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Article: Multiple Reviews

Leslie Lewis: Midnight Sun / Keeper of the Flame

by Jack Bowers
August 3, 2013

Leslie Lewis is a singer who has found steady work on the West Coast and elsewhere, and for good reason--she's personable, easy on the eyes, and more to the point, has a pleasant mid-range voice, sings squarely on key, and knows how to sell a lyric. Keeper of the Flame and Midnight Sun are Lewis' second ...

Article: Album Review

Joe McPhee: Sonic Elements

Read "Sonic Elements" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 3, 2013

Ernest Hemingway might have said it best: “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know." For musician Joe McPhee, delivering that one true sentence has been his motivation since the 1960s.An in-demand improviser, he can be heard in multiple settings including the bands of Peter ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Chris Kelsey & What I Say: The Electric Miles Project

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
August 3, 2013

Trumpeter Miles Davis' post-Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970), pre-hiatus (1975-1981) electric music--dense, loud, dark, funky, vast--has posed problems for musicians. The Yo Miles! collective, led by trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and guitarist Henry Kaiser, gamely approached it as a repertoire: these are songs, they seemed to say; let's just play them (and so they did, on albums ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Josh Brown - Songbook Trio" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

August 3, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Josh Brown - Songbook Trio“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 3rd. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Josh Brown at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Songbook Trio ...

News: Festival

Smooth Jazz Summer Nights at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia

August 3, 2013

This season of Smooth Jazz Summer Nights Concerts on the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing celebrates the nation’s best and brightest jazz performers. An evening summer breeze, a beautiful setting, the sounds of horns, smooth vocals, and heart pounding percussions will make these concerts a summertime must-do event. This season’s power-packed lineup will grace the stage ...

Article: Album Review

Colossus: Colossus

by Jack Bowers
August 2, 2013

Colossus is the name of the album and the band, a seventeen- piece ensemble formed in 2012, comprised of present and former students at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and co-led by trumpeter Dave Chisholm, trombonist Mike Conrad and saxophonist Levi Saelua. While the music is decidedly contemporary, its essential components--melody, harmony, rhythm, ...

Article: Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

August 2013

by Mr. P.C.
August 2, 2013

Dear Mr. P.C.:Why do guys want to play tunes really fast? Like, I'll call “It Could Happen to You," but instead of having a nice swinging groove they want to play it at 280 beats per minute or something. Then they say it's an “east coast" thing, which I guess is supposed to mean ...

Article: Album Review

Kurtis Adams: Collage

Read "Collage" reviewed by Victor Verney

by Victor Verney
August 2, 2013

Saxophonist Kurtis Adams could scarcely have chosen a more apt title for this release, an eclectic-minded assemblage drawn from a wide variety of musical genres, including classical.The opening “Blue Fox," has a distinctly West Coast “Cool School" feel, a style to which Adams has rendered homage elsewhere. Here, Adams gives a sense of what ...

Article: Album Review

Scott Neumann Neu3 Trio: Blessed

by Mark Corroto
August 2, 2013

As it is written, in the end we will all stand naked before our God. Be it Yahweh, Gitchi Manitou, Sam Walton or, in drummer Scott Neumann's case, Elvin Jones, there is no time better than right now to make preparations.His bags get packed to meet the his maker on Blessed. The denuded state ...

News: Event

Kristin Korb, International Jazz Bassist/vocalist, Returns To Southern California To Perform At Descanso Gardens On August 15th

August 2, 2013

Kristin Korb, International jazz bassist/vocalist, returns to Southern California to perform at Descanso Gardens on August 15th at 6:00pm. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the Kristin Korb trio featuring Aaron Serfaty on drums and Otmaro Ruiz on piano. The Descanso Gardens summer Music on the Main series presents rare live music From some of ...