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Eric Person: Thoughts on God

Read "Thoughts on God" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 26, 2012

Revered saxophonist Eric Person parlays God's message via the jazz vernacular, his spiritual ascension and unbridled fortitude equating to one of the finest modern jazz outings of 2012. Here, Person interlinks the Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus connection, branded by his personalization of the jazz idiom, teeming with impressive compositions and inspiring arrangements. Tinted by a ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Fourplay: Esprit De Four

by Jeff Winbush
October 26, 2012

FourplayEsprit De FourHeads Up International2012Bands don't last over two decades with minimal turnover in personnel and continued success if they're composed of egotists, prima donnas, drama queens or people that just don't play nice together. Fourplay has endured and thrived because it is an egalitarian coalition of seasoned ...

Article: Album Review

Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo: Ancestors

Read "Ancestors" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 26, 2012

The Theology of the Body is an integrated vision of the human person as body, soul, and spirit. Attending the church of jazz, this amalgamation can be best illustrated+ with improvisation and, if so, this duo of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo is a sacred meeting.Following the previous releases of Smith's ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Formanek: Small Places

Read "Small Places" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
October 26, 2012

Bassist Michael Formanek's second release on ECM, Small Places, is an impassioned and gratifying album. Working with the same quartet as his first, The Rub and Spare Change (ECM, 2010), the music here has crystallized and matured further as the familiarity and camaraderie among the artists has grown. Although The Rub was freer ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz At The Chimes Presents Marcos Silva - Made In Brazil

October 26, 2012

Marcos Silva Quartet Jazz at the Chimes Chapel of the Chimes 4499 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, CA 94611 (510) 654-0123 $15 general; $10 seniors (60+) and students - for concert and reception. Purchase tickets at the door. Cash only. Ticket sales begin at 12:30 pm; Doors open ...

News: Event

WBGO Champions Of Jazz Honors Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Lundvall & Hogan Lovells

October 26, 2012

WBGO Champions of Jazz Gala Honors Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Lundvall and Hogan Lovells November 7 at Jazz at Lincoln Center Bobby McFerrin & Friends, featuring Joe Alterman, Cyrus Chestnut, Paquito D’Rivera, Al Foster, Gil Goldstein, Joe Lovano, Richard Marx, Marcus Printup, Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson and More to Perform at Benefit in Celebration of Jazz NEWARK, NJ: ...

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Jazz This Week: Legacy Jazz Quintet, Lnac's 9th Annual Noisefest, TKT Scholarship Concert, St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, and More

October 26, 2012

Although this weekend's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis doesn't include any major touring headliners, there's plenty of activity from local and regional performers in a variety of styles from big band to free improv. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, saxophonist Ron Goff plays a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, October 26-November 1

October 26, 2012

I think I saw snow mixed with this morning's rain. The days are getting shorter, the leaves are pretty much done, and we have an election to survive. Add to that, in the Twin Cities we now have both of our major classical orchestras locked out over stalled contract negotiations. The only solution—live music, wherever you ...

News: Event

Tonight: "Phantom Of The Opera" & Members Of The New Buffalo Jazz Octet

October 26, 2012

A little over a year ago saxophonist Kelly Bucheger and I talked about starting an octet to play some of our original jazz music. The musicians we gathered into the New Buffalo Jazz Octet were: tenor/soprano saxophonist Nelson Rivera, baritone saxophonist Steve Baczkowksi, trumpeter Tim Clarke, trombonist Phil Sims, bassist Dave Arenius, and drummer John Bacon. ...

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Le Boeuf Brothers Expand Into The World Of Kafka

October 25, 2012

For many of today’s jazz listeners, it is difficult to define the connection between the music and what it expresses—if anything definite is being expressed at all. What is the music about? There is certainly an abundance of beauty in abstract improvisation, yet no matter how abstract, every solo we hear and every song remains a ...