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Article: Book Review

Keith Richards on Keith Richards

by Nenad Georgievski
November 3, 2013

Keith Richards on Keith Richards Interviews and Encounters Edited by Sean Egan 288 pages ISBN: 9781613747889 Chicago Review Press 2013 There is an enduring appeal when it comes to the lives of Keith Richards and the other Rolling Stones that has spawned a myriad of biography books throughout the ...

Article: Album Review

New York Voices: Let It Snow

Read "Let It Snow" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 3, 2013

New York Voices is unquestionably one of the finest singing ensembles ever assembled and with Let It Snow, lend their quality vocals to the wintery season of cheer delivering a powerful performance of familiar Christmas songs sure to be regarded as a future holiday classic. Kim Nazarian, Lauren Kinhan, Peter Eldridge and founding member and tenor ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Miles Davis: In a Silent Way

by Nenad Georgievski
November 3, 2013

"Miles' audience isn't where it used to be but neither is his music" was used to market the new releases of Miles Davis' indefatigably changing music in the late 60's that caused seismic shifts in the world of jazz and completely had redirected it into new and fresh territories. In a career that stretched five decades ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Sunna Gunnlaugs - Distilled" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

November 3, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Sunna Gunnlaugs - Distilled“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 2nd. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Sunna Gunnlaugs at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Distilled In many ...

News: Obituary

Frank Wess, 91, Saxophonist and Flutist With the Basie Band, Dies

November 3, 2013

Frank Wess, who helped popularize the flute as a jazz instrument in the 1950s and ’60s with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he was also a standout saxophone soloist, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 91. The cause was a heart attack related to kidney failure, said his longtime companion, Sara Tsutsumi. Mr. Wess was ...

Article: Interview

David Fiuczynski: Salt, Sweat, Love, Tears

by George Colligan
November 2, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] David Fiuczynski is a very unique guitarist. Many of you know him from his successful band called Screaming Headless Torsos. He's played with Hasidic New Wave, trumpeter Cuong Vu, and pianist Hiromi. I first met David at a rehearsal with drummer ...

Article: Album Review

Chris Biesterfeldt: Urban Mandolin

Read "Urban Mandolin" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 2, 2013

A mandolin player opening his first album as leader with Dizzy Gillespie's mercurial “Bebop"? Wow! That takes a lot of (fill in the blank). But Chris Biesterfeldt, best known as a guitarist, and for Broadway shows at that, not only sails through those tricky changes but handily nails everything else on this impressive trio album whose ...

Article: Live Review

Roger Hodgson at the NYCB Theatre

by Mike Perciaccante
November 2, 2013

Roger Hodgson NYCB Theatre At Westbury Westbury, New York October 26, 2013 Though his name may not be totally familiar, his distinctive voice is instantly recognizable. Roger Hodgson, along with Rick Davies, founded Supertramp. In 1970, the band's self-titled debut album was released by A&M Records. During the '70s and early ...

Article: Live Review

Minus the Bear at Best Buy Theater

by Christine Connallon
November 2, 2013

Minus the Bear Best Buy Theater New York, NY October 25, 2013 A few hours before taking the stage at the Best Buy Theater in midtown Manhattan, three members of Seattle-based rock band Minus the Bear sat in a high rise in Chelsea at the Livestream studios to engage in ...

Article: Album Review

Libor Smoldas Quartet & Bobby Watson: Intuition

Read "Intuition" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 2, 2013

One of Europe's rising young jazz star is Prague-based guitarist/composer and educator Libor Smoldas who unveils his fifth album as leader with the highly accessible Intuition featuring an all-Czech Republic quartet with alto saxophonist great Bobby Watson appearing as guest. Recorded at the end of the group's Czech tour, the album is in a sense, a ...