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Article: Album Review

Joe Clark Big Band featuring Jeff Hamilton: Lush

Read "Lush" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 15, 2013

According to a Carl Sandburg poem, Chicago is “the city of big shoulders." There's a unique strength about Chicago that's different than New York or Los Angeles. Might it be suggested, therefore, that players emanating from the Windy City might also carry a bit more muscle, swagger and workmanlike focus? Perhaps.With Lush, his debut ...

Article: AAJ PRO

Banner Advertising: Questions to Ask, What to Look For and Red Flags

by Michael Ricci
March 15, 2013

As a leader in the online jazz music space, and with years of hands-on experience at managing advertising sales and ad serving software, I felt it was a good time to help the many newcomers to this arena better understand how banner advertising works, and offer sound solutions and insights when making purchasing decisions.

News: Opinion

Keeping Jazz Alive: One Weekend at a Time?

March 15, 2013

Sometimes I wonder if I am just fooling myself (and anyone who asks) that jazz is really alive in the Twin Cities. When I am at Jazz Central, the Artists Quarter, Black Dog or Studio Z, for example, the vitality of the music is beyond question. Veterans like Donald Washington, George Cartwright, Peter Schimke, Milo Fine, ...

News: Recording

Sony Music Latin Releases Tito Puente: "Quatro" - 5CD/LP/Digital Box

March 15, 2013

SONY MUSIC LATIN RELEASES LIMITED EDITION CELEBRATING 90th BIRTHDAY OF COMPOSER, BANDLEADER AND MUSICIAN STATE-OF-THE-ART REMASTERING OF LANDMARK RECORDINGS + BONUS DISK OF RARITIES, WITH LINER NOTES & MEMORABILIA Tito Puente would have celebrated his 90th birthday in 2013, as well as the 10th anniversary of his GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. To honor one of the ...

Article: Live From Philadelphia

February 2013: Chris Potter Quartet

by RJ Johnson
March 14, 2013

Chris Potter QuartetChris' Jazz CaféPhiladelphia, PAFebruary 22, 2013Although no longer considered the essential destination for working jazz groups that it once was, Philadelphia is still visited by high-level talent from New York that occasionally ventures south to perform in the city's one consistent jazz venue. Despite the current ...

Article: Album Review

Miki Hirose: Scratch

Read "Scratch" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
March 14, 2013

Trumpeter Miki Hirose is a relatively new talent on the domestic jazz front, but the Japanese native has been kicking around the New York circuit for close to ten years now. Having won a number of prestigious awards in Japan, Hirose went on to play with a number of prominent U.S. musicians including Benny Golson, Lonnie ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet Jeff Fitzgerald Genius

by AAJ Staff
March 14, 2013

I currently live in: Roanoke, VAI joined All About Jazz in: 2001What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I discovered the site and thought they might appreciate my peculiar talents.How do you contribute to All About Jazz? I write the Genius Guide to Jazz, the occasional April ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Robben Ford: Bringing It Back Home

by Something Else! Reviews
March 14, 2013

Robben Ford's most focused, unembellished album in like, forever, may have also been the easiest album the virtuosic blues/jazz/rock/you-name-it guitarist has made in a long spell, too. In talking about Bringing It Back Home, the guitarist/vocalist says, “The results are really pure, and the most fun I've had making an album in years." In “bringing it ...

Article: Album Review

Samuel Blaser Quartet: As The Sea

Read "As The Sea" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 14, 2013

The whole of some musical outfits is greater than its separate parts. The Berlin-based, Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser's Quartet is one of these outfits, comprised of resourceful musicians with strong personalities, distinct approaches that together complement the strengths of this band but also pushes it into newer terrains. Blaser is conservatory trained and ...

Article: Album Review

Antonio Sanchez: New Life

Read "New Life" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 14, 2013

You may have attended a concert by vibraphonist Gary Burton or guitarist Pat Metheny and, like many others found yourself unable to keep from focusing your attention on the drummer, Antonio Sanchez. His presence, exudes a sort of rhythmic magnetism that has backed players such as Chick Corea, Miguel Zenon, and Metheny for the past 13 ...