is generally regarded as the first ever punk rock single, “New Rose” by The Damned. The label set the yardstick for music business marketing, with artwork by ...

News: Recording

81-year Mississippi blues/gospel singer makes debut album: Leo Welch

November 24, 2013

BRUCE, Miss. (Population: 2,097) — The phone rings at the Oxford, Miss.-based label Big Legal Mess. An intern tells the caller, “Oh, we don’t really do blues here anymore.” One of the company’s principals overhears this and grabs the phone. On the other end of the line is one 81-year-old Leo “Bud” Welch from Mississippi’s Calhoun ...

Article: Book Review

The Jazz Musician's Tarot Deck

by Florence Wetzel
November 23, 2013

The Jazz Musician's Tarot Deck Matt Lavelle 55 pages ISBN: 14186207 Lulu 2013 Multi-instrumentalist Matt Lavelle is an artist who loves a challenge. Not content to play one instrument, he plays several: trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, and alto clarinet. Looking to expand his creativity, he started blogging a few years ...

Article: Album Review

The Rides: Can't Get Enough

Read "Can't Get Enough" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
November 23, 2013

Originally the result of a creative spark generated between guitarist/vocalist/composer Stephen Stills and keyboardist/vocalist/composer Barry Goldberg, who already shared some history as collaborators on the famous Super Session album (Columbia, 1968) the dynamic solidified dramatically with the introduction of guitarist/vocalist/composer Kenny Wayne Shepherd into the mix. Yet even with this ostensible surfeit of talent, the triumvirate-like ...

News: Website

Take the Jazz Near You Survey

November 22, 2013

If you attend live jazz events, please take our ten question / two minute Jazz Near You survey. >> Click here to get started Your participation is much appreciated! Thank you! About Jazz Near You Jazz Near You is a website, a weekly calendar of events email, an app, an embeddable widget and a series of ...

Article: Profile

Memories in Motian

by Zeno De Rossi
November 22, 2013

Soon after hearing about Paul Motian's passing (November 22, 2011) I felt the urge to delve (again) into his music. Later on, inspired by a moving writing by Ellery Eskelin (published on his website and reproduced below, by his kind permission), I thought it would have been interesting to collect brief memories from ...

Article: Album Review

Dafne Vicente-Sandoval & Klaus Filip: Remoto

by Mark Corroto
November 22, 2013

What are the expectations minimalist musical artists have for their audience? The live experience aside, what presumptions are set forth for the listening experience of a consumer of a CD? Will the listener's happening be on a bus (via headphones) or in a sterile sound room? And what part will background noise and visual distraction play? ...

Article: Live Review

Sergio Mendes with Eliane Elias at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

by Ernest Barteldes
November 22, 2013

Jazz Meets Samba Sergio Mendes with Eliane Elias, Lee Ritenour and Joe Lovano New Jersey Performing Arts Center Newark, New Jersey November 8, 2013 On a double-billed evening dedicated to the music of Brazil, pianist Eliane Elias kicked off the first set with an up-tempo take ...