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Article: Extended Analysis

Tommy Flanagan / Jaki Byard: The Magic Of 2

by Dan Bilawsky
March 21, 2013

San Francisco's famed Keystone Korner shuttered its doors in 1983, but it's getting more press today than plenty of clubs that are still serving up jazz. In the past two years alone, a previously unreleased live recording of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard--Pinnacle (Resonance, 2011)--launched Resonance Records' Keystone Korner Live Discoveries series, photographer Kathy Sloane released Keystone Korner: ...

Article: Album Review

Lucien Dubuis Trio: Future Rock

Read "Future Rock" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 21, 2013

The entire debate that bids one to take sides regarding art being either made by conservatory trained artistes or original primitives is quite the red herring. Sure, punk rock favored emotion over skill, but nobody would argue against Television guitarist Tom Verlaine's talent or the folk music of guitarist Bill Frisell. If you can play and ...

News: Recording

Jazz This Week: Chick Corea and Bela Fleck, Alarm Will Sound, Tributes to Dave Brubeck and Eddie Lang, and More

March 21, 2013

Spring officially arrives tomorrow in St. Louis, and while it remains to be seen whether or not the weather will cooperate by being appropriately spring-like, the next few days definitely include some jazz and creative music performances worth seeing. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the 20-member new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound returns for the ...

Article: Album Review

Goran Strandberg Nonet: Monks Mood

Read "Monks Mood" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
March 20, 2013

Twentieth-century jazz offered bountiful gifts that musicians will continue to mine for, well, as long as people play jazz. One gift is pianist Thelonious Monk's compositions, which are surely among the music's most original and appealing; as Past Daily states, you can never get too much Monk in your diet. Another gift is the nonet format ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Lloyd: Quartets

by John Kelman
March 20, 2013

ECM's Old & New Masters Edition series was not just created to bring material back into print. Some has been available on CD before, but an even bigger carrot for fans of the label is material that has never been on compact disc, like bassist Arild Andersen's three 1970s recordings, collected on Green in Blue (2010), ...

Article: Album Review

Billy Martin's Wicked Knee: Heels Over Head

Read "Heels Over Head" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
March 20, 2013

After a long series of way under-the radar solo projects, drummer Billy Martin has chosen a more accessible route in the last couple of years, beginning with his duo collaboration with keyboardist Wil Blades, Shimmy (The Royal Potato Family, 2012).The followup to the eponymous seven-track EP, Heels Over Head is equally easy to digest, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Anthony Braxton: Tentet (Wesleyan) 1999

by John Sharpe
March 20, 2013

Even though his output suggests that saxophonist/composer/educator Anthony Braxton has never wanted for outlets for his music, he hasn't always had the control he desired. All that changed with the launch in 2011 of the New Braxton House imprint, which issues a new digital download each month drawn from his voluminous archives. This initiative has allowed ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet Edward Blanco

by AAJ Staff
March 20, 2013

I currently live in: Miami, FL. I joined All About Jazz in: 2005 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? The desire to participate in some small way, in helping to promote and become a part of the jazz music I love. AAJ is the top jazz resource on ...

News: Education

Jazz At Lincoln Center's Swing University Spring 2013 Course Schedule

March 20, 2013

Guitarist Vincent Pelote, Pianist Connie Crothers, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Trombonist Vincent Gardner, Jazz Historians Phil Schaap, Terry Waldo, and Ben Young to Lead Jazz Education Courses Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) continues the 25th anniversary education season with the Spring Term of Swing University. This term marks the return of old favorites such as ...

Article: Album Review

Reut Regev's R*Time: Exploring the Vibe

Read "Exploring the Vibe" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
March 19, 2013

Exploring the Vibe is the dynamic follow-up to This is R Time (Ropeadope, 2009), the critically acclaimed debut of R*Time, a mutable ensemble led by Israeli-born trombonist Reut Regev. A versatile instrumentalist, Regev has been involved in a number of eclectic projects since moving to New York City in 1998, including musical experiments in Radical Jewish ...