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New England Conservatory’s Annual Multi-media Film Noir Extravaganza Features Otto Preminger’s Whirlpool & Laura

October 25, 2013

Tuesday, November 5 at NEC’s Jordan Hall Curated by Ran Blake and Aaron Hartley Part of NEC’s Music: Truth to Power series of over 30 concerts Pianist/composer/improviser Ran Blake and co-producer/trombonist Aaron Hartley bring an extra dimension to Hallowe'en with specimens of that most haunting genre, film noir. Now an annual tradition in its 9th year, ...

News: Event

WBGO Jazz 88.3 Fm Serves As The Beacon For Newark Through Music And News

October 25, 2013

Upcoming Music and News Events Kids Jazz Concert Series: October 26 and November 2 TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival: November 4-10 General Election Coverage: November 5 Gateway Concert Series: November 6 and December 4 Champions of Jazz Gala: November 6 WBGO Art Gallery Photo ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Carla Bley - Trios" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

October 25, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records “Carla Bley - Trios“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 26th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Carla Bley at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! ...

News: Radio

"Another Kind Of Funky Drummer", A Tribute To Ronald Shannon Jackson On WPFW This Friday Night

October 24, 2013

Tune in to WPFW radio’s Overnight Jazz Part I, this Friday beginning at 12AM (midnight) for “Another Kind of Funky Drummer”, a tribute to Ronald Shannon Jackson, who passed into ancestry this past weekend. In addition to the varied Jackson music to be heard as presented by program host Bobby Hill, the program will also feature ...

Article: Interview

Ralph Peterson: Music Teaches You Life

by George Colligan
October 24, 2013

[Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I was recently in Athens, as part of my tour with Jack DeJohnette. Shortly after arriving, I'm sitting in my hotel room, and I get an unexpected call. “Colligan!" “Uh...yes?" And then I hear one of my obscure compositions, “Reaction," being sung ...

Article: Album Review

Mary LaRose: Reincarnation

Read "Reincarnation" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 24, 2013

The best stories are, indeed, the one's you already know. Told over- and-over again, each time a little different. That's comfort food for the ears. Enter vocalist Mary LaRose, recounting the music of Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, and Ornette Coleman with lyrics she penned and performed as a sympathetic partner to these jazz giants.

Article: Extended Analysis

John Escreet: Sabotage and Celebration

by Andrew Luhn
October 24, 2013

Since his move to New York in 2006, English-born pianist John Escreet has achieved widespread recognition for his adventurous compositions and his seemingly restless creativity. On Sabotage and Celebration, Escreet augments an already formidable quintet with strings, brass, guitar, and vocals, making it his most ambitious and creative work yet. Escreet composed most ...

Article: Album Review

Hristo Vitchev / Liubomia Krastev: Rhodopa

Read "Rhodopa" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 24, 2013

While jazz as an art form always moves forward, it is also tied to tradition and the music of the past. Many jazz musicians with European ties have found inspiration in the folk music of their country: Jan Johansson's Jazz på svenska, Dag Arnesen's Norwegian Song 1-3 and Sunna Gunnlaugs Songs from Iceland are some of ...

Article: Extended Analysis

The Wrong Object: After the Exhibition

by Dave Wayne
October 24, 2013

Sometime during the late 1960s, adventurous European rock musicians led by the likes of Gong, Soft Machine, Magma, and Arzachel began incorporating elements of avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical and various ethnic musics into their own original progressive rock music. The result varied somewhat from region to region, but the most important thing was that very little ...

Article: Album Review

Mars Williams/Ingebrigt Haker-Flåten/Tim Daisy: Moments Form

Read "Moments Form" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 24, 2013

The secret recipe for a great free jazz recording is to develop and maintain the energy systems of your particular ensemble. The ingredients are, of course, first class improvisers and most importantly those musicians must be willing to collaborate. The recipe seems obvious, but quite often the sum of the parts, when creating music ...