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Article: Book Review

Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day

Read "Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day Daniel Kramer 288 Pages ISBN: 978-3-8365-4760-4 Taschen 2016 There is an intangible but powerful relationship between music and photography that can't be explained adequately with words. Music has often sought some form of association with the world of visual arts as often ...

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Article: Album Review

Cuong Vu Trio With Pat Metheny: Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny

Read "Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

One of the most distinctive jazz sounds to have appeared this millennium has been shaped by Cuong Vu. Beginning with his It's Mostly Residual (ArtistShare, 2005) through Vu-Tet (ArtistShare, 2007) and into Leaps of Faith, (Origin Records 2011), the modernistic and often plugged-in trumpeter has crafted an assault of sound: a thick, sludgy, glow-in-the-dark, pugnaciously percussive ...

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Article: Live Review

Flow Tribe at the Gramercy Theatre

Read "Flow Tribe at the Gramercy Theatre" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

Flow Tribe Gramercy Theatre New York, NY May 20, 2016 Funk is a rhythmic, danceable genre of music that mixes soul, jazz, and R&B. The music features a strong and rhythmic bass and drum backbeat. Interestingly this backbeat and rhythm which is usually in the background is moved ...

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Article: Live Review

The Zombies at NYCB Theatre at Westbury

Read "The Zombies at NYCB Theatre at Westbury" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

The Zombies with special guests Felix Cavaliere's Rascals NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY May 22, 2016 The Zombies are revered for their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle (Date Records/CBS Records). The platter has been hailed as one of the greatest pop and psychedelic albums of all time. The album has ...

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Article: Live Review

John Daversa Big Band at The Baked Potato

Read "John Daversa Big Band at The Baked Potato" reviewed by Paul Naser

by Paul Naser

John Daversa Big Band The Baked Potato Los Angeles, CA May 29, 2016 It's a rarity to find a modern big band dedicated to playing original music in Los Angeles; home to some of the world's most talented musicians and entertainers, pretty much every style of music imaginable is represented here, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Albert We Hardly Knew Ye

Read "Albert We Hardly Knew Ye" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The Chinese mystic philosopher Lao Tzu wrote, “the flame that burns twice as bright, burns half as long." Although he never heard the music of Albert Ayler, we're sure that he would agree the saxophonist's fire music was luminescent. Ayler's career was indeed quite brief, recording only for a period of eight years until his untimely ...

Article: Album Review

Logan Strosahl Team: Up Go We

Read "Up Go We" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Giovane sassofonista e compositore newyorchese, Logan Strosahl è qui alla sua prima prova discografica alla guida del suo “Team," settetto che vede sax tenore, clarinetto e tromba accanto al suo contralto e alla classica ritmica con pianoforte. La formazione in realtà cambia più volte, fino a ridursi a soli tre fiati in “Note-Against-Note," uno ...

Article: Album Review

Symphonic Jazz Orchestra: Looking Forward Looking Back

Read "Looking Forward Looking Back" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Nata nel 2002, la Symphonic Jazz Orchestra è un ampio organico che opera a Los Angeles e comprende alcuni dei massimi strumentisti classici residenti in California. Negli anni è stata co-diretta da Mitch Glickman e George Duke con l'intento di legare jazz e musica classica in opere di ampie dimensioni. Questo suo primo disco, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Monty Alexander's Harlem-Kingston Express This Week At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola!

Monty Alexander's Harlem-Kingston Express This Week At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola!

THE LEGENDARY JAMAICAN PIANO MASTER—MONTY ALEXANDER This Week at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Through Sunday! Reserve Now! Monty Alexander returns to Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center this week through Sunday, June 5 with a magnificent and expanded version of Harlem Kingston Express. Monty and HKE will play and tell stories ...

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Article: The Vinyl Post

Gerry Mulligan: The Emarcy Sextet Recordings

Read "Gerry Mulligan: The Emarcy Sextet Recordings" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

While there are many reasons why the cool jazz movement on the west coast was a somewhat short-lived era, one of the key aspects of its quiet demise was the decidedly harder-edged music coming out of New York at about the same time period. Back around 1955, hard bop was making its ascendency and this might ...


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