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Article: Album Review

Fo' Reel: Heavy Water

Read "Heavy Water" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
September 25, 2014

Journeyman musicians have an ease about them that enables them to readily collaborate, making exceptional music in the bargain. New Orleans's Fo' Reel is such a band. The core of Fo' Reel is made up of New Orleans soul singer C.P. Love, guitarist and producer Mark Domizio, keys player Johnny Neel and bassist David Barard. The ...

Article: Album Review

Ingrid Laubrock Octet: Zurich Concert

Read "Zurich Concert" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè
September 25, 2014

Di fronte a dischi problematici come questo non si può fare a meno di porsi delle domande. Quali sono il ruolo della composizione e la sua relazione con l'improvvisazione? Esistono analogie reali o presunte con la musica contemporanea “colta"? Quali sono la consapevolezza e le intenzioni degli autori nel concepire una musica di confine? Soltanto un ...

News: Video / DVD

Three Musicians; Three Days; One Magnificent Obsession

September 25, 2014

Take a journey into the creative minds of one of the most adventurous bands of today. The Rocktronix capture on film the birth and evolution of their band including in depth interviews, unedited rehearsal footage, live performances and a full length music video. The Rocktronix came together for the NAMM Bass Bash in 2013. They are ...

News: Festival

Jazz This Week: A Gaslight Square Tribute, Mel Bay Jazz Festival, Storm Large, Tatsuya Nakatani, and More

September 25, 2014

This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in around St. Louis once again offers plenty of variety, from big bands to cabaret to free improv to a nostalgic look at an historic time for local music. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University presents a tribute to ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jane Monheit Joins Jimmy Webb on October 11 At Landmark On Main Street

September 25, 2014

Landmark on Main Street, one of Long Island’s premier concert venues, and Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp, will co-present Jimmy Webb and Jane Monheit on October 11th at 8:00 PM. The concert, Landmark’s 2014-15 opening night event, will for the first time team Jimmy Webb, the multi- ...

News: Recording

The Stars Align For Joey Sommerville's "Overnight Sensation"

September 25, 2014

More than 20 years in the making, the soul-jazz trumpeter’s fifth album, due October 28, features Earl Klugh, Jeff Lorber, Jeff Bradshaw, Elan Trotman and Eric Essix. Atlanta, Georgia (25 September 2014): Behind every musical overnight sensation are years of toiling away in rehearsal halls, recording studios and sweaty nightclubs meticulously honing one’s craft. In trumpeter ...

News: Special Offers

Win A Free Tablet Courtesy Of The Philadelphia Jazz Project!

September 24, 2014

The Philadelphia Jazz Project is giving away a brand-new tablet every month from September 2014 through August 2015 and you could be the next winner! If you are one of the lucky winners, you'll be able to take your favorite Jazz music with you everywhere and easily access all your favorite Jazz websites such as philajazzproject.org while on ...

Article: Book Excerpts

On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom

by Dennis McNally
September 24, 2014

The following is an excerpt from the “Spirituals to Swing" chapter of On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom by Dennis McNally (Counterpoint Press, Berkeley, 2014). Danny Barker, who in the 1930s was Cab Calloway's guitarist, told a particularly revealing story of working at the Nest Club, a Harlem ...

Article: Album Review

Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joakim Milder: Spark of Life

Read "Spark of Life" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
September 24, 2014

At about the same time Louis Armstrong was “inventing" modern improvised jazz--Poland was already immersed in a jazz tradition that included American influences and an ethnic take on swing. Despite bouts with repressive regimes that sent jazz underground, Poland continued to be a progressive haven for the form. Through the 1950s and 1960s pianist/composer Krzysztof Komeda ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Ron Kaplan

by AAJ Staff
September 24, 2014

Meet Ron Kaplan: Ron Kaplan's musical style is reminiscent of the great singers of the 1950's continuing the tradition of performing songs from the Popular and Jazz Standards of the Great American Songbook. Critics note Kaplan's phrasing, tone, relaxed style, and his ability to get to the heart of a song with his ...