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Article: Album Review

Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra: Live in Chicago

Read "Live in Chicago" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 4, 2013

For their second album, the talented Fatum brothers (twins, as it happens), Michael on trumpet, John on drums, introduced their admirable Jazz Orchestra to an appreciative audience at Chicago's venerable Jazz Showcase in July 2013 for a concert of mostly original compositions on which unbridled old-school swinging is the order of the day. Jazz standards by ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Pål Nyberg

by AAJ Staff
October 4, 2013

Meet Pål Nyberg: Pål Nyberg is an internationally working guitarist and composer. Recently, Nyberg released his debut album Culture of Peace (Stockholm Jazz, 2013). Over the past few years, he has been involved in numerous international projects with collaborators from most parts of Europe, South and North America, as well as the Far East. ...

Article: Album Review

Nicolas Bearde: Visions

by Dan Bilawsky
October 4, 2013

Vocalist Nicolas Bearde has carved out a comfortable niche in the soul-meets-jazz area of the music world. His previous albums--Crossing The Line (Right Groove Records, 2003), All About Love (Right Groove Records, 2004) and Live at Yoshi's--a Salute to Lou (Right Groove Records, 2008)--showcase his songwriting and suave delivery while also pointing toward those who've inspired ...

Article: Album Review

Nate Wooley - Peter Evans - Jim Black - Paul Lytton: Trumpet and Drums: Live in Ljubljana

Read "Trumpet and Drums: Live in Ljubljana" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 4, 2013

Given the unorthodox instrumentation, there's a little more than meets the eyes and ears on this quartet effort recorded at a jazz festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Each musician is highly respected within the progressive and avant jazz communities. Yet the band doesn't bridge the playing field with tireless bashing and cacophonous exchanges, which are components that ...

Article: Album Review

The Mac Chrupcala Trio: One More For The Road

Read "One More For The Road" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
October 4, 2013

Pianist-composer, band leader and producer Mac Chrupcala has worked extensively in the southern New England and eastern Canada area for most of his career, and has recently added the southwest Florida (North Port) community to his stomping grounds. A leader of big bands and a veteran player with thirty-five recordings to his credit, Chrupcala's new working ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 4-10

October 4, 2013

Fall is not only in the air, it's in the trees, on the street, along the river and up at the lake. Along with our newly arrived cloak of autumn color and cooler nights, we have a colorful variety of jazz artists in our midst, from talented locals to starbright visitors. It's hard to top a ...

News: Recording

New World Records Proudly Releases Saxophonist/Composer Marty Ehrlich's New Recording, A Trumpet In The Morning

October 4, 2013

Available on November 12, 2013 A Trumpet in the Morning is Ehrlich's first recording in 13 years devoted entirely to his large ensemble compositions, featuring J.D. Parran, Ron Horton, James Zollar, Howard Johnson, Ray Anderson, Jerome Harris, Uri Caine, Drew Gress, Eric McPherson, Matt Wilson & many others MARTY EHRLICH STONE RESIDENCY @ The ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Wolfgang Schalk - The Second Third Man" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

October 4, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Frame Up Music “Wolfgang Schalk - The Second Third Man“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 4th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Wolfgang Schalk at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Update: News From the Publisher (October 2013)

October 3, 2013

With so many improvements and changes happening at AAJ and Jazz Near You, I wanted to give you a quick update: We relaunched the All About Jazz forum. It’s much improved with enhanced functionality and much faster. We welcome old friends back and invite new friends to join us. We also created two new “tools and ...

Article: From the Inside Out

Six Stops Around the Whirled

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 3, 2013

Fort Knox Five 10 Years of The Fort Knox Five Fort Knox Recordings 2013 “All good things come in five, baby...You can't get around no prime number, you dig?" Some music just makes you feel good. You can't explain it but some music makes you feel like life's a ...